You Can’t Throw Away: What Is Reverse Decluttering?

You Can’t Throw Away: What Is Reverse Decluttering?

This strategy turns everything upside down.

Decluttering has become a trend and, apparently, is not going to lose its place. However, not everyone is eager to try it: many people are disgusted by the idea of ​​getting rid of items just because they haven’t been used in a long time. This is where reverse decluttering comes in, asking us to rethink how we organize our living space.

What is reverse decluttering?

Reverse decluttering is a way of organizing our home in which we focus not on what we need to throw away, but on what we want to keep. Unlike regular decluttering, which starts by sorting items, the starting point of decluttering is identifying and taking care of the things that are important to you.

Key Steps to Reverse Decluttering

Step One: Decide Your Values

Think about what is really important to you: comfort, functionality, minimalism, absence of visual noise or aesthetics? Or maybe a combination of both?

Second step: choose the key elements

Decide which items are most valuable to you: both their usefulness and their sentimental value (yes, you can keep your child’s drawings!).

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You Can’t Throw Away: What Is Reverse Decluttering?

Step three: find a place for them

Each key item should have a place where it is stored – decide which will be most practical and meet your needs.

Step Four: Evaluate the Remaining Elements

Think about which ones are useless and which ones have no sentimental value. It’s better to throw it all away, give it away or sell it.

Step Five: Distribute the Rest

You don’t have to do it at the same time – you can spread the process over several approaches, devoting 15 minutes a day to it.

Benefits of Reverse Decluttering

  • Your house will become “filled with dopamine” – it will be filled with only your favorite and useful things.
  • Decluttering will become less traumatic because you’ll realize you’ve saved the most valuable things.
  • Suitable for any lifestyle – both for a fan of minimalism and for a sentimental person.

Disadvantages of Reverse Decluttering

  • Requires more time because each element must be evaluated thoughtfully.
  • This can sometimes be tricky: it is not always easy to determine the emotional value of an object.
  • This may not work – perhaps you already live surrounded only by the things you love.



Source: The Voice Mag

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