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Look for the most obvious things to get rid of and sort them into \u201ctrash\u201d and \u201cdonations\u201d. You can fill black trash bags with trash, and white trash bags with donations. Go through each room, one-by-one and sort items you want to get rid of. If someone else could get use out of the item put it into the donations. If no one else would want the item, put it into the trash! Examples of things that are easy to toss in this round are: clothes you haven\u2019t worn in years, receipts for items you know you can\u2019t return anymore, and broken objects you probably will never get around to fixing.<\/p>\n
After you get rid of the stuff you know you don\u2019t want, it\u2019s time to start figuring out what you still have. Start putting similar things together. You\u2019ll probably surprise yourself with the amount of duplicate items you own.<\/p>\n
It can be tempting to hang onto items you once loved but no longer use, or things you\u00a0think\u00a0you might use someday. But the truth is, if you haven\u2019t used a particular item in the last year, you probably wont use it in the next year. And if you\u2019re unlikely to use something in the next year, then you\u2019re unlikely to use it at all. Be realistic and ask yourself what\u00a0you\u00a0use and what you need, both now and in the future.<\/p>\n
What you may discover is that you come across things from your past that are in a \u201cno man\u2019s land\u201d in terms of best fit. They\u2019re nice, they hold value and memories, and you don\u2019t really want to give them away \u2013 but at the same time, you have no use for them and they are just taking up space.<\/p>\n
Go for quality over quantity. Choose a great piece of furniture that makes a statement, instead of trying to squeeze too many pieces into a single room. If you\u2019re investing in new furniture when you downsize, choose multipurpose furniture pieces. Go for nightstands with open and closed storage and ottomans with tops that lift to offer space inside for blankets or extra pillows.<\/p>\n
CDs, DVDs, cassettes, home videos, pictures, and important documents can all be digitized and\u00a0saved to the cloud\u00a0or a computer hard drive to free up important space. You can also scan and save certain financial and personal records. This will allow you to get rid of boxes of paper, discs, and videos with this simple step of\u00a0going paperless. Most documents can simply be scanned to a computer and saved as a PDF file,\u00a0or\u00a0uploaded to the cloud using services like\u00a0DropBox\u00a0or\u00a0Google Drive.<\/p>\n
Whether you\u2019re looking for a low-maintenance house or a community to connect with, you might want to consider an active lifestyle community. Not only do they improve your happiness and health, but they also offer countless benefits. You can live comfortably in your personalized home while enjoying the benefits of living in an active lifestyle community. If you\u2019re interested in joining our 55 and better active lifestyle community, visit\u00a0Meadow View Farms<\/a><\/u>! We are looking forward to hearing from you!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Purge Look for the most obvious things to get rid of and sort them into \u201ctrash\u201d and \u201cdonations\u201d. You can fill black […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[568,426],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/iStock-1016102754-e1570114432638.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5574,"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5572\/revisions\/5574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juddbuilders.com\/juddbuildersblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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