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5 Common Space Bandits
by Maria Gracia
Seeking less stress and more space? Here are 5 common space bandits that can
take your space captive. Rally today, and get that space back!
- Clothes.
If you're like most people, the clothes you wear on a day-to-day basis come
from a mere 20 percent of the clothes in your closet. In other words, 80
percent of those clothes are just taking up space and never worn. Go through
your closet and remove jeans, sweaters, blouses, skirts, dresses, shoes and
coats that you never wear. Donate them today. Your closet will be ready to
store any outfits you feel wonderful wearing, and you'll be helping out
someone who could be making use of those unused garments.
- Appliances.
Bread machines, juicers, griddles, mixers and other similar appliances are
wonderful--if you use them. However, if you have some, or all, of these
appliances, and you haven't used them in, conservatively speaking, a year,
chances are, they'll never be used in your lifetime. Say goodbye to them
today, and you'll be freeing up cabinet and counter space.
- Magazines.
Do you keep every single magazine that enters your home? If you do, you most
likely have a few piles growing throughout your home or office. Try to go
through your magazines and cut out and file, only the articles or recipes,
etc. that most interest you. No sense in keeping the entire magazine, once
you've read through it and have chosen those pages that you'd like to keep
for future reference.
- Mementos.
While it's fine to keep some very meaningful things stashed away in a
mementos box, if you've accumulated more than one or two boxes of these
treasures, you may be going a bit overboard. Being sentimental is wonderful,
but not when it's at the expense of your living space or storage space. Go
through these boxes of stuff from time to time, and weed out the things that
no longer have significant meaning to you. Commit to 1-2 boxes at the most,
and you'll have lots of memories to look back on in the future, and lots of
new space now!
- Furniture.
Is your home or apartment filled to the max with furniture you never use?
Perhaps it was passed down from a loved one? Or maybe you recently made a
move to a smaller place, but brought all of your big furniture with you. If
it's not functional or you truly don't have the space for it, consider
letting go. Imagine all the free space you'll have when it's gone.
by Maria Gracia - Get Organized Now!
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