ExFlyBoy5
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I’m surprised no one has mentioned the Marie Kondo “Joy of Tidying Up” approach. She has a very specific process that makes sense to me. Instead of going room by room, group like items together from all rooms. Clothes are often the easiest to start on. Get rid of things that are worn out, don’t fit, are out of style, etc. Then organize so all like items are visible and together, instead of storing like items in different locations. Many more tips if you read the easy reading book.
We watched one of her shows on Netflix. Perhaps her method is useful to some, but I found the act of holding on to a single item, thanking it for its service and then placing in a pile to be a HUGH time suck. If folks really have THAT MUCH STUFF, they don't have time to "thank" 1,223,883 items.
While decluttering our own place (and my Dad's after he passed), I found just going room to room and assigning value to things to make it easier. Almost a triage if you will.
1- Must keep, no question
2- Like to have, but not necessary
3- Goodwill
4- Trash
We set a limit to the categories 1&2...in my Dad's house case, only what could fit into a single storage area of (pick your size) the rest was 3 or 4. For our house, the garage items were limited to a specific area and the rest was 3 or 4. Anyway, you get the point. When we finally got moved to our new place, it was very refreshing to have so little "stuff"...plus we saved a significant amount of money not having to move thousands of pounds of stuff 1,000+ miles.