1. • You’ve not used the item in over a year or two.
   • They are old and worn out.
   • You don’t know what to do with the item anymore. 

• Note the places that need to be taken care of: This is where you have to sit, observe your environment and see the places that need help. This article will bring some light to some of these places for you. So, you want to note each area like; The kitchen, living room, your room, the lounge, your work area, and the bathroom.                                                                                                      
• Compartmentalize: Choose a bag for different purposes – a bag for the things you are undecided about so this doesn’t slow you down, – another one for the things you want to give out.  
• Allocate time for each of the spaces you want to clear: You can pick out a week or few days for this task and fix everything that you want to so you don’t overwhelm yourself, and still have the time to do other things.
• Then start clearing them up: This is the main deal, it’s easy to want to sit and then get tired because you’re not sure about certain items. That’s why you refer to point 2 where you put them in the undecided box, and get on with your task easily. Listening to your favorite podcast can help ease out the process. 

Here are 9 Things to Declutter for The New Year

1. Kitchen: This is one of the places that harbor appliances that you may have not touched in years. Items like a deep fryer or the kettle you don’t use because you don’t want to run your meter/electricity up. There are also plates that you’ve probably not touched in a long time, clearing this up can rid you of pests and also give out items to people that need them and will make good use of them.                                                                                           
2. Unused Appliances: The living room speaker, the air conditioner that serves as decoration or the food processor you haven’t touched in ages. When you declutter, you know what to use, or give out and decide accordingly.                                                                                                                   
3. Books: Books are bound to gather dust. You’re likely to develop an allergy from this. Sorting out your books, giving out some, and dusting them will help keep your space free.                                                                             
4. Your furniture: There are times where you clean the home in a rush and don’t bother minding looking under the chairs or the top of your wardrobe. Doing this is essential to cleaning up space and breathing fresh air in your home.                                                                                                                 
5. Your room: Your makeup items, Shoe rack, Cleaning your mirror, carrying out your skincare products, looking into the wardrobe for clothes you haven’t worn in ages are some of the things to do in your room. This will put the confusion you’ve been having about getting new items and knowing the things you need, and also the ones that don’t serve you anymore.                                                                                                                             
6. Children’s room: Kids can be a handful with the way they rearrange the house and displace items. Clearing out their room might bring shocking discovery of things they are hiding and playing with. It is crucial to visit the kids room, often check in on them and see what they’re up to, and items they’re displacing. Also, clearing their room would avoid the risk of allergies or flu triggers.                                                                                              
7. Work place: Whether you work remotely or have a 9-5, your workplace needs to be free and cleared out for the new year. You do not want to have backlogs of work and roll them over, which includes the physical space, and also the work that you have to get done. This enables you to enjoy your holiday with ease and start the year out with a fresh mind ready to smash goals for the new work season.                                                                                    
8. Your car: One of the easiest places to dump many items is in your car. Some paper you kept in the glove compartment of the car, pens that you’ve left there since the beginning of the year, and other things. Your car needs a deep cleanse for the new year. Going to the trusted car wash for this is highly preferable.                                                                                              
9. Your mind: Finally, you’ve cleared out your physical space and you feel a bit at ease, but do not forget that going into the new year you need to reassess your boundaries, the people you’re around, your goals, and plan out your new year leaving behind situations that cause you stress and looking forward to better days. To do this, you have to be grateful for where you currently are and proceed with gratitude as we move on to the new year. 

Conclusion