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Once you have prioritized your concerns, move on to the next step.

Declutter

When you think “declutter”, you’re thinking about physical as well

as mental space.

This is a process of purging where you get rid of everything that is

meaningless in life, or no longer offers a utility. You can start small

by allotting 15-20 minutes of your day decluttering a chosen corner

of your house. It could be a shelf or a cabinet. Stop after 15 minutes

and come back to it the next day.

Or you could assign one entire morning to clean out your pantry or

wardrobe and get it over with. You can go with whichever method

works for you best.

As you purge, assign three boxes labelled “trash”, “keep” and

“maybe. The first two should be simple enough if you follow this

advice- anything that you haven’t used it the last year can go. You

probably won’t use it in the next year too. Keep it if you use it all

the time and it still has some years left in it.

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