Decluttering Without Regret: A Guide to Organizing Your Home

Our homes are filled with old, unused items that are hard to let go of. The Chinese believe that broken objects stored at home disrupt energy. We all feel that removing unnecessary things makes way for new ones, both physically and emotionally. Here's a guide to easily parting with non-useful items:

Recognize the thoughts that make it hard to throw away deserving items:

1. Equipment piled up without use. Sometimes these are inherited items that are hard to part with, even if they trigger unpleasant memories, or don't fit at all with the new home's decor.

2. Gifts that we feel uncomfortable discarding.

3. The thought that we might need it one day, and it doesn’t take up much space anyway.

4. It cost a fortune (23 years ago, and now it’s sold at the dollar store).

Here are the questions to ask yourself to decide whether to keep or toss:

1. Despite constant cleaning, is your home never truly organized?

2. Is the need to organize always like an elephant in the room, or does it not bother you?

3. Honestly, do you have too many things?

So how do you do it? How do you get rid of things?

1. The most important thing is to imagine how you want your home to look. This imagination will help you create and achieve it.

2. Also, prepare yourself for the bad feeling that accompanies throwing things away. Don't worry, feelings of relief and freedom will follow.

3. Try donating items. This will help you get rid of them faster, and you'll be doing a good deed that alleviates the sour feeling that comes with throwing away.

4. Make an effort to go room by room, instead of trying to tackle the whole house at once. This way, you won’t give up too quickly, the process will be shorter, you'll notice a change faster, and the sense of satisfaction will ensure you move quickly to the next room.

5. A method that yields quick results is sorting things into three categories: 'Keep', 'Donate', and 'Throw Away'. Focus on your goal, pack items into boxes, and label them with their contents.

Remember, it's good to have what you love, but not more than you can maintain..