Number 1: "A place for everything and everything in its place"

Here's a good test to see if you're cluttered or not.

Set a timer to see how long it takes you to find and lay your hands on the following common household items...

• your passport
• the spare front door key
• your address book
• your last bank statement
• an envelope and a stamp

less than five minutes? fantastic you're pretty decluttered, and efficiently organised

more than five minutes? You're probably already wasting time on a daily basis looking for things you've lost.

Having a home for everything, and making sure things go back there really does make sense. It will save you so much time, wasted energy and stress.

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