Declutter and destress Make space for your life

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Declutter and destressMake space for your life
Anne
Cunningham

anne.cunningham_at_ibt.lu

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Content

• Clutter
• Hoarding
• Decluttering
• Systems and structures
• Motivation

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Clutter is

• Things no longer seen or loved
• Too many things in too small a place
• Things in disrepair
• Things in the wrong place

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8 types of hoarders

• Rainy day
• Sentimental
• Frugal
• Anxious
• Nesting
• Trophy
• Magpie
• Rebellious

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Clutter is the cause of

• Stress
• Frustration
• Stagnation

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Dealing with clutter

• Get rid of everything?
• Organise your way out of it?

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Dealing with clutter

• Keep the treasures, discard the rest
• Structures and systems

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Sorting and discarding

• Things that belong
• Things that should get thrown out
• Things for recycling
• Things that can be given away or sold
• Things that live elsewhere

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Problem areas

• Hall
• Kitchen
• Home office
• Laundry
• Recycling
• Cellars/ attics/ garages

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Keeping up the motivation

• List your wishes/goals (positive)
• Take the temperature (1-10)
• Select the warmest
• How would achieving this make you feel?

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E-mail Contact

• anne.cunningham_at_ibt.lu