Declutter your home: How to get rid of unnecessary clothes. Cleaning up clutter

Minimalism is a special way of life. It involves not only the absence of unnecessary things, it also creates the conditions for getting rid of unnecessary clothes. And the last thing is very important: the reluctance or inability to part with old clothes clutters up the living space more than constant purchases. Each thing has its own active life span, and it is important not to miss when it expires.

How to part with unnecessary things correctly? How to get rid of junk that takes up space but will never serve its intended purpose? I have my own algorithm.

Step 1. Winter or summer?

Initially, all things in the house are divided into two large groups:

1. "Summer",
2. "Winter".

In the summer I work with the first, in the winter, respectively, with the second. This is important, because in hot weather it’s hard for me to appreciate the relevance, warmth and quality of a sweater, and in terrible frost it is sometimes impossible to understand all the beauty of a sundress. That's why critical analysis here and now we expose clothes that are about to begin to be worn, because the season is conducive to this.

Step 2. Ideal or not?

Things for the season are divided into three more groups:

1. Ideal.
They're trendy, they suit your personal style, they fit great, they're high quality.

2. Good, but...
Overall they are not bad, but there is something wrong with them. Wrong length, wrong volume, wrong parameters. They can make you a little fatter, a little outdated, put pressure on your stomach, or bunch up on your back.

2. Bad.
They went out of fashion, lost quality, stretched, and faded from washing. They may be loved, but the critical eye is unmistakable: these clothes have lost their original charm.

Step 3. Throw it away or keep it?

Three groups lie in front of you (you can even dump them carelessly). And here everything is easy:

1. Ideal things stay in the closet and are actively worn,
2. Things “Good, but...” are transformed - they can be altered, cut, changed with the help of accessories (for example, a belt). If there is no desire or ability to do something with them, you will have to part with them.
3. Bad things are thrown away without regret. These are definitely the clothes that will never be worn.

A little more about "bad" things

1. If you have gained weight, you can return to your previous figure, but you are unlikely to want to return to your previous wardrobe, which has lost its relevance during the “downtime”;
2. Lost weight - your favorite things turn into shapeless bags, and you can wear them with a belt, but it will simply be ugly;
3. We changed the style - your favorite midi skirt cannot be made mini by simply rolling it up at the waist;
4. Growing up is especially important: 5 years ago, idiotic glasses, creepy plush platform sandals and an infantile denim overalls looked fresh on you, but today, alas, these are the same things from the past as rompers. They just don't suit you.

How to throw it away correctly?

There is just a sweater in pills, and you can use it for rags. But there is also a skirt bought with my first salary. There is a sundress in which you met your love. There is a lucky dress that I wore to pass my driving test (on the second try!). How to throw them away? How do I put them in the trash can?

Therefore, I do not suggest throwing away clothes or simply damaging them (for example, making a car cover out of a coat, which will be as frankly scary as the coat itself). To me, this is vandalism.

Clothes leave our lives like this:

1. Given to friends or sold - the best things that have retained their quality and may attract someone else,
2. Changes - you can exchange things with friends or other like-minded people, which will allow you to refresh your wardrobe for free,
3. It is altered - for those who know how to do it, or know who to ask,
4. Given to those in need (there are a lot of families like this, if you set a goal, you can easily find someone who will be happy to wear your old jeans),
5. It is given to those who can make something special out of it.

The last one is very interesting. There are companies that make bags from old leather jackets. There are also craftsmen who remake old denim items into bags. And finally, there are families (not many of them) who make wonderful toys or accessories out of old clothes. I sent a whole package of my things to one such family, and I admire what they turned into. And most importantly, things did not disappear, they simply transformed.

Giving away clothes is easy and pleasant if it allows you to extend their life - just no longer in your closet or in your house dust. And most importantly, sold or given away items free up space and provide wide scope for choosing something new. When you only have clothes you like in your closet, it’s very easy to determine what’s still missing and buy exactly that.

A minimal wardrobe is a little creativity. You are not just creating your own set of clothes. And not even your style. You create a living space whose details delight you, because they simply cannot be boring. Oh no,

minimalism is very inspiring and interesting!

Why? More about this next time.

In the meantime, what do you think of the idea? Do you agree? Have you ever thrown things away?

1. Get rid of everything that pulls you back to the past.

2. Things that are not worn or used in everyday life die. Therefore, they carry information about death.

3. If your home is in disarray when you leave it, you tend to carry with you into the outside world the idea that your feelings or your life are in equal disarray. All this is in your subconscious, and although you seem to behave completely independently of the situation at home, there is bound to be some aspect in your appearance, body language or demeanor that gives away the actual state of things. Other people will accept these “messages; (also mostly unconsciously) and react accordingly to your behavior, so harmony in the home leads to more harmonious and hasty relationships with the outside world.

4. Nothing new and valuable will come into our lives until there is free space in it.
You cannot create something new without completely getting rid of everything old.

5. There is only one criterion for selecting unnecessary items. If something is not useful within a year or two, it will never be needed again.

6. There is a huge benefit in clearing your home of unnecessary things. healing power. By clearing on the external level, we make internal changes possible and release a huge amount of energy for this.

7. Having blockages keeps you stuck in the past. When every space in your home is cluttered, you simply don't have room for anything new to come into your life. Clearing the rubble will allow you to move forward. You must free yourself from the past to create a better tomorrow.

8. Old, unnecessary things, junk - these are real energy eaters. If you do not dare to part with them, they gradually accumulate and begin to simply eat up your own energy, your vitality. Such bunnies, who value every rusty nail, every old button, every piece of rope, look lifeless, apathetic, unable to enjoy life. This is not surprising: they value their treasures so much that they give all their strength, all their energy to them.

9. Before hanging a new shirt in the closet, throw away the oldest shirt.

10. Get rid of everything old and worn out, with stains, holes

11. Black set of one fabric - trousers, long and short skirts, blazer.

12. By collecting unnecessary things just in case, we assume that this case will come and we will have to walk around, for example, in frayed pants. We set ourselves up for failure and trouble. Thus, we program ourselves and our loved ones for a life when you will not be able to buy new things, and you will be forced to wear old, unfashionable ones, having previously patched them up.

13. By leaving unnecessary things in the house, you are thereby programming yourself for poverty. The desire to hold on to old things is a sure sign of the psychology of poverty.

14. If within 1-1.5 years the thing that you were looking for and found with difficulty remains unnecessary, say goodbye to it.

15. The fewer things you leave, the sooner your wardrobe will be replenished with new ones.

16. By clinging to things that no longer serve you, you cling to principles and ideas that no longer serve you.

17. In order for a new thing to come into the house, you need to make room for it. As soon as you realize this, put your house in order and get rid of unnecessary things, you will have both money and time to buy.

18. Do not leave clothes hanging over the backs of chairs.

20. The cost of a bouquet of flowers and a pair of tights is about the same, so why do we keep tights in our dresser drawer for years? We won’t keep a dried bouquet in a vase for so long!

21. Throw away those things that are frayed, worn out and unattractive in appearance.

22. Throw away shoes and bags of outdated models. Nothing ruins an outfit more than out-of-fashion shoes and bags.

23. Weed your wardrobe mercilessly and simply throw out everything that doesn’t bring you joy. Make room for new changes, new relationships, new loves that will come to replace old things.

24. Old things do not provide the opportunity to acquire new things, they accumulate negative energy, which can affect your well-being and luck in general.

25. Broken electrical appliances work like vampires, taking away the positive energy of the room and strengthening the negative.

26. A burnt-out light bulb will make you waste more strength, earning money can worsen your well-being and give rise to self-doubt.

27. Old, out-of-use things and especially broken and defective things are created in your home. negative energy, contribute to stagnation in life and even negatively affect your health.

28. Old things store stunted energy.

29. First of all, the trash can should be blessed with chipped and cracked dishes and mirrors with some defects.

30. Old, forgotten things represent postponed matters, unresolved tasks.

31. An altered item ends its days too early in a dark wardrobe.

32. Do not leave dried flowers or dust on them.

33. Any thing carries within itself the psychic energy that a person put into it.

34. The space of the apartment is filled with information about the things that are in it. If an item was shoved into a corner or pushed onto the mezzanine as unnecessary, then what information was put into it? And if there are a lot of such things in the apartment, then the whole house is filled with negative, dead zones that form around unnecessary objects. The space filled with such things becomes denser and begins to push a person out of his own apartment. A person can get sick, and very seriously. Because it loses vitality - its energy potential, wasting it on unnecessary things.

35. Looking at a portrait hanging on the wall, we inevitably transfer part of our consciousness there. Do we always have excess energy to throw away?

36. Through holes in clothes, which are on pockets, socks, tights (under jeans to save money), energy potential leaks. You can't hide yourself from yourself.

37. Spots are the materialization of unresolved problems.

38. Old unnecessary things draw energy onto themselves.

39. A worn jacket, with which the image of yourself as a loser is associated. Take it to the trash heap.

40. The smell of a blouse of pre-perestroika freshness, the aroma of unfulfilled hopes and disappointments. You've probably noticed that the owners of apartments chaotically filled with old furniture and other junk are usually unhappy and unlucky in life. It is difficult to judge what is the cause and what is the effect in this case. Either because of poverty there is no money to exchange the old for the new, or the energy of second hand cars has a special effect on the fate of the owners.

41. But every old thing is, in fact, unrealized dreams and plans.

42. We clear space not for new things, but for new desires, beginnings and achievements. Agree, old detectives, thrown into the trash are a small price to pay for a bright future.

43. Don't leave dust on mirrors.

44. Old things should be thrown away mercilessly.

45.Things have the ability to absorb and accumulate the energy of the person using them. Mostly negative. When there is too much energy, the thing begins to give it away. This is especially true upholstered furniture which is used for sleeping. The maximum service life of a bed or sofa is 10 years.

46. ​​As soon as you want to make some changes in this life, get rid of unnecessary worries, troubles in the family and stagnation at work, as well as if your health worsens, immediately begin to free your home from negative emotions. The same can be done when everything in the house is just wonderful and there is not the slightest reason for any worries. Just to strengthen your positive aura and maintain appropriate harmony in your family and work.

47. All things that cause physical discomfort when worn should be mercilessly thrown away.

48. Criteria: how you feel in these clothes, a mirror, reviews you’ve heard before.

49. By clearing space, we signal our readiness to change and accept abundance and happiness into our lives.

50. If you want positive changes in your life, then make room for them!

51. A thing that has not been touched by human hands, that is not remembered, gradually becomes a carrier of necrotic, dead information. Even living things that you bought with hope and pleasure, if you get into such company, they can die.

52. Any thing has its own time and purpose. According to Feng Shui, your favorite thing gives you positive charges while absorbing negative ones. Having served its life, it, like a battery, must be disposed of. However, if you do not part with it, its negative charge can ruin the entire spiritual atmosphere in your apartment.

53. In addition, the constant contemplation of old and decrepit things (if they are not collectible and brilliantly restored antiques) forms the psychology of poverty in our minds. We get used to offending ourselves and being content with what is patched and shabby.

54. A thing should bring renewal and a desire to move forward!

55. The aura of things takes away part of a person’s space. Greed most of all punishes the owner himself: with the accumulated things, their negative energy is transferred to him.

56. Things we stop using accumulate negative energy.

57. If you accidentally find something that you didn’t remember existed an hour ago, you can safely throw it in the trash, even if you really need it, you won’t find it.

58. Don't transform all rooms at once.

59. The effectiveness of clearing debris lies in the fact that while you are putting your outer world in order, corresponding changes occur at the inner level. Everything around you, and especially the objects around you at home, are a reflection of your inner state. When you remove “obstacles” in the space around you that interfere with the harmonious flow of energy, you thereby bring more harmony into your life, allowing new events to flow into it

60. When your home is filled with things you love or use often, they energize you. Debris, on the other hand, has a strong negative impact on you. If there are things in your home that give you unpleasant associations, they pollute your space and psyche, and it does not matter whether their service life has expired. A similar situation arises when your home is filled with furniture, figurines or other objects that constantly remind you of relatives or friends with whom you had or have strained relationships. These associations will have the same debilitating effect on you.

61. People prone to depression tend to keep junk on the lowest level. Remove everything unnecessary from the floor, and it will raise your energy and give you good spirits.

62. Buy only what is perfect, not just cute.

63. Keeping old books that you haven't used for a long time prevents you from creating space in your life for new ideas and original ways of thinking. When there are too many books in the house, your thinking stops. It is especially important not to accumulate such book debris in the relationship area (this symbolizes a replacement for human relationships). Books must be released when their time comes. Start sorting out your book pile with those books that you bought by chance and that you never used, as well as with old books that have already begun to deteriorate over time. Ultimately, you should be left with a set of books that will reflect the you of today as you want to be of tomorrow.

64. Learn the basic rule of Feng Shui: “Before something new comes, something old must go.”

65. Let's look at your wallpaper, furniture and everything else. Pay attention to how many unnecessary things are in your home. Things constantly absorb information, it lasts long enough, and this is reflected in the psyche.

66. How important it is to have a REALLY favorite thing in your wardrobe. Favorite things give you self-confidence! : your favorite things - they fit on you somehow differently, and you behave somehow differently in them, you feel super and this feeling is passed on to everyone around you!!! I always complete my wardrobe so that I feel good in any thing. After all, it’s so easy to lift your spirits when you put on your favorite skirt, it’s beyond words! Let this really be the beginning of such a wardrobe for you! =)

67. DO YOU WANT LOVE AND MONEY? START WITH... CLEANING!

68. Do not overload your home with unnecessary items, regularly clean and ruthlessly get rid of everything old and unusable: do not accumulate in closets things that have long gone out of fashion and use. You'll see by distributing your old clothes, you will clear the way for life-giving energy and thereby remove the “congestion” in your life- after all, Feng Shui teaches that everything is interconnected. By the way, according to some observations, rich houses often have much less things than poor ones. But is this so surprising? No, and if you want to become richer, but don’t know where to start, make room in your life for wealth by removing all the unnecessary things that bind you hand and foot.

69. If you want to arrange your personal life, remove from the walls portraits of ideal beauties, with which some representatives of the fair sex so love to decorate their homes... According to the ideas of Feng Shui, a lot of single ladies in your environment do not in the least suggest the idea of ​​partnership, for which marriage and is. So it would be better to hang a picture of a happy couple on the wall, and then, every time you glance at it, you will subconsciously attract partnership into your life. It will do, no matter how trite it may sound, just a couple of hearts, kissing doves and other love symbols. Don't believe me? And you try, what if something really happens and life changes for the better?

70. Dust, garbage, heaps of unnecessary and forgotten things are sources of accumulation of negative energy, which carry an information charge of the past, close us off from the world and do not allow them to be replaced by new things and ideas.

71. Particular attention should be paid to torn and broken things. Either they need to be repaired immediately or thrown away immediately. And under no circumstances should they be allowed to sit for a long time until hands can reach them. According to Feng Shui, this is unacceptable, since their negative energy of accumulating destruction involuntarily breaks inner harmony Houses.

72. Love for trash is a strong hint that you are strongly attached to the past and it is slowing down the path to a bright future. Having dealt with your old shoes, you can change your hairstyle, job, apartment, etc. Or take a different look at what is. In any case, there will be more space in the corridor.

73. Rubble is the greatest evil you can imagine!!! Sometimes only their elimination gives amazing results!!! But we must not just disassemble and rake, but do it purposefully. That is, when clearing everything out, have a clear understanding of why you are doing this. For something new to come into our lives, we need to get rid of the old. When removing all this, you need to say: “I am taking all this apart so that it can come into my life...” Well, further down the list of what you would like...

74. I think it worked for me. Indeed, new acquaintances began to appear after purchasing the dolphins. Or are these just coincidences?

75. Start with something. Give the opportunity for favorable energy to penetrate your home. And then CI will work with you for one thing.

76. Cleaning the house can be supported by washing floors, windows, and clearing cabinets of debris and dust. Because like attracts like, dirty and disorderly houses attract vibrations that disturb us. Even if your house is not kept perfectly clean, it is in order and you know where everything is. When cleaning the house, imagine how you are sweeping away the sorrows and worries that have accumulated in the house.

77. And “cleaned” things can be safely worn. Over time, they will become “their own”, loved ones. And even “lucky” - a kind of talismans. We willingly wear such clothes for exams and important events. You can also imagine one of the mechanisms of luck: once we were lucky, and our emotional charge remained on these things. When we put on these clothes again, they will recharge us with exactly THAT energy. Naturally, our mood will improve, our tone will increase, we will be energetic and confident. And we will again be accompanied by success - “luck”. The charge of the “talisman” will increase even more.

78. If your home is not littered with junk and extraneous things, then you will have the opportunity to: a) keep your mind clean and tidy, b) allow new opportunities and things to enter your home.

79. And although you may be the only one who sees a cluttered basement or garage, the power of the energy impact of the room does not decrease: you are the one on whom all the blows fall. You will be the first to be affected by the qi of that room.

80. The more unnecessary things you collect, the slower the movement of qi in your apartment or office becomes. So don't be surprised that your life plans are not being implemented, and you feel as if something is always getting in the way.

81. Any red thing that you use at work - a book with a red cover, red pens or other stationery will have a positive impact. Red, pink and white objects symbolize love and eroticism.

82.You want a home that is larger. First you must adapt yourself to such a dwelling, creating, as far as possible, from your house a little paradise. Keep it spotlessly clean. Let him look as cute and pleasant as your means allow. Prepare even the simplest food with care and set the table with the best taste you can muster. By improving your habitat, you will rise above it, and from there, in due time, you will enter best house and the habitats that have been waiting for you all this time, and which you have adapted for yourself.

83. Home can and is the point of concentration of magic, power and spirit.

84. Home is a mirror reflection of ourselves.

85. Our home is a symbolic representation of ourselves and, in fact, more in a deep sense an extension of ourselves. At home these are our models. Change this pattern and the energy will change. Tidying up drawers changes this pattern.

86. To get rid of a negative past, get rid of objects in your home that carry the energy of the past into the present. Zulu people burn the clothes they wore when they got into trouble to get rid of the emotional imprint left on the clothes. In some cultures, the clothes a woman wore when she gave birth are burned so that she and the baby symbolically enter a new cycle of existence. If there are objects in your home that remind you of something bad or were given to you by someone you don't like, get rid of them.

87. Things in your home should bring back good memories. Otherwise, negative associations will reduce the energy of your home. When you buy something for your home, remember that how you feel when you buy it will affect how you feel once it's in your home. If you buy something and the salesperson is rude and you feel irritated, then chances are you will never truly enjoy the item. If the mood when purchasing is good and joyful, then the associations with this item will be pleasant.

88. If possible, radically change the situation: rearrange the furniture, change color scheme rooms, etc. Change everything beyond recognition.

89. Make the energy of your home become a real magnet, attracting love and happiness. If the energy of love has settled in your home; love will be attracted to you from outside too. The energy field attracts only that which is similar in character and quality to itself. Focus your attention especially on the intention with which you are transforming the energy of your home: what you would like to see in your home.

90. Things that clutter a house take away the vital energy of the residents of the house. Think: old trash takes away your health, your vitality, and therefore years of your life! So it's more expensive for you; your own life or old trash?

91. There is always a temptation to put off for later things that are outdated or in need of repair, that have fallen out of use in the process everyday life. But this is like putting off happiness and harmony in your home for later. Some people continue to use cracked, chipped or scratched dishes year after year, even though they have fine cutlery locked away in their cupboards. Thus, they seem to inspire themselves: I do not deserve harmony in my daily life;.

92. Be absolutely ruthless about decluttering.

93. Never wear clothes that you are associated with negative memories, no matter how much it costs.

94. Iron wrinkled things. And don't be lazy! It’s better to iron them at one time than, swearing, ironing them constantly, being late for the next date, etc.).

95. Place wrinkle-resistant items on shelves. Sweaters for sweaters, T-shirts for T-shirts.

96. Immediately after ironing, hang things on hangers (hangers, hangers). Don't overload the hangers, otherwise everything will soon be wrinkled again.

97. Hanging order: Yes; skirts, then trousers, then blouses, then; jackets. Can; by style: business and classic, then; sports, then; for special occasions. Consider division by color scheme.

98. Came home and undressed; immediately see what is dirty and what; No. Don’t be too lazy to put all clean things in their usual places, and dirty ones; put it in the wash.

99. In the evening, decide on your clothes for tomorrow.

100. Get rid of everything that does not suit the style, color and size.

101. God forbid you from carrying the things of a dead person; his suits, dresses, coats, boots. Thus, you will connect yourself with an energy channel with the afterlife, and your energy will flow through this channel.

102. Practical people always have such a warehouse of recyclable materials, justifying its presence by the fact that everything can come in handy someday. But, excuse me, someday you will need a high-quality single-seat coffin; will you really buy that in advance?

103. Most of us have a developed hamster instinct: to hide everything we can in a hole. But the mink is not rubber. Gradually, things clog all the pores of the house, so that it is impossible to turn around, they lie somewhere on the mezzanine for years, collecting dust and spoiling in cramped spaces and various closets and pantries, huddling forlornly under sofas and shelving. More than once, you probably had a feeling of melancholy when you found yourself in the room of a lonely ancient old woman. Do you know why? This is not only the old age of the owner of the apartment, but also the smell, the specific smell of a hamster’s home. Because in this old woman’s closet, mixed with new, clean things, there were dresses that she had once worn in her youth, and moth-eaten hats that had gone out of fashion half a century ago; in her sideboard there were broken mugs, neatly glued together in places where they had been chipped, and plates with chipped edges and even pieces of half-eaten bread. All of them carried information about decrepitude, about the readiness to crumble into dust at the very first touch. That's why never regret throwing anything away.

104. Often we even get sick because we keep all sorts of junk at home.

105. By leaving unnecessary things in the house, you are thereby programming yourself for poverty. The desire to hold on to old things is a sure sign of the psychology of poverty. Old things do not provide the opportunity to acquire new ones; they accumulate negative energy, which can affect well-being and luck in general. Holding on to old things, thinking, “What if I don’t have the money to buy new things and I’ll never have one again?” We program ourselves for the fact that we will not be able to earn money and buy the things we need.

106. You should not keep cut flowers in a vase for a long time. Firstly, they themselves, withering, bring death, and secondly, stagnant water is negative energy. The memory of death is hidden in stuffed animals, herbariums, insect collections, dried flowers and even natural fur coats.

107. Never accumulate or store old things for a long time. Your life has become better, and they are “pulling” you into the past. Don't use the item more than a year- get rid of it. Only those objects that you like should “live” in the house, then unfavorable zones will become much smaller.

108. Old, worn slippers attract negative energy. Also, you should not store torn, unusable clothes in the house. Dishes with cracks or chips disrupt the energy of food, making it hazardous to health. No matter how much you like the dishes, if they are cracked, it is better to throw them away.

109. “In a dress that is not worn, resentment towards the owner accumulates,” Vanga said, advising not to accumulate unnecessary clothes at home. Things that a person has not worn for a long time tend to be “collected” innegative energy that destroys material well-being owners.

110. In space, the main thing is space. It is the space free space- this is the favorable energy of our home. By cluttering the space of the house with unnecessary things and junk, we block the energy flow of health, success, well-being and comfort.

111. To make it easier to determine whether you need an item or not, ask yourself “if I move, will I pack it or get rid of it?”

112. Where in your apartment or house is the most junk - in the wardrobes, on the balcony, in the bathroom? Start from there general cleaning. Taking apart wardrobes throw away things you don't need - those you haven't used for more than a year.

113. Putting things in order is worth paying attention to. special attention, if there is a serious crisis in life or stagnation in relationships. Devote at least six days to this and clean up the mess yourself.

114. Trash attracts only trash.

115. Old perfume, pants and jugs are bad. This is programming yourself for life without change. Every thing from the past brings back some memories and makes you look back. And this is dangerous You can't go back to the past, you can skip the future. It must be mercilessly and irrevocably broken, torn, given away, disposed of. Anything needs to be done with old things, but just don’t store them, don’t fill the mezzanines, suitcases, boxes with rubbish, which will certainly be sent for later storage to the garage or basement.

116. By holding on to old things with the thoughts “What if I don’t have the money to buy new things, and I’ll never have this again?”, we resonate with the mentality of the poor and get poverty. If we calmly throw away unnecessary things with the thoughts “I’ll buy more or the Universe will give me better,” we resonate with the mentality of the rich and gain wealth.

117. When we put on old thing or we spray ourselves with perfume that we haven’t used for a long time, or we hear music from the past - we are literally taken back to the past. This is elementary NLP - all these so-called “Anchors” are emotional. Some memories are associated with old things (perfume, clothes and everything) and they are automatically reproduced upon contact with the anchor. But the fact is that not only emotions appear - old thoughts appear in us, but this is very dangerous, because thoughts, as we know, shape life. So we shape our lives with old thoughts and don’t get what we want.

Classification of unnecessary things from Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen divided all the trash into the following categories:

Useless trash is things that are stored because they are, in principle, necessary, although you personally do not need them. These can be numerous glass jars, which may come in handy someday when you are planning to “screw” something into them.

Trinkets - all kinds of useless souvenirs, key rings, postcards, figurines, magnets, etc.

Used trash is basically old clothes and underwear that we don’t throw away just because they haven’t completely worn out yet. How many T-shirts do you have in your closets that have long since become shapeless and you don’t wear them?

Pretentious trash - things that you have, but you use them only in your dreams. For example, a huge exercise bike that takes up a third of the room, and you think that someday I will start working out on it in the morning. Or a set of dishes in the closet from which you have never eaten or drunk.

Unsuccessful purchases - sometimes instead of admitting what we bought unnecessary thing, we put it on the far shelf in the hope that it will “come in handy someday.” As a rule, unsuccessfully purchased items of clothing, shoes, bags and accessories fall into this category. But there may also be unsuccessfully purchased cosmetics that you don’t want to use, but it’s a shame to throw them away!

10 “valuable” things that should be thrown in the trash immediately.

1. Expired cosmetics.
Why keep old mascara and lipstick? What about collecting empty perfume bottles? Any cosmetics are created to make us more beautiful, and not to cause a bacterial infection.

2. Uncomfortable shoes.
Just admit it, there are some shoes that when you put them on, you curse them every time because of the unbearable pain and calluses?! Yes, they are very beautiful and stylish, but there are a million other shoes in the world that are comfortable. Can't throw away those shoes? Put them in the most visible place and sign: “My favorite instrument of torture.”

3. “When I lose weight” clothes.
Somewhere in the far corner of your closet lies a neat stack of things that you dream of wearing when you lose those extra (only extra for you, no one else notices) pounds. Yes, it works as motivation, but it is negative and depressing.

4. Postcards from people you don't remember.
A small, beautiful box holds a stack of greeting cards. Old ones. Banal and ugly. From people you will never communicate with again. Why do we need this warehouse of cardboard boxes with “sincere” wishes? Leave cards only from loved ones, the rest is in the trash!

5. Porcelain dishes.
Museum exhibits should be kept in a museum! Take grandma the old sets that are cluttering up the sideboards and cupboards - put in their place vases with fresh flowers - no more mothballs.

6. Paper spam.
Why drag various printed materials from mailbox? The only thing you need is bills for public utilities. All other printed rubbish is unnecessary and unnecessary trash.

7. “Unwearable” underwear.
Who came up with the classification of linen “on critical days", "for every day" and "for special occasion"? Take a look and keep only the panties and bras that make you feel especially sexy. And throw away all the tights with arrows with the mysterious mission “Under your pants” (you’ll never wear them!).

8. Old phones, players and other equipment.
These valuable gadgets may be useful for young test physicists for experiments, but you absolutely do not need them.

9. Books that you will never read.
Only your favorite books and those needed for work/study should be in a prominent place. Multi-volume works of Marx or “The Life of Klim Samgin” by Gorky - for the library or for recycling, and not for collecting dust and creating the entourage of an intellectual.

10. Memories of former relationships.
Can't throw away your ex's T-shirt that still smells like his perfume? Or a stack of handwritten poems written by a traitor just for you? Once you get rid of material reminders, it’s easier to get the person out of your head. As they say, out of sight, out of mind!

This is perhaps the most important question in this situation. Of course, you can start with little things. Go through cabinets, chests of drawers, desks and bedside tables. However, experts advise starting with large, bulky items. It could be old furniture that can no longer be repaired. Or non-working household appliances that gather dust and simply take up space. Therefore, it is better to start clearing your house of junk from the pantry, balcony or loggia, where unnecessary things usually accumulate. Only after removing large items can you begin to deal with the little things.

Cloth

The next step is to review your wardrobe. And here, too, you need to know how to properly throw away old things and shoes. After all, some have quite presentation, but for some reason for a long time They're just sitting on the shelves. Of course, you can show your creative imagination and try to reshape something, give it as a gift new life favorite clothes. But if you are wondering about the trash, be more decisive. Here you need to select things according to two criteria: in good condition, but not suitable for you in size, style, etc. and in poor condition. The first group can be disposed of in two ways: give it to those in need or sell it through specialty stores on the Internet. As for the second group, it is best to simply throw these things away or burn them.

Kitchen

The kitchen deserves special attention. After all, this is where a huge number of objects are concentrated, which very often fall into disrepair, but remain in their original places. This applies to chipped dishes, worn out kitchen textiles (towels, apron, potholders), non-working household appliances. It’s also worth going through jars of cereals and spices. It is better to update everything old and stale. Also pay attention to whether everything in the kitchen is in its place. Perhaps, among the many dishes and other utensils, foreign things were lost. They either need to be returned to their place or thrown away because they are no longer needed.

What should not be thrown away?

Antiques should be included in this list. Old things imply uselessness, not historical value. Coins, decorative items and even furniture marked “retro” are worth a lot of money, but junk – not at all. There are also certain items that can be used hand-made to create original decorative items. If you are truly a home designer, do not rush to part with such valuable materials. Some things and old furniture can be transported to the countryside. Just don’t worry about taking everything with you. And finally, it is better to give children’s toys and things in good condition to friends or orphanages.

Once the trash is collected and packed, it can be safely taken to the landfill. No matter how painful it may be to part with old things, remember one thing: you no longer need them. You need to get rid of them.

The average household can contain up to 300,000 items. Large items and small trinkets accumulate in your apartment month after month, year after year. But what do all these things mean to you? You put scraps of wallpaper left after renovation, bolts, nuts, broken parts from household appliances in your closets and cabinets... You think that someday you will need this. You keep children's toys and clothes that no one will wear, pens without fulcrums, cards, letters, photographs, old tapes and other things to which you have an emotional attachment.

Holy faith in the finest hour of old things

Many people firmly believe that unnecessary things should lie in the chest of drawers and wait for their finest hour. To some extent this is true. For example, your neighbor who recently gave birth to a baby will be happy with little suits, rompers and rattles as a free gift. With other objects that have been in your hands at least once, you are associated with certain memories. Some of them are too dear to your heart, which is why you can't imagine putting them in bags and taking them to garbage dump. Let's try to figure out whether all these things are so important to you.

How to determine the usefulness of an item?

It is much easier to exist in a spacious room, in an uncluttered space, where every thing that is in the closet is in active use. Psychologists advise conducting a regular audit of household utensils and getting rid of everything that you have not used for the last two years. The usefulness of an item must be determined based on the following parameters:

• Will this item be useful to you in the future?
• How much usable space does it take up?
• How quickly can you purchase an alternative?

A formula that indicates that a thing has outlived its usefulness

Let us introduce the abbreviation PICHDRZ into the calculations, where PI is last used, H - frequency of use, D - high cost of the item, P - costs associated with operation, Z - costs associated with obtaining a new analogue. Now let’s look at the equation itself: PI (long time) + H (rarely) + D (minimum) + P (high) + Z (low) = no need to store.

Let's demonstrate how this formula works with a specific example. Let's take your old dress that is out of fashion. You can hope that in 5-10 years fashion will take a new turn and this item will be in trend again, but with the same degree of probability you can gain 1-2 sizes.

The last time you wore this item was two years ago, since then you have not worn it (rarely worn it). A similar dress can be ordered on the website of any online store within 5 minutes, and old things generally occupy 3/4 of your closet, which clearly interferes with normal functioning. And finally, when you compare prices, you come to the conclusion that you can easily afford to buy something similar in the near future. All conditions coincided, so it is advisable to take this dress to a landfill or donate it to those in need. This item, unlike vintage cars or pieces of art, will not increase in value in the future.

What to do with gifts?

Decluttering involves more than just sorting clothes, shoes or kitchen utensils. You feel emotionally attached to some things and don't want to lose touch with your loved one by getting rid of the gift. Try to remember exactly when this memento was given as a gift and whether it achieved its purpose. It is believed that after more than two years, the gift turns into an ordinary thing, and its usefulness can be considered using the above formula. With each subsequent year, this item loses its power more and more, so it will not be able to emotionally connect you with your chosen one the way new gifts do.

If you bought something, you need to get rid of something

To avoid cluttering the space to such an extent that it will take the entire weekend to clear the visit, we recommend that you adhere to the following rule. Every time you are about to purchase new thing, you must get rid of one unnecessary item. This will help you maintain balance.
Part with your old stuff without regret, because free space significantly saves your mental energy!

Today we are sorting out clothes and accessories. We read why it is beneficial for us to get rid of junk in the closet, how to understand that it is time to say goodbye to an item, and also learn how to prevent the appearance of unnecessary clothes and jewelry.

Over the years of my adult life, my style has undergone many changes. At school, I went from an informal girl in a Metallica robe (at the same time, I didn’t listen to anything from them except ballads) to a girl in wide rapper pants (although I don’t remember that I was into rap). Later there were university years endless search style, and now, finally, I can with eyes closed get 2 things out of your closet with 90% confidence that they go together.

I, like many people, am prone to spontaneous purchases, storing accessories and jewelry that are waiting in a box, and hoarding bags and shoes. But I honestly try to get rid of obsolete things once a year and do not succumb to the provocation of one-time fashion. I realized what classics are, and it’s no longer so easy to buy me into the trends of the season, unless they are very successful and long-lasting trends.