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We have come to believe that living with more is the same asliving better. But for most of us whostruggle with home organization every day its simply not the case. A bigger house and more things has broughtmore work,more mess, and more headaches. It is no surprise there is a growing movement to live with less as aroad to a happier life. If you live in an older home you may have more than oncemarveled at the size of the closets. They are so small, where did people use to keep things?! You may haveasked this more than once while searching for somewhere to store your latestacquisition. The truth is people use tomake do with much less. For example, they had two pairs of shoes, an everyday pairand a Sunday pair. How many shoes are inyour closet? Is it not unusual forpeople to have 80 plus pairs of shoes. Think that sounds like a lot? Count your shoes. Take the challenge. I dont doubt you will hit 40 pair muchfaster than you thought. You may not be ready to pair down to two pairs of shoes, butthink how much easier home organization will be if you can cut even ten pairsof shoes out of your closet. How to Start LivingWith Less: Declutter. This stepis hard for a lot of us. We worry thatwe will need something once we get rid of it, or maybe you just need an extrapush to get you started. Call in a professional organizer. Whether you need someone to help get youstarted and set up a plan for you to follow, or someone to walk you through theentire process a professional organizer can be a great resource. Try this trick. Filla box with items you know you should part with, but are afraid you will miss orsuddenly need. Tape the box closed. Once its sealed write a date on it, ifyoure really nervous give yourself a year. When your date comes up and the box is still sealed donate it. Dont open it first! You havent needed those things in the pastyear dont let yourself be convinced you need them now. Shop with a list. Living with less means acquiring less. There are so many stores, not to mention online shopping, to lure usback into filling up our spaces. Its astores job to get you to leave with more than you meant to buy when youarrived, make it your job to buy only what you need. Live like youre on vacation. When you go on vacation you make do with farless than you keep around you in your everyday life. Try to create that same easy feeling in yourday-to-day life. Keep things around youthat are comfortable and necessities! Remember smaller homes use to be the norm. For many years the average American homewas around 1000 square feet. It wasntuntil after the 1960s that we started believing that we simply NEEDED morespace than that to live well. Thisbelief took off and by the year 2000 our average homes were 2000 plus squarefeet. More than double in size. In recent years an emphasis has returned to smart homedesign over HUGE home design. While youmay find some of the mini homes currently available on the market a bitextreme, we can all learn lessons of living with less from people choosing thisenvironmentally friendly lifestyle. The Benefits ofLiving with Less: · Having less stuff means you spend less time onhome organization and otherwise managing your things. This means you have more time to spend onthe things you want to be doing and with the people you love. What would you rather spend your time on,enjoying hobbies and visiting with interesting people or dusting and organizingthings? Smaller homes also equal less maintenancetime. · Youll save money. By becoming less of a consumer you areobviously spending less money! Reducingthe size of your home also means reducing the size of your bills. You can cut down on both heating and coolingbills. We all face the struggle of homeorganization. Finding ways to simplifyyour life can help put you on the winning side of this struggle. You may be surprised how much happier you areonce you simplify your every day life.
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