If you find yourself procrastinating every weekend and hitting the sofa on Sunday evening without having sorted a single thing out, then it's time to change your strategy. Start the weekend with a decluttering session first thing on Saturday morning. It doesn't matter if it's 20 minutes or the whole morning. What counts is completing a task and then being free for the papers and that pain au chocolat.

If you're feeling keen you could also set your alarm 15 minutes earlier each weekday morning and tackle a small decluttering job before you've found excuses to put it off a little longer!