{"id":1279,"date":"2014-07-31T14:12:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T14:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2015-01-19T10:33:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T10:33:31","slug":"5-amazing-ways-decluttering-makes-you-happier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2014\/07\/31\/5-amazing-ways-decluttering-makes-you-happier\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Amazing Ways Decluttering Makes You Happier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain has a serious clutter problem: 93% of people say they have unwanted stuff in their home, with over half saying that their clutter made them unhappy, stressed and unproductive<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clutter doesn\u2019t just look bad, but it makes us feel bad too. It can cause all kinds of physical and mental health problems, even if we don\u2019t realise it at the time.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, a good decluttering session can cure all of that. Here are 5 amazing ways decluttering can make you happier.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll have more free time<\/h4>\n

Hoarding loads of clutter means that you have to tidy up more often, which is a massive drain on the average person\u2019s time. It goes without saying that the less stuff you have around the house, the less time you\u2019re going to spend cleaning up \u201d\u201c and the more time you\u2019re going to have to do fun stuff!<\/p>\n

Every item you get rid of is a minute or so saved, so even a small cleaning session can have a big difference.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll be healthier<\/h4>\n

It\u2019s easy to see why people get stressed out over a messy home: you\u2019re either worrying about cleaning your home, the thought of cleaning your home, the fact you aren\u2019t cleaning it, or what other people must think.<\/p>\n

Working through your clutter bit-by-bit is the best cure for this stress. Not only will your home be tidier, but you\u2019ll get a real sense of achievement from sorting through all your old stuff too.<\/p>\n

Decluttering will also\u00a0reduce the amount of allergens in your home<\/a>\u00a0and provide you with more space to exercise in!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019ll make you more attractive<\/h4>\n

There haven\u2019t been any scientific studies into the link between tidiness and attractiveness, but anyone who\u2019s been taken back to a messy house after a date will testify that clutter is unattractive.<\/p>\n

A tidy home also suggests that you are organised and dependable, which are 2 pretty good traits to have on your dating CV!<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll have more money<\/h4>\n

Selling your clutter with musicMagpie will boost your bank balance, but there are other financial benefits to decluttering. Some suggest that getting rid of the stuff we don\u2019t need reduces the amount we spend in the future<\/a>, as we learn what we do and don\u2019t need from decluttering.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll improve your focus<\/h4>\n

Have you ever wanted to take up a new hobby or achieve a particular goal but struggled to find the time?<\/p>\n

Well, believe it or not, your clutter could be holding you back. Keeping the stuff we don\u2019t need distracts us from the stuff that we actually want to focus on; getting rid of it can improve your focus and help you achieve more.<\/p>\n

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Have you recently had a decluttering session? Share your story with us below. We\u2019ll publish the best in a future post!<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019ve got CDs, DVDs, Games, Electronics and Clothes cluttering up your home, start selling them with musicMagpie now<\/a> \u201d\u201c you\u2019ll feel a lot better for it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Britain has a serious clutter problem: 93% of people say they have unwanted stuff in their home, with over half saying that their clutter made them unhappy, stressed and unproductive. Clutter doesn\u2019t just look bad, but it makes us feel bad too. It can cause all kinds of physical and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[471],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1279"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3343,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1279\/revisions\/3343"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}