{"id":3562,"date":"2015-02-13T11:05:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T11:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2016-02-29T13:21:17","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:21:17","slug":"5-reasons-to-have-a-big-half-term-declutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/02\/13\/5-reasons-to-have-a-big-half-term-declutter\/","title":{"rendered":"5 reasons to have a big half-term declutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s half term next week, a time to rest, relax and reflect on the year so far. It\u2019s also a pretty good opportunity to take a look around your home and come to the sudden realisation that you barely use half the stuff you own.<\/p>\n<p>We know you probably don\u2019t want to spend your week off (or weeknights, if you aren\u2019t off\u201d\u00a6) \u00a0tidying up, but we promise you won\u2019t regret it if you do. Here are a few reasons to spend (some) of your half-term decluttering\u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>You\u2019ll make money<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/07\/24\/nation-of-clutter\/\">Our Nation of Clutter survey<\/a> suggested the average home\u2019s clutter is worth \u00a3275. That\u2019s a lot of unclaimed cash to leave lying around! Even a small decluttering session could end up making you a decent amount of cash (use our valuation engine to find out just how much!)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also worth bearing in mind that every hour you spend decluttering is another hour you aren\u2019t out spending money. You\u2019ll be rolling in it!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>You\u2019ll feel better about yourself<\/h4>\n<p>Of the people who took our survey, over half felt that clutter has a negative impact on their life. Some believed that tidying up would make them happier, while 8% felt that decluttering would improve their sex life (although we won\u2019t make any guarantees).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>It\u2019ll give the kids something to do<b> <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Sick of the kids whining about being bored? Get them to help you tidy up!*<\/p>\n<p>*<i>you may have to bribe them with money, sweets and\/or video games. You could always <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/entertainment\/trade-in-games\/\">sell their games online<\/a> to pay for said bribe, though&#8230;<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>It\u2019s too cold to do anything else<\/h4>\n<p>Seriously, have you been outside recently? It\u2019s freezing! But of course, no-one wants to spend their entire half-term sitting in front of the TV and slobbing so having a good tidy up is the perfect compromise. You might even work up a sweat, which\u2019ll save you money on heating too!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>You\u2019ll have more space for new stuff<\/h4>\n<p>While the point of decluttering is to make your home tidier, it\u2019s unrealistic to think you\u2019ll never buy anything ever again. Getting rid of stuff now means you\u2019ve got more space for new stuff in the future, and there are a ton of amazing games, movies and albums coming out over the next couple of months!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you need a bit of extra motivation, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/2014\/10\/24\/how-to-motivate-yourself-for-a-half-term-decluttering-session\/\">this post we published before the last half-term holiday<\/a> &#8211; it\u2019s full of useful tips!<\/p>\n<p>Ready to start decluttering? Just click below!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/start-selling\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2966 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/192.168.3.178\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/start-selling-button.png\" alt=\"Start Selling button\" width=\"304\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/start-selling-button.png 304w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/start-selling-button-300x50.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s half term next week, a time to rest, relax and reflect on the year so far. It\u2019s also a pretty good opportunity to take a look around your home and come to the sudden realisation that you barely use half the stuff you own. We know you probably don\u2019t &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[471],"tags":[1573],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562"}],"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=3562"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3567,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3562\/revisions\/3567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}