Out of Sight is Not Out of Mind

Keep only those for which there is a clear purpose – those you are currently using, those you will need for a limited period and those that you need to keep indefinitely.

Store items from the same category in one spot. If you are living with a family, sort by person first, then by category and finally by type of material.

Things stored out of sight are dormant. This makes it much harder to decide whether they inspire joy or not. By exposing them to the light of day and jolting them alive, so to speak, you’ll find it’s surprisingly easy to judge whether they touch your heart.

After completely sorting his things and getting rid of twenty bags of stuff, we tackled the bathroom and communal spaces. Then we finished off with a lesson on storage.