| De-cluttering before packing is an important aspect of | | | | Get rid of any papers that you don't need (though |
| preparing to move - because it allows you to decide | | | | keep all important documentation) - consider donating |
| what you'll need for the new house, what you'll have | | | | any magazines, books, old toys or clothes in good |
| room for, and what you won't. | | | | condition to a local charity - or sell them on Ebay or |
| The most important thing to remember when | | | | similar, to make some cash. |
| de-cluttering is that you'll be making room and getting | | | | These donations and sales make mental and space |
| rid of emotional baggage, whilst lowering your moving | | | | sense - you're not wasting perfectly good items you |
| bills. An average four person house requires at least a | | | | will probably never use again, and you could sell the |
| seven tonne van to move, whilst a house that doesn't | | | | really good condition items in a variety of places. You |
| de-clutter might need twice that! | | | | could hold a yard sale, or garage or even a car boot |
| De-cluttering can be considered essential or heartless - | | | | sale - or if you have enough time, auction them online, |
| but either way, moving house is one of the best times | | | | either via a recognized site, or through your own |
| to do a proper de-clutter - in fact sometimes, its the | | | | website, if you have the know how - getting rid of the |
| only 'spring clean' that some people do. And while its | | | | things you don't need is both very freeing and |
| always good to hang onto things of sentimental value, | | | | releasing, and can actually generate you some extra |
| do you really need a newspaper from 1985 with an | | | | money for the move. You could even sell off surplus |
| article about something that you needed to follow up | | | | office, or craft supplies, if you have them spare, |
| within a week of the printing? | | | | making your home office move leaner, and easier. |