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It’s Easy Peasy

The TGCO Decluttering Plan is simple. You need to declutter first to organise later. Here are the four essential steps to transforming your home – and your life.

1. Remove

Collect all the items in the room – and I mean all.

2. Sort and purge

Place the items in four piles:

 Keep

 Donate

 Bin

 Sell

Review all the items in each pile and only keep the ones you use on a daily, weekly or monthly basis, plus those you really love. This is the time to be ruthless and to let go of all the broken, old things you’ve stuffed into a cupboard or drawer, out of sight and out of mind. And get rid of the stuff you bought on sale because it was a ‘bargain’ or ‘might come in useful one day’ but has never been used. If it’s still in the original wrapping with the label or tags, the chances are you don’t need it, so get shot of it now. If your cupboards and drawers are filled with unused surplus items, it will be impossible to stay organised and soon the mess will be everywhere, and you’ll have to start tidying up all over again.