I have two games I play.
- I throw out/recycle/give away ONE thing every day. It could be a piece of clothing I no longer wear, some knickknack that’s gathering dust, a book that’s no longer useful to me, but could be interesting to someone else, something I kept because I thought I would use it etc. This way I get rid of 30 or 31 items per month. I do this every month except for January. January, I take it to the next level.
- EVERY January, I have this January decluttering challenge. On January 1st I throw out 1 item, on Jan 2nd, I throw out 2 items, on the 3rd three items & so on & so forth. So on Jan 31st, I am throwing out 31 items.
You may think- OMG, you must have a LOT of crap. However, just getting rid of this stuff on a regular basis maintains the status quo because we live in such a consumptive society, we may not realize how much stuff we actually accumulate on a monthly basis.