Initial test
Pumunta ka sa kitchen and check kung ilang piraso meron ka ng isang bagay. Tingnan mo rin kung madaling makita ang kaibahan ng dining area sa living room area. Tingnan mo rin kung gaano karaming bagay ang hindi mo ginagamit, tulad ng phone book, na nakatabi pa rin.
You don't have to sort the entire house in one go, unless you have plenty of time and a lot of assistance. Do one room at a time. I suggest starting with the kitchen. Itapon ang mga bagay na wala nang pakinabang sayo at sa iba. Kung pwedeng ipamigay, mas maganda.
My mother likes to store statements and statements of utility and credit card bills. It's for her sanity because she really validates her statements line by line. Pero meron din syang specific drawer para sa mga yun, so ok lang. She purges them up too. She only keeps a year's worth.In your case, how often do you purge unnecessary documents? Baka naman you're like my sister who still has letters from classmates from elementary school? People like her are called hoarders.
Na-experience mo na bang bumili ng isang item na alam mong meron ka pero di mo matandaan or mahanap kung saan mo sya huling nakita or naitago? You will not have this problem if you have specific areas for things.
Set zones or areas
The living room is mainly for entertaining guests and the dwellers of the home. As much as possible, try not to eat there. You have a kitchen or dining area for that. Pilitin mong gawing sala ang sala, kainan ang kainan, tulugan ang tulugan.
Di mo naman kelangang bumili ng mga lalagyan to be organised. You can use boxes, say, for entertainment gadgets -- Wii remotes, cables, DVDs.
Set 10 minutes every day as your clean up time
Many people dread the weekends kasi iniisip nila that's the only time that they can clean their house, do laundry, in addition to going out. Every day, you can do bits of sorting for only 10 minutes.
- Check your pockets for tissues or receipts
- Take out unnecessary things from your car
- Linisin ang banyo bago kayo maligo
- Hugasan mo na ang plato pagkatapos mong kumain, wag lang iwanan sa lababo please.
- Check your bags or purses for unnecessary stuff
- Check the fridge for things nearing expiry dates
Have a small place?
Maski maliit lang ang bahay mo, pwede ka pa ring mag-set ng zones. Actually, mas dapat nga gawin yun due to lack of extra space. The smaller the house, the less stuff it must have. Never think na the more things you have, the more asenso you are. Ang pagiging asensado ay hindi nasusukat sa mga nabibili mo.
Got things that are of use that you don't need anymore?
Give them away! Meron akong kamag-anak na hanggang ngayon nakatago pa rin ang mga baby clothes ng mga anak nya -- her youngest is in Grade 1. I know. Hoarders nga. Siguro it runs in my family pero so far 2 pa lang sila. My mom and I have tried convincing her to give those away, pero walang epekto. Anyway, there are charities that accept old clothes, old toys, and kung meron lang tumatanggap ng old boyfriends, bakit hindi? :)
You can sell them too! Andyan ang eBay, Sulit, Wahoy, and many more.
Why do you hoard?
Pag magulo ang bahay mo, most likely ayaw mo magtagal don. So lalabas ka, gagastos ka, to attain the entertainment you want. Kung walang order ang mga gamit mo sa bahay, paulit ulit kang bibili ng mga items na meron ka naman na kaso di mo lang makita. Kung magulo ang kusina, tatamarin kang magluto so mag-o-order ka na lang for delivery or kakain sa labas. Pag magulo ang bahay, the people living in it are prone to accidents big or small. So gastos yun kung mangyari man.
Sorting your house is an ongoing process. Like losing weight, the challenge is to really maintain your met target weight. Pag maayos na ang paligid mo, do bits of sorting every day. Like I said, at least 10 minutes. Make it a habit and it will pay off.
Remember that where you live is where you relax, so make it as relaxing for you as possible.
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