In our eternal quest to declutter our life we found an approach that seems to work better than “does it spark joy?”.
“Would I take it with me if I were to move to a 1 room apartment?”
I’m currently living this comment. Moved from a 3000sq ft house into a 500sq ft apartment. Most of my stuff is still there and rather than hold onto it I’m just going to get rid of 90% of what’s left.
The best alternative I heard was, “If there was poop on the ground, and this thing fell in the poop, would I clean the thing, or throw it out?” If I’d throw it out because there was poop on it, then it’s probably not worth keeping in the first place.
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Now I dont know much about simple living as a movement, but how do you then avoid digital cluttering? At least for me, digital bookkeeping had become a significant part of my daily work.
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The problem is when too many things spark joy 🤣
And I’m here thinking that I have too many things already in my 1 room apartment 🙃
For that the “would I clean it if it fell into dog shit” rule helps.
This sounds like a great way to end up with a lot of empty rooms AND constantly be annoyed at not having things you need…
