If the thought of sorting through all of your personal belongings makes you feel overwhelmed and want to curl up into a ball, don’t worry, All My Sons of Austin, your local Austin Movers, is here to help with tips and advice on how to de-clutter your home. And as motivation, just remember that by de-cluttering you’ll be getting rid of a lot of ’stuff’ that you and your family don’t need, reducing your total load on moving day and in turn saving you big bucks when moving. All it takes is a few hours every day leading up to the day of your big move. To keep focused on your task, the Austin movers suggest you visualize your end goal and your new house.
The Austin local moving company also recommends you start small. Attack an area that you can get a handle on pretty easily. Whether it’s your library section or a huge stack of old magazines or even one family member’s closet. You’ll surely find lots of stuff that either you don’t need anymore or doesn’t fit and so on. Slowly, but surely, you’ll shed some baggage. Just think about how much lighter your move will be.
When you’re ready to de-clutter, have all your supplies next to you so you won’t back out and promise to throw away something later. Have a trash bag next to you or even a ‘to charity’ bag for things you can donate to charity. Also, have a shredder next to you because you’ll encounter lots of paperwork when de-cluttering your home before moving. You’ll find old bank statements, old receipts and more stuff you don’t need and should shred for your protection.
Make sure to locate and separate the important documents including medical records and others. Make sure that everything you sort through gets a fair judgment. Always ask yourself if you really need the item, don’t just keep it because you haven’t seen it in a long time. That should actually be even more of a reason to thrash or donate the item to charity. You might run into items that you’ve already replaced, say for example an old cellphone or computer. If you have a newer version, there’s no reason to keep the older one. You might run into items that need repair but you haven’t gotten to it yet, maybe an old DVD player or even a pair of pants that you haven’t hemmed yet. Ask yourself if you ever will get to it. If not, the item goes into the trash.
De-cluttering is really simple, but it does take time. However, it’ll save you money when it comes to moving so it’s worth the extra work. Once you’re ready to move within Austin and its surrounding, All My sons Moving and Storage of Austin will be more than happy to help you move. Our Austin movers are highly experienced and have performed countless moved, residential and commercial.