Clear Space, Clear Mind: Declutter

Piling clutter comes from objects that exists in your house and those objects wouldn't even be there if you did not choose to bring it into your home in the first place. 

You can do anything to get rid of the clutter but if you just bring more and more after each and every decluttering session you're basically going to be trapped into this circle of throwing thing out and bringing more in which will waste your energy and stress your mind in a constant manner. 

Therefore, the way to keep your place in control is to mind what you bring into your house. It could be done by managing purchase habits. Managing purchase habits help you to think every purchase and make sure each one counts and worth it. This one helps you by making you understand what you really need. 

This could actually affect you, aside from cluttering, on financial management and consumerism. If doing a big decluttering is too much for you, a help is always available. You can seek help from professionals or you can seek help from the all-knowing internet for inspiration and tips and tricks. The lifestyle of minimalism is on the rise and it has been a trending way people have been applying to their life so there are great amount of help you can seek from the net.

If you can finally get the hang of it, all in decluttering is the way to go. This one step could be too much, tiring, and emotionally taxing but the end result will speak in another way. Find some free time to go through your stuff. Dig out all the mess and put them in a place where you can clearly see them and it's time to pick what stays and what goes. 

Take a look at the stuff. Do they have actual value or were they just other participant of impulsive purchases? Do they still have functionality or are they just other stuffs you keep just in case? Or are they there just because somehow, they're there? ultimately, are those the stuff that you really want to keep in your home and to live with? 

After doing so you may find a big mess, or a little, of actually unneeded or unwanted stuff by you but it doesn't mean that they do not have value to other people. If you believe they could still have some use and benefit other people in a way they do not benefit you then you can donate it for a second life. There's a saying of "One's trash is someone else's treasure".

And finally, the last thing you can do to keep your place clutter free is to find the little times throughout your days. Every task creates mess even if it's just a small one. Find that gap time to take care of the mess produced. You can also find every other small time to just put stuff back on to where they belong. Just walking around, see that little stuff jus sitting there for no reason? Pick them up and put it where they're supposed to be. By doing little thing like that you're going to reduce the risk upcoming mess.

And that's how you avoid a space like Kapal Pecah.

Peace.