"Apartment Therapy's Decluttering Cure is a free two-week decluttering program that'll help you achieve a tidier home. Sign up here and get all 14 assignments delivered to your inbox. There usually comes a point in the decluttering process in which you can't decide if you really want to get rid of or keep a certain item. If you've ever faced this dilemma, there's a brilliant strategy that'll help you make a decision: the "box and banish" method. Here's how it works."
"The "box and banish" method is a decluttering strategy in which you fill up an empty box with items you're unsure whether you should keep or let go. When the box is full, you'll close it and put it away for six weeks. During this time, if you remember anything you want or need back, you can grab it. Once six weeks have passed, you'll get rid of everything remaining in the box."
"In the case of the Decluttering Cure, this box is the "maybe" outbox you set up on day one and have been filling up along the way - so you are already halfway there! Now that the box is full, let's set it aside in a closet or other unused space in your home for six weeks. Remember that you'll only return to it to take out what you need."
A free two-week Decluttering Cure program delivers 14 assignments to create a tidier home. The "box and banish" method fills an empty "maybe" outbox with items you are unsure about. Once the box is full, close and store it in a closet or unused space for six weeks. During that period, only remove items you remember needing. After six weeks, discard everything still in the box. Items set aside for mending may be retrieved if remembered, otherwise the banish period clarifies what is truly necessary by forcing living without the items.
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