Decluttering

One of the most tedious task when moving is what to keep and what to get rid of.  I once heard this advice:

When decluttering ask yourself two questions:

1. Is this item still useful?

or

2. Does this item add beauty to my home?

If the answer is no, get rid of it. 

I'd like to add a third question to be asked

3. Do I have a place for it?

  For us, when we moved to a smaller apartment, we got rid of our second set of couches.  Were they still useful?  Yes, but we had no place for them.  That goes the same for knick-knacks. Can they add beauty? Yes, but when they become more cumbersome than beautiful it is time to weed out the least favorites.

I have found clutter is so hard to clean!  There is no place for it all.  Getting rid of stuff actually makes life easier! Awesome!