Quotes About Decluttering

I just woke up the other day and realized that I have been collecting guitars and amps my whole life and I just don't have room for a lot of them anymore. I have decided to sell some of the nicer pieces.

There's no need to let your family know the details of what you throw out or donate. You can leave communal spaces to the end. The first step is to confront your own stuff.

I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

Oh God, are you supposed to collect things? I don't collect things. I like throwing things away.

I'd like to tidy up the entire planet. I would go anywhere if there were something that needs tidying.

Make a habit of canceling every subscription to anything you don't have time to read

It's easy to get rid of things when there is an obvious reason for doing so. It's much more difficult when there is no compelling reason.

It's going to be labor-intensive and time-consuming, but you need to take all the books down and put them on the floor. Take them down and spread them in one area. Physically pick each book up, one by one. If the book inspires you, keep it. If not, it goes out. That's the standard by which you decide.

Have gratitude for the things you're discarding. By giving gratitude, you're giving closure to the relationship with that object, and by doing so, it becomes a lot easier to let go.

I'm good at clearing things out. If I haven't worn something for a while, I'll give it away to charity.

I recommend tidying by category, not by place. For example, instead of deciding that today you'll tidy a particular room, set goals such as 'clothes today, books tomorrow.'

I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.

I let go of all I no longer love, need, or use. I adore space.

I like things clean, and I have a biannual clean-out of my apartment. I throw out raggedy things and things I never wear, and there's a Goodwill around the corner for anything worthwhile.

If you need to buy things to store things, perhaps you have too many things.

eliminating clutter would cut down the amount of housework in the average home by 40 percent.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

I want fewer interruptions in my day. I have eliminated a lot of things from my life. I'm on a declining scale of wanting things.

His attitude to the clutter of daily life was of a piece with his strategy for dealing with social demands. Unless you are kicking yourself once a month for throwing something away, you are not throwing enough away, he said. Everything that didn't seem to Amos obviously important he chucked, and thus what he saved acquired the interest of objects that have survived a pitiless culling.

If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.

I'm going through an evolution. I'm completely cleaning out my closet. I'm purging, because I saw that show 'Hoarders.' I had a sweatshirt from sixth grade, and I'm going, 'Why do I hold on to this?'

I'm a hoarder, but then, when it all gets too much, I turn into a ruthless chucker. I'm very good at clearing out and giving stuff away. But I'm equally skilled at shoving things in a cupboard, shutting the door, and calling that 'cleared up.'

It's easier to get rid of things when you're giving them to someone who can use them, but don't let this kind intention become a source of clutter itself. I have a friend who has multiple piles all over her house, each lovingly destined for a particular recipient.

Don't keep excessive amounts of anything. Those glass vases that come from florists. Those ketchup packets that come with take-out food. A house with two adults probably doesn't need fifteen mismatched souvenir coffee cups.