The simplest thing, where can be started by putting your life and affairs, is, oddly enough, bring your home in order to identify truly valuable things and say goodbye to what prevents and depressing.
As in many other areas, the first step is to determine what is generally happening in my room, an apartment, home, work, and the number of surrounding items. It is not necessary to allocate for cleaning 15-30 minutes a day, otherwise the whole process is stretching for many months and will be a small effect of things from one place to another. One of the secrets is to choose several days and immediately make the bulk of the work.
It is best to highlight a place in one of the rooms, where consistently bring all things from all over the house and distribute them by categories: clothes and shoes, books, documents, different (household things, dishes, cosmetics and medicines, electronic devices and wires), photos and memorabilia. Further things can be sorted into three heaps (not to be afraid, it is heaps that will be):
1. To throw exactly.
2. You can sell or give.
3. It seems the "necessary-valuable-memorable" - leave and look later.
After a few hours and weeks - weeks to revise the third bunch: as a rule, it would be necessary to leave less from it. For several goals, almost nothing will remain, perhaps only one box of medium sizes. But things that "almost" commemorate, and there are doubts about their account, you can take a picture of memory and give or throw out: digital photos occupy much less space.
How to determine what to leave, and what not? There is one simple, but at the same time requiring honesty and ability to identify your needs, technique. It lies in the following: we take every object in your hands and ask yourself: "Does this thing cause joy?" If yes, the thing remains if not - is thrown out or given. For example, I have pants that are well combined with the rest of clothes, but at the same time the fabric is unpleasant to me and uncomfortable to wear - such trousers are not a place in my wardrobe; Or once a few months I use the hammer, it is inconvenient, and I annoy when using it - it is better to buy a new, comfortable.
You can also explore your thoughts, emotions and beliefs, when it is a pity something to throw out: "What exactly do I invest in this thing? What is the meaning and hidden context? What compensate for the material? "
Yes, it is useful to remember next: while I cling to the old one - there is no place in my life with a new one.
Andrei Ksenoks, Consultant on Issues, Guidance, Organization of Space, Time Management