FAQs About Decluttering Your Home

10. How and where do I start when I feel overwhelmed?

I hate to say it but, put on your big girl panties, crank the tunes, and just get started.

Honestly, my friend. The more time you spend over where to begin and thinking about how overwhelmed you are, the more overwhelmed you will feel. Inaction, or waiting on perfection is keeping you stuck! 

Instead of focusing on the overwhelm, focus on the end result – a clean, calm, orderly house that is like a breath of fresh air…after breathing in stuffy, stanky, smoke-filled air for so long. 

If having your whole house decluttered feels too far out or impossible, focus on small wins and ways you can reward yourself for even smaller accomplished goals (I talk a lot about building small wins in my book, The Clutter Fix). Like clearing off the counters, or putting the coats in the closet.

Whatever you need to do to get past the overwhelm, do that. And then do the next thing that needs doing. 

Before you know it, you will be able to look back and see that you’ve actually, finally made progress!