Aside from occupational necessities/ workwear

And keeping in mind everyone is different

And where you live will be a determining factor (winter yes versus no winters at all)

What is considered a normal range for someone to have for pants Shirts , long sleeve short sleeve etc Shoes

I know there is a range but I'm not kidding you I feel like I let go of a lot of clothing and still have

A lot

How much laundry is considered normal

How do you make sure your place isn't making you do oaundry a lot

Thanks

I’m so sorry if this type of post isn’t allowed here, and will immediately remove it if not. TW: self-harm

I have never posted in this sub before, but I do enjoy browsing the posts. I am well organized, and very good at decluttering. It’s something I’m known for among friends, and I’m definitely the go-to person when people want organizing tips or encouragement. I’m happy to help, but never make unsolicited comments.

So I have a very close friend who, for as long as I knew her, lived surrounded by extreme clutter. I wouldn’t quite call her a hoarder, but she did have every available surface piled with extraneous stuff, every drawer and closet stuffed to the gills, and an attic packed with who knows what. A while ago, she suddenly became motivated to completely clear the clutter, and she talked to me about it a lot while she was working on it. She kind of used me as her accountability buddy, and kept checking in with me when she was losing steam. She methodically worked her way through her entire house, clearing out everything unnecessary, labeling things, and sorting everything. Through it all, I cheered her on, told her that the end was in sight, reminded her that it wouldn’t be too much longer until she had gotten through it.

Today she revealed to me that that entire project was part of a well orchestrated suicide plan. She didn’t want anybody to be left with her house full of crap, so she wanted it all organized and cleared out before she went. She had a very detailed plan and a specific day to do it. Fortunately her attempt ended up failing. She now says that the fact that it failed served as a sign to her that she isn’t supposed to do it, and that she is no longer planning. Obviously, this needs to be taken cautiously, and she needs a lot of help.

But I am also haunted by the fact that I was cheering on what was essentially her suicide prep. And then I kept telling her she was doing great, and that she only had a little bit longer to get through. It reminds me of when I encouraged a close family member through a weight-loss journey, and she ended up with nearly fatal anorexia, and was hospitalized in heart failure. And now I will never, ever praise somebody for losing weight, because you never know what might be behind it. And now I feel the same way about decluttering. I will always wonder if somebody has some dark reason for wanting to purge their belongings and I don’t know how I can move past the fact that she was suffering so much, and I was just rooting her on. Obviously I didn’t know. If anybody else posted this, I would say “you didn’t know, of course, you didn’t know“. But that knowledge isn’t helping right now.

If anybody read all this, thank you. I think I just needed a listening ear.

I have lived in a one bedroom apartment for over 2.5 years. I come from a family of...sentimental people. I know that the tendency to hold on to things on top of my depression can make it hard to get rid of things, especially once the snowball starts. But this year, after coming home from a short trip and taking down my Halloween decorations, I decided it was enough. I would do some significant decluttering before I put up any Christmas decorations.
I've tossed a trashbag of illfitting or worn out socks and underwear, gifted books and placed a bunch in the local little library, pulled duplicate utensils and never really worn shoes to be donated. I still have a ways to go, but this feels like such a good start. Facetiming with my sister while I declutter helps, and watching Midwest Magic Cleaning on YouTube during breaks is a great motivator. Celebrating small wins!!

Hello hello I have three kids and we live in small 1 bedroom apartment my kids are always in house age 4.5 , 3 years old and 8moth baby since we moved out big house Columbia sc to 1 small bedroom NYC old apartment I filled up closet with all clothes and things we had and don’t open them and haven’t able to declutter kids and mine clothes I really need help it’s always dusty my husband is full time student and works too so all kids on me we cannot afford to get nanny or cleaning surveys. After covid we financially broke off badly my hubby trying to pay off slowly but it’s so hard for me to manage all 3 kids and house too 😢🥺I been telling my hubby to help me out he tries but never finishes up and fall a sleep. Give me a tip how to start cleaning and throwing away kids clothes I haven’t throw away kids cloths in 4 years but I do wash them and put it away . My kitchen and fridge is always clean and our living room too. We just have too much clothes around

I want to buy my own plot of land and build a house on it, but realistically, I'll probably have to live in an RV, mobile home, or tiny home while I'm saving enough money to build it. I actually like quirky small spaces, so the only issue I have is my buying habits. If I have some money, I'll usually get a small treat, usually something related to my hobbies---yarn for knitting and crocheting, sewing equipment for making my own clothes, broken computers and phones to practice repairing them, etc. Well, this stuff piles up, and an RV or tiny house wouldn't be able to accommodate all of it while continuing to be comfortable to live in.

Is there any way I could stop buying hobby items without feeling like I'm missing out on a new skill or fun experience? I don't want where I live to feel like a punishment.

It's that time of year. The Black Friday ads have started, people are asking what you want for Christmas or other holidays, and decluttering can become harder than ever.

Last year the sub got out of hand with gift posts/no gifts posts/my MIL is driving me crazy posts, so this year we have a Mega-Post here: https://new.reddit.com/r/declutter/comments/1gmlz0i/holiday_megathread_alternatives_to_unwanted_gifts/

It's about alternatives to physical gifts but also for discussions about gift-giving, limits, and other gift topics in general. Other gift threads will be removed. Thank you very much, and happy decluttering!

I’m a preschool teacher and my director and I have been wanting a really nice big rug for circle time, but they can be pricey and we’ve had other costs take precedent. They specifically wanted a braided one, which after some thought I realized I could probably do.

I already had a TON of beautiful fabric that I just wasn’t using. And a lot of it was given to me by an older woman who was clearing out her own lifetime stash. So I looked up how to braid a rug and although it’s a long process for one this big, it seemed doable.

It’s ALMOST finished (about 4’6” now, aiming for 5’ diameter), and my fabric stash is cut in half! And now all that fabric will be actually put to good use everyday when the kids sit on it. I even ate up some of my partner’s yarn stash, too!

It’s a very fun and forgiving project if you want to try it- making a bath mat size rug goes by MUCH faster. I just watched a few YouTube tutorials and wing it from there.

My dad is in hospice at home. I'm helping my mom try to sell and clean out his things. He has so much stuff from every hobby in his life. I've started with the garage, their 3-car garage. I've done some dump runs. I've recycled. I've donated. I've sold books (although there are many more). I've had a couple hobby specialists come out to take some items which really helped. But we're getting close to mainly having random crap. Like a few boxes of house electrical wiring and boxes. Trailer hitches. Random not expensive house tools. I've tried going to a home building thrift store but they barely take any building supplies. I had to metal recycle a whole box of nails for a nail gun because no one would take them. My mom is still alive in the house and I don't really want to have a bunch of random people coming to her house to get things and risk someone taking advantage of her alone state I'm the future if I put things on Craigslist.

Does anyone have other suggestions? There isn't really enough of value to have an estate sale. I hate to just dump things. This is in the Seattle area.

We have a hard time with impulse buying snacks and condiments, trying them, and then never using them again. Is there anywhere I can donate my opened goods? It's not expired and not bad in any way, just leftover. I know this is probably tied to fear of wasting money but also perfectly good food!

Things have been really hard in my life lately and things came to a head where I needed to make changes. One of the areas that needed changing was my living space. 15 years of accumulation: stuff bought but rarely used, papers, toys for the dogs, clothing, etc. my wife (separated and I longer living here) had some hoarding tendencies and her closet was just filled completely. I’d tried over the years to do cleaning one room at a time, but it was never enough and things quickly turned back to disarray.

I was mentally at the end of my rope. My living space was oppressive to my mental well being, embarrassing to have people over to, uncomfortable for my partner to be in. I needed change but I also realized I needed help. I was about to post on social media begging my friends for help.

Before that I was talking to a friend about this and he organized a bunch of people to come help me. I had 14 people descend on my house. I was given a job by myself cleaning up the backyard so I wouldn’t be stressed out by everything going on. Closets were cleared, garage was cleaned out and organized, kitchen stuff had duplicate items removed, boxes of stuff I never used were thrown out or donated, old broken electronics went to recycling. We did two dump runs in a ten foot U-Haul. I did another in my car a few days later.

It’s so much better. There’s work to do still, but I can breathe. I feel calmer. I can stay on top of things.

One of my big lessons was having too much stuff makes it easy to be lazy. My best example was plates and glasses. I had so many mismatched items, and it was tough to stay on top of dishes because I always had more clean ones available so I’d grab a new one until the dishwasher was completely full, and then that felt overwhelming to run and put away, and then dishes would pile up in the sink. I actually got angry at all my dishware and started throwing it out with abandon. I went from like 60 cups down to 8 matching ones. The dishwasher can’t get overwhelming full anymore and I have to run it to have clean stuff. But then it’s quick to put away.

It was incredibly emotional. I had several breakdowns from embarrassment, from sense of loss because of what some of the items I was letting go of represented from my past and futures not realized, and from the sense of love I got from my friends.

I learned there is a lot of value in having a smaller set of curated items in my home. I learned I needed to let go of nostalgia with some items. I learned it was ok to need, ask for, and accept help.

I am declaring this as a Success Story, though no I am not yet 'done'. Let me explain 😄

Recently I got on a major decluttering and organizing spree and lemme tell you, I was on FIRE! Tossing things with abandon to the delight of the people who rummaged thru it at the curb. Bags of plastic dishes and excess planting supplies, bits and bobs and stuffed animals and abandoned craft supplies and unwanted decor, ect ect ect.

My floors are 95% clear except for necessary furniture now. Shoes are snug in their small shoe rack in the living room, the rest in the closets until they are in season again not spilling out all over the place in multiple rooms.

Any rugs I didn't like are gone, baskets for temporary storage of day to day living stuff are gone, now the items have a home on the shelf where they belong.

I fell (it was dramatic) on the back porch over a week ago now, when my entire right leg from hip down decided it was a 4 foot dead fish, not a functional leg, and sprained my ankle pretty badly. So I've been hobbling around my house in an Aircast boot and a freaking walker I had from a prior surgery. 😐

And I realized just the other day, that if I had NOT done the cleanup I had done how much more freaking difficult and potentially dangerous my journey throughout the house from the bathroom to kitchen to TV room and back porch would have been with allllllllllllll those hazards lurking benignly everywhere waiting for me and my clumsy self to get tangled up and fall again. Oi.

Cleaning your mess up may aid you in the most unanticipated ways. When I fell I didn't trip over anything at all. These things just happen. Just like our mess, right!?

I’m done with my last clothing decluttering for this year and almost done with books. I will be selling all of these items on my front yard and if not sold until next weekend, I will be donating the clothes and bags to my church or to people who need casual to business attire, and to my favorite library.

I still have some items that I need to get rid of but I just feel so fulfilled that once I’m completely ready to move out and move in to a semi or fully-furnished apartment, I won’t need a huge truck to carry all my current stuff.

And most importantly, it felt like a huge part of my brain has been decluttered as well as I can truly feel the mental changes decluttering brought about. I made a new space in my brain for fresh, new ideas.

Still a work in progess but thankful that I found this sub.

Finally getting to the end of a huge whole house purge… about 15-20 trash bags full sent off to donation, 60+ listings on marketplace, a few pick up trucks worth to the dump. Feeling proud but this sub doesn’t allow attachments to share a before/after. Working during any large chunks of spare time I have after kids go to bed or finding 15-20 minutes to do a closet or drawer here n there during the day. It’s taken a few months.

I’ve been watching ‘The Minimal Mom’ and other YouTubers as I go as a bit of company/motivation.

Where does it end? When do you stop? I feel like I could keep going and move into a tiny home and be ok living with nothing. ☺️

My husband and I moved this summer. He had lived in the same house for 13 years and had accumulated a ton of stuff in the basement. I am the sort of person who gets emotionally attached to things and has a hard time parting with things.

Our new apartment is a lot smaller, has no basement and little storage. We got rid of SO MUCH stuff prior to the move. I had a garage sale and made ~$400!

Since moving, I have continued to downsize. I am consistently selling things on Facebook marketplace and finding more clothes and objects to donate. We have a baby on the way and my goal is to complete my decluttering journey before he arrives in February.

It feels so good to get rid of things! The more you do it, the easier it gets. It used to be that nothing had a home - so many things would live in piles. Loose artwork that never made it on a wall... soon everything will have its own place and if it doesn't, it's gone!

Just wanted to spread the good vibes of how good it feels to declutter, even if the progress is slow.

Just over a year ago my mother (in her late 60's) lost her apartment and the vast majority of her possessions in a horrible, tragic fire. Someone in another apartment died in the fire, and the whole thing was incredibly traumatizing for everyone involved. And yet, the first time I spoke to her on the phone after it happened, I tried to sympathize with her having lost everything in her home - she was a borderline hoarder, and lived in a squalid heap of old magazines and untouched craft projects. I thought at least she'd be upset about losing the family photo albums - she was the one who kept all of the old family photos for everybody - and her late father's beautiful artwork. But no. She was traumatized, shocked, scared, of course. But she was also 'relieved'. She told me she didn't miss any of it. She was glad it was gone. The fire had done what she hadn't been strong enough to do herself all those years. I was really taken aback by this. I get it, but I never expected her to say that. It made me even sadder for her and her situation, but hopeful that maybe this could be a new start. Now, as I slowly declutter my home - not anywhere near her level of mess, but I certainly adopted some of her tendencies and hate that about myself - I think about that conversation. Would I be relieved to see it go up in smoke? Abso-fking-lutely not. And I cannot, WILL NOT let it get so bad that I would be glad to see it burn. That's almost as much of a travesty as the fire itself. I want my family to feel comfortable in our home, my kids to be proud of it, to invite their friends over, to want to come visit when they're older and moved out. I recently did the math and it costs us $67 a day to live in our home - that's just the mortgage and heating/electricity/water, not the cost of the food or cleaning items or repairs or anything else. And while I know a lot of people are paying even more, the point is, am I seriously spending $67 EVERY SINGLE DAY just to feel stressed and burdened by my home? No. Am I spending $67 every single day to house all of this crap I'm not even using, or to be a place of love and comfort and hospitality for family and friends? What is home for? Is our home doing what it ought to do? Is it serving us, or burdening us?

My parents garage has been a cluttered mess for years now. Unfortunately, much of it is because of my motoring hobbies (and also a lack of proper storage we can’t afford, but that’s a different story).

Over the past year I’ve come to terms with the fact that these items aren’t really bringing me joy not being used and I’m sort of slave to them. These items are ugly out there and collect dust, making the garage dirtier.

I don’t want to spend all weekend and tons of dollars on fixing up old engines that make me smell like gas. I’d rather go places, do things, spend my money on important things I need.

I’ve started selling off and giving away stuff I don’t need, like motorcycles and engine parts. Also stuff that was from my grandparents houses.

My dad has started letting me sell some stuff that he doesn’t use since he’s retiring.

I had a bigger Subaru small engine sitting in the corner of my parents garage that took up the whole corner of the workbench. When I finally sold that on eBay I got money I put into fixing up my parents house as a form of repayment for graciously putting up with my nonsense over the years.

Also I sold a rug from my grandmas house I was originally going to toss. Some lady bought it for $400 and LOVED it. Said she was looking for that exact rug for years.

I sold off lawnmowers that I don’t need since I changed the type of lawn we have. That decluttered a big spot in the garage.

My dad had some carpet cleaning tools I sold on OfferUp.

I still have much decluttering but damn if I don’t feel so good when those big giant items drive off or get boxed up and sent away. And I’m making others who want those things happy hopefully.

• a good portion of Rangers apprentice books. I only kept the ones I enjoyed the most.

• five puzzles

• lots of magazines

• yarn I am not planning to use anytime soon

My partner and I desperately need to get rid of stuff in our apartment. Over the years we had to get more and more furniture trying to make extra storage but no matter what it always ends up full of stuff and a mess. We clearly need to get rid of stuff, and hopefully as soon as possible as we don't have time during the holidays. I am already planning on selling some stuff but what else can I do? Where do I start and what works for you? Maybe it makes sense to do one room at a time, one closet at a time? Do you just spend a day decluttering or do you do a little every day? Help!!

I know there is a sub for this and have visited but it’s not very active at all . I’m leaning into this method but want to know if you have a favorite technique or tip to share? Thx!

So is it easier to declutter before or after moving? I am decent at decluttering, but hitting that point in life where I need to get rid of stuff I have held on to for years. I have a list but haven’t done it for fear of regret and it could possibly fit in new house better.

I am thinking after moving because I can organize by only taking out what I want to keep. leave The other crap in boxes for a few months and then donate/ toss. We don’t have a plan for moving other than we agree we don’t want to live in this house forever. possibly start looking next year.

It’s just me, husband, and cat. We have lived in current house for 10 years.

edit - thanks so much for the advice. Guess I should have mentioned that we plan to buy a bigger house and live their forever/ most of our lives. we need/ want more space especially if we decide to have a baby. I also regularly/ yearly clean each room our in our house and do my best to declutter. My clothes and a few other things are hard to part with, but I have a constant donate bucket in garage. My problem is my husband‘s old junk that he nevers goes through. I don’t want to be responsible for throwing that stuff out. we do have a small shed that I haven’t cleaned out because it either seems to too hot or cold, and I kinda like help with. I may need to tackle the shed and my list of crap before we start looking at new houses. I also think a lot of husbands stuff will get deculttered as we pack. I constantly say no to stuff because I don’t want to live in a junky house.

you may say we will move again, but we have family history of staying put. My mom is still in the house her and my dad brought in 1990, and in-laws in same house since 2000. Several other family members in same house for decades.

My husband and I are in the process of decluttering our home. We have two children so it is absolutely necessary.

I have made slime for the past seven years as a coping mechanism for trauma I have endured in my life. I have probably made over 1,000 different slimes of different shapes and textures. They are VERY important to me and each represents a different feeling and moment in my life.

My husband says that we should throw some of them away as they as taking up a considerable amount of space in our home. However, I cannot get myself to part with any of them as I am very emotionally attached to them. Advice on letting go? Or maybe how to store them better? They each go in a small container.

I popped in last week, struggling to start or get anything done in a space that absolutely needs to be emptied. I am happy to say I have made progress.

However, I noticed something funny. I get mild stomach upset when I enter this space and work. Now it could very well be my awful diet of snack foods on the days I spend in this space. I do like my lazy ramen when working in here because its so much easier to make and clean up. Or it could be the stress of being in here. Idk. But I do know now that some of my issue is the stomach ache when I spend time in here. So, while I don’t have a solution, I do know some of my issue in this space is actually about the stomach ache. This happened last weekend as well. Got to working and stomach started bothering so I stopped earlier than I wanted.

Take care of yourselves along this journey. Drink your water. Wear protective stuff if you must. Sleep properly. Eat properly. This is a hard enough thing for many to do without neglecting yourself.

And if anyone has anymore advice I am willing to listen/read…. Tomorrow…. Because I’m still working on it today. But I will not be finished tonight.

Anyone up for a 7 day declutter challenge with me? Day 1, declutter 1 item. Day 2, 2 items. So on and so on until day 7. A total of 28 items (or more if you so choose) will be decluttered.

Follow along in the comments and post your progress!

I'll be starting tomorrow, Monday Nov. 18.

See ya then!

Edit:

Day 1: I decluttered a princess peach McDonald's toy.

Day 2: Slime that was drying out and a plastic container for q-tips. (Bonus item: book I finished reading!)

A small thing I do is to try just one shelf/drawer/box and add it to my list for the day. It doesn't have to be big things.

I had a bunch of things to do this morning and I made sure I also added these two things before I headed out for lunch: 1. Declutter a drawer and 2. Put the donated items in my car.

And it worked. I had a bag that I dropped off on the way to lunch.

It doesn't have to be big chunks of time where I spend an entire day going through a large part of my place. I spent maybe 15 minutes decluttering that drawer this morning, and sometimes that's all it takes.

Life is busy, we are all pressed for time, and having a tiny win can be huge. Over time, those tiny wins add up.

Today was a success for my house. While trying to figure out lunch we cleaned out the snack cupboard and tossed a bunch of old stale food. Cleaned out one shelf of my junk closet and finally put like things together and put the stuff IN the totes where they belong because apparently we can’t figure out how to put things in totes, just in front of them. ☹️ After I sorted like things together from that shelf, I went through each tote and managed to get rid of something out of every tote. I even managed to remove a tote and condense a couple small ones together. Reusable tote bags are my downfall, I love them so much but I went through my huge supply and pulled out 3 of them to fill up with my donations. I have a nice donate pile growing which will be gone this Friday. Planning on doing a shelf a night on my junk closet, should be done by Thursday.

I needed this victory today.

I just threw a plastic, one quart sherbet container in the trash after we emptied it. I had to look at it and think about it, but, I DID it!! Surely I could have used it in so many ways, so many times. I resisted the voices and I WON!!

Hi all, I have a moderate sized home (~1200 sq ft). Here are my stats

3 kids, 2 dogs, hubby and myself/ 3 beds, 1.5 baths/ Laundry Room/ Kitchen, dining room, living room, small foyer room/ Backyard/ Basement (half finished).

On the first floor are Laundry room, half bath, kitchen, dining room, living room and foyer

3 bedrooms and full bath on top floor. Every bedroom has a decent closet with shelves. Both bathrooms have no storage. There are no closets at all on the first floor. Basement (furnished part) has a couch, a built in bar, and my husbands computer desk. There is one closet in the basement. The unfinished part has our boiler/heater/etc with room for storage. Theres a small crawl space in this room too.

The issue is between hubby and I. If it were up to me— our house would be minimalist. He thinks it’s impossible with 3 kids (Ages 9, 3 and 1). He thinks we need more storage and organization in our house and that would fix our problem. To me—more furniture (even if its for organizing) means more of a cluttered feel. Our biggest issue is really with the first floor. Heres the big furniture pieces we have:

Foyer- peloton, dog cages (2), coat rack, shoe rack, stroller, small shoe tray for wet shoes

Living room - (smallest space) - Giant sectional couch, large bookshelf, small bookshelf, one seat of sectional couch that is supposed to go in the basement but husband refuses to move (because he wants to work on the basement), floating entertainment center with TV on top, coffee table

Dining room- dining room table, small table for kids with 2 chairs, giant end table with dog food on top, play car (little tikes ride on car), high chair.

Our laundry room has a table in it with random supplies on it (think toilet paper/paper towels, tote bags), a washer and dryer.

The issue is our house has so much stuff but nowhere to put it. I think it looks disorganized and messy. We have kids toys in small cheap cloth containers on top of our coffee table. Papers are everywhere throughout the house. We have nowhere to put mail (my husband keeps suggesting a small table in the foyer). We have constant arguments about the set up of our house. We need help/ideas on how to make our space more functional.

Pros: Lots of kitchen cabinet storage Room to work with in the laundry room Basement has room for storage

Help please!!!! Any ideas/advice would be appreciated, especially for decluttering ideas

Now the presence of these things in the room interferes with keeping the room tidy, and these things also take up the necessary boxes and organizers. Should I get rid of them or just put everything in one large box after scattering it in bags?

Edit:During all this time I have already collected these things in bags and so far I have a problem that there is not a single free box at home where i can put that.

Good morning all!

I notice that this is a topic that comes up allll the time and wanted to share my insights as well as open up the floor for others to share what has worked for them when encouraging or facilitating loved ones with clutter.

Firstly, I'd love to venture beyond the "you shouldn't Declutter for others and shouldn't press then to Declutter if they are at all resistant to it" aspect of this conversation. I feel this is a good rule of thumb that is focused on to the point of missing all the circumstances in which it is actually helpful and caring to walk someone through their process (a process many of us have walked ourselves through many many times).

The reality is that no one knows our loved ones like we do, and no one but us has to live with them. we are certainly able to gently press or facilitate their process in a way that isn't hurtful or harmful to them... especially if we understand they actually would like to have less things in the way of their "favorites" or more space to do art at their desk, etc etc etc.

EXAMPLE -we have a small collection of records that fits in a 18" space on a shelf. I had noticed that the records were getting tight in there, which could lead to damage/warping over time, so I let my partner know I needed him to go through and see if there's any he'd like to declutter, so we can maintain a space for the records to be kept intact. That was months ago! This week on a free relaxed morning I made him a big cup of coffee and pulled out all the records. I told him to pull out his "definite keep" treasure albums (and I pulled out mine). I put those back on the shelf immediately and then one by one I put the records on and we went about our day, while they were playing. We discussed how often we listen to records vs how many we own. We also discussed that when he wants to listen, is he likely to pull this exact record? Or one of his pile of favorites? We decluttered enough records to keep our current ones stored well in the space we had... Simple as that.

Where am I going with this?

TLDR: Sometimes people are overwhelmed and unable to start on their own-a little encouragement and structure from someone who is a already good at the task can make all the difference in getting things done.

Hi everyone,

I’ve done some big purges in the past, but due to chronic illness, my home has fallen into disrepair again. I’m ready to start throwing stuff away, but I’ve hit a point where it’s not obvious junk or easy duplicates anymore.

For example, I’ve accumulated a lot of items for managing chronic pain—things like neck braces, heating pads, and supports. Many of them don’t fit properly or don’t work great, but I’ve kept them because I’ve had to rebuy them in the past when I got rid of similar items. Right now, I’m experimenting with cutting and reshaping them to fit better, but it’s all taking up a huge amount of space.

Another issue is storage baskets. I have a lot of good ones, but I’m unsure how I want to style my house or if they even fit into my eventual design. I feel like I might need them later, so they’re just sitting in the closet.

There are also items like a UV nail lamp or a facial steamer, things I may actually use someday but very infrequently. They’re expensive to replace and feel like clutter because they just sit around stored. The same goes for small appliances or personal care items. I do use them, but so rarely that I don’t know if they’re worth keeping, especially since I live in a small space without an attic or garage to store things.

How do I make decisions without overanalyzing everything and draining myself mentally? In the past, I’ve regretted decluttering certain items after realizing I needed them again. I want to avoid that, but I also can’t keep holding onto so much stuff.

If anyone has tips for powering through this kind of decision fatigue or strategies for decluttering without regret, I’d love to hear them. Thanks in advance!