The Art of Detachment

You don’t need more space,
you need less sh:)t.

A lot of anxiety, stress, and ADHD-like symptoms start melting away once the decluttering process begins.

Let’s get started in decluttering and professional organizing!

❋ Easy steps to get started

Believe it or not, accumulating clutter is mostly mental and emotional. You’ll learn how to identify emotional attachments to physical items and how to move through them easier.

❋ Collaborative Energy

You’re in charge here, I am just helping guide you along. We’ll work together to make sure you absolutely love everything you decide to keep! 

❋ Numbers method

Your nervous system is our guiding star. You will count how many things you own and when your nervous system starts getting ‘activated,’ we will base your individualized decluttering method around your unique capacity number.

❋ Encouraging AF

#1 cheerleader here. Or colorguard flag girl. I’ve been one of them, guess which one haha. 

Step 1

Get in the right state
ACTION: Count everything you own

The BEST state to start decluttering is when you have finally said enough is enough and uttered the words “I want to burn my house down and start my life over.”

It is a state of decision fatigue — but really, it’s more like debating-arson decision rage.

Yes, we want you to hate how you live. It will make things way easier.

Count the # of items you own – you will have 2 numbers
#1 - The total number of items you own
#2 - The number that you say 'holy crap I have so much stuff' – this is  your 'capacity'
Example:
#1 - Total: 15,383 items

#2 - Capacity: 4,800 items

We will use #2 to shape how many items you keep

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Step 2

Redefine What Matters
ACTION: Write your top 10 priorities in life

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WORKSHEET
PRO TIP: Have you used it in the last 2 years, will you use in the next 2 years?

Reconnect with your body and mind as you escape the noise of everyday life.

Day Three

Understanding Emotional Attachments
ACTION: Gather all of your pens and get rid of the ones that don’t work

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Understand what Camps your items are in, start segmenting them in your head. Focus on Camps #1 & 2 for the bulk of the first phase of decluttering
Step 4

Changing your consumer behavior AKA shopping habits

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35,000 items vs 4000 ads
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Rule 1 item in
Step 5

Do it in chunks!

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SWEEP 1: Absolute Junk - Make a pass where you are only throwing things away. If you have 50,000 items, aim to throw away 200 items. (or make your own number, based on how much stuff you own) 
SWEEP 2: Try to gather all your stationary items (pens, paper, notebooks) in one pile. Throw away the pens that don't work. Throw away the paper that is unusable. Go through your notebooks and either chuck 'em, or rip out the pages already written on them and throw them out. Do not buy any more notebooks until these are all used up! 
SWEEP 3: Old socks and undies. You can get rid of some things. Just toss 'em.
SWEEP 4: Tupperware - Gather everything that doesn't have lids. Wash em, or post these on your local Buy Nothing group. People sometimes use empty to-go containers for planting seeds. Do not overthink this, and do not start imagining becoming a homesteader (at least not yet). Just get rid of the tupperware lol.
SWEEP 5: Hats & Beanies - Collect all of these you own. Get rid of 50% of them. (Donate, post on Buy Nothing, etc!) 
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Don't try to tackle everything today. You didn't accumulate 50,000 things in a day, you're not gonna get rid of everything in a day.

Work in 2 hour chunks, a few days apart (you are making calculated, one-off decisions, using up a good amount of those 35,000 decisions)

Step 6

Rest!

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Do NOT go out and buy more things! Sit in the empty space. If you want to treat yourself (highly recommend), go get a little hot choco or slice of cake from your local cafe & bakery. Or a massage. Experience, not material item! 
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Rest is recalibration. You need to stop decluttering for a few days to allow your nervous system to sit in the empty space. Your decision-making reservoirs need to build back up. And you need fresh eyes to look at your stuff from a different perspective. Give yourself a few days in between each decluttering session and chill! 
Step 7

Gratitude & Abundance

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It's all relative - and your imagination matters more than you think.

You don't need  a 20 step skincare routine,

you don’t need 5 cars

you don’t need 15 pairs of jeans


But you can want them. And that’s perfectly great.

Your nervous system, however, will dictate whether or not you SHOULD have those.

And being honest with yourself, paring down, and being content with what you own is one of the most virtuous things you can do. It doesn’t mean that you have to live in poverty or with cheap items. You can have luxurious items, just a smaller amount.

You dont’ have to sacrifice comfort and vibes in this process, in fact I’d argue that you will cultivate even better taste moving forward with patience and a very intentional eye.

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Believe it or not, most people could function on owning around 1,500 items. 

Not that you have to, but 1,500 items is quite a lot of stuff. Think about buddhist monks who own the robe on their back and a bowl for food, and live pretty communally. They are some of the happiest people! 
Step 8

Conscious Consumption

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I generally only purchase things if I have 4 reasons to do it. Otherwise, I leave it be. Sometimes I get impulsive, especially when it comes to art projects, but in general my 1 item in, 3 items out policy mitigates any sense of accumulation.

You can check out Buy it for Life trends, Minimalism, decluttering, the Zero Waste Movement, Buy Nothing/Freecycle groups and more. 
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Moving forward, ask yourself why are you buying the item? Is it because you're stressed, you want it? 
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