30 Decluttering Exercises to Prep for 2018

Exercise #8 (of 30): List Your Excuses

Then… give them a 2-year life span.

I realize I have a secret conversation going on in my head. And it goes like this…

“My ______ is a mess anyway, so I think it’s ok…

Exercise #7 (of 30): Create a Model

Create a model of a clutter-free zone… then replicate the same clutter-free experience in other aspects of your life.

Exercise #6 (of 30): Create Boundaries

Right App – Right Device. Right Things – Right Place. Right Work – Right Time.

I believe this simple (and short) exercise will produce significant gains in productivity… Create…

Exercise #5 (of 30): Hierarchy of Decluttering

Use this to think about how what to declutter, and in what order of focus.

#Exercise 4 (of 30): Turn the tap off

You cannot clean the bathroom floor if the bathtub is still over-flowing.

My wife said yesterday that she was going to completely cut off spending on non-essentials for the entire month of…

Exercise #3 (of 30): Use Triggers.

List them. Keep them within reach. Like a handful of almonds.

The inspiration for today’s exercise came from a rather unexpected place… painfully unexpected.

Exercise #2 (of 30): Use-less to you. Useful for others.

Exercise #1 (of 30): Big ‘Important’ Stuff? Put Them Aside for 7 Days

Overcoming the initial resistance to lose something that seems important