How you declutter your house?

[ramlee]

Guys,

Can share how you do it?
Especially if a person like me has attachment, hard to throw away things not use for months..

pay some one to throw things away

 

[Lifeinmotion]

I take out things and throw... Wife took back 50%... How?

Give the wife away

 

[Lifeinmotion]

pay some one to throw things away

There's now Mari Komodo consultant you can hire.

 

[Vincentlow82]

I'm waiting for my BTO to complete. Target to get rid of 70% of my stuff before move out in 2-3 years.

 

[Can Or Not]

the trick is: keep it in archive/storeroom for 10 years, after 10 years expiry, then throw away. During these 10 years, i am sure u won't even notice these items are missing

Might as well throw

 

[Encouragesome1]

When in grieving n packing is different when normal packing.
I am mentally drain.

Break up the task into small manageable steps and rope in family to help out also. Don’t try to do more than u can manage in too short a time period

 

[3sth3r]

I take out things and throw... Wife took back 50%... How?

Got car? I squirrel away things I wanna throw in car boot, then accumulate and drop off at Salvation Army. Then again when it’s a wife problem, quite hard to secretly pack things you wanna throw. Same bedroom no personal space, when you start clearing she will notice, cham man. Then you purposely use till cuiz till she approves for discard.

 

[PCguy]

Guys,

Can share how you do it?
Especially if a person like me has attachment, hard to throw away things not use for months..

Whatever you see in the house, just throw.

 

[Ahgirlgirl]

There's now Mari Komodo consultant you can hire.

Think no need, those thing never touch for more than 1 year and never spark joy just throw

 

[Lifeinmotion]

Think no need, those thing never touch for more than 1 year and never spark joy just throw

Sad. No joy in bed too. Bed throw

 

[tiredman]

No offense if can afford move house better

 

[Can Or Not]

There's now Mari Komodo consultant you can hire.

She no longer practices her thing

 

[Encouragesome1]

It’s really a mindset thingy. The thought of leaving too many things behind when I die gives me shudders. And the thought of ppl going through my belongings feel so intrusive.

I felt the same way but I m always happy to offer someone something I owned/ have to a friend or family , so usually when I think yea when I die someone will be so mafan
vs
Later my didi need this I ll pass to him for this
Or
pa wants this
Then
I usually lean on the latter to be “there for them”, like how they have been there for me.

On the contrary my mum is just happy to die with clothes in her twenties hanging in her wardrobe

My mom gave away 99% of them and saved 1-5 pieces for me , but back then I was plumper and couldn’t fit most of them. So we gave them all away.
now that we don’t have them I can nearly fit into all her old clothing but we no longer have them.
most importantly my mom is here … things are just things if our relationship is good.

Personal thought … if relationship were distanced or that item is symbolic or most of what that relationship means then giving up a thing that significant becomes more difficult for me.

and clothes she is wearing now on clothing rack and boxes outside the wardrobe cos clothes she no longer can wear has sentimental value or one day she lose weight

My mom got diabetes some n years ago and for a while she was able to fit back all her slim youthful days clothings … but everyone became so overly worried n concerned for her , even the missy at her usual clinic ask her why she become stick man thin.
Now she got back into 100-110% of her ideal weight again … half of those clothing again she give them away to donation drive but she is happy now.

can wear again.

Difference between my mum and TS is she totally embrace her clutter lifestyle. It doesn’t bother her at all.
So I really meant it when I advise ppl who can’t bear to throw things should just embrace it. Be clutter positive.

my dad takes it to other extreme , our store room is impossible to open the door because he stuff any clutter he likes into it … we always joke but it is serious if we have a civil emergency and need to go into bomb shelter store room he might need 24 weeks not 24 h to clear the movable items and we will become chaotaobao alr

thanks for ur hearty share !

 

[snowdrop05]

take photo of the stuff and then give/throw away


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[Encouragesome1]

I take out things and throw... Wife took back 50%... How?

My mom is this guy who accepts and volunteers those thg I want to gift or donate or throw away … everyth from me she likes 🫣

 

[Encouragesome1]

Take far far away to throw

They will watch us and the moment we finish that part of space they say “hmm I want to look please 🫣”

 

[Encouragesome1]

Next time I take leave and throw while she is working....

Yea
When my coworker throwing stuff they also say we do when u on leave so u won’t feel so bad abt it

 

[deathan9el]

u need to do it as a team: get your children to do their part

bit by bit, slowly will get to dispose unwanted stuffs, rather than u have to do it all on your own

time consuming, espc weekends the only time available

even that, your children can maybe afford only a few hours to spare, as they have plans for the weekend too

 

[RunningDwaeji]

Guys,

Can share how you do it?
Especially if a person like me has attachment, hard to throw away things not use for months..

each item that u need to use, choose your fav and keep 1, throw the rest.
Eg comb, you dont need 4.
Eg home tshirt keep 7, you dont need like 40 of them.

 

[IAmChiobu12M]

Guys,

Can share how you do it?
Especially if a person like me has attachment, hard to throw away things not use for months..

Step 1, don't anyhow buy
Step 2, make sure whatever comes in must go out. Means buy sth new then sth old must go.
Step 3 if dk how to keep just throw or give away

I been doing this. I am quite a minimalist. In life the only thing if you wanna hoard should be cash and assets not stuff. Caz end up only collect dust and no use. Is a utter waste of space especially sg is so limited in space.

Also once you move enough house you will realised the importance of not keeping too many things. The way I handle it is I make sure if tmr I die I won't have too much rubbish for ppl to help me throw. With such mindset u will start to hoard less and throw more.

There isn't much thing in life worth getting so attached too. Trust me.