STELLAResults System for De – Cluttering / House Move

Preparation

1. Create these categories
   • Items to keep
   • dispose of
   • items to sell
   • items for donation
   • not sure
2. Create an inventory of each room
3. Start collecting quality smaller boxes exactly the same size so they stack easily and don’t get too heavy
4. Bigger boxes for larger items
5. Book dates for
   • Garage sale
   • Council clean up
   • Carpet clean & professional house clean
6. Set up your eBay or GumTree account to sell items you don’t want
7. Put your support moving team on standby or get quotes from professional movers.

Action

Most people have to fit this in with ‘normal’ activities, like work and school, if that’s you then start chipping away at it every day

• At least one box, cupboard or online sale posting a day
• Put in extra time on your days off / weekend
• Decide on a time line – When does everything needs to be packed by
• if an item is no longer wanted and doesn’t sell when do you drop the price, give it to charity or keep it?
• How long do you need to clean the house properly?
• Start a list of people or organisations that need to be notified of a change of address: Bank, subscriptions, school, doctor, keep adding to it and then keep it for future reference.
• What services need to be cancelled? Do they need notice? Do you get a penalty for discontinuing? Phone, electricity, gas, Foxtel. What is the process for reconnection elsewhere?
• Redirection of your mail – what do you need to do?
• Sort, ruthlessly cull and categorise as you pack.
• Label each box with what is in it and which room it is to go to at the other end.
• Pack, or disposed of, the items that you use least, first.
• Stack your boxes compactly, so you can get an idea of what size truck you will need.

Keeping on top of the Clutter

• If you don’t need it, don’t keep it
• If you don’t use it for 12 months, you don’t need it.
• A bargain is only a bargain if it is useful. Buying things just because they are on sale can be a waste of money and space
• If you have kids, doing a de-clutter every school holidays works well, otherwise do one every change of season.

De-cluttering regularly reminds us that less is more. We don’t really need much to live comfortably. Often the more “stuff” we feel we need is usually an indication that we are lacking something from within, a conversation for another blog

Until then,

“Be your own best friend”
Stella x