Before you so much as pick up an old CD in anger, make sure you have a plan. Otherwise, you\u2019ll end up hovering around like a headless chicken before getting bored and watching Lionel Blair\u2019s 100 Greatest Christmas Music Videos <\/em>for four hours.<\/p>\n Your plan doesn\u2019t need to be complex. You just need to write a list of simple, achievable decluttering goals, like \u201d\u02dctidy up the living room\u2019 or \u201d\u02dcgo through the DVDs and pick out anything I haven\u2019t watched for a while\u2019.<\/p>\n Setting goals will help you stay on track and ensure your relatives aren\u2019t eating their Christmas dinner while buried under a pile of stuff.<\/p>\n Have you ever tried to tidy up in one go? It\u2019s boring. Honestly, give it a go and see how long you can last before giving up and watching that fictional Christmas video compilation show we mentioned in the last\u00a0section.<\/p>\n The secret to effective decluttering is doing it in little bursts. Dedicate half an hour every night to tackling clutter; it could be organising a bookshelf or tidying an entire room, but do something.<\/p>\n If half an hour sounds too much, try ten minutes instead. Anything is better than nothing, and it\u2019s more important to foster a habit than force yourself to work longer than you want to.<\/p>\n When you\u2019re knee-deep in clutter with no end in sight, it\u2019s easy to lose hope. But, as Harvey Dent said before he became a two-faced fate-obsessed maniac, it\u2019s always darkest before the dawn.<\/p>\n He was talking about surviving the schemes of a mad clown with the help of a bloke dressed as a bat, of course, but his advice applies to decluttering too. Whenever it feels too much, take a minute to imagine how great your home will look once you\u2019re done and much cash you\u2019re going to make.<\/p>\n If you want even more motivation, imagine how proud your mum and dad will be when they pop round for a spot of turkey and crackers. They might even give you a pat on the head.<\/p>\n Decluttering on your own is perfectly reasonable but there will come a time when you need to throw your hands up, pick up the phone and enlist the help of some friends. Or just shout the kids down and bribe them with sweets and gifts. Whatever works.<\/p>\n Either way, getting a few extra hands to sort through your stuff will help you smash through your decluttering, giving you precious extra time to enjoy a few mince pies and a glass of eggnog. Make sure you share them with whoever helped though. It\u2019s only fair.<\/p>\n The hardest part of decluttering is getting into the mood. Faced with a room full of junk, your natural instinct will be to turn around, walk away and do literally anything else.<\/p>\n A good way to get into the swing of things is to tackle the easy jobs on your list first, like organising your CDs or tidying a drawer. After, you should feel ready to tackle the bigger jobs.<\/p>\n Beware of falling the \u201d\u02dcjust doing easy jobs\u2019 trap though. Treat yourself to just one a day.<\/p>\n Are you ready to declutter? Remember, you can sell Mobile Phones<\/a>, CDs, DVDs, Games, Books and Tech with musicMagpie! Just get an instant price, pop your stuff into a box and send it for FREE, then we\u2019ll pay you the same day it arrives. Why wouldn\u2019t you?<\/p>\n
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