Everyone it's Rachel Aust and welcome back to another video in my minimalism series in this video
I'm gonna be showing you guys how to stay clutter free after you've done your initial decluttering process
My first tip is to stay inspired
and
there's a few different ways that you can do this one way that I've been loving lately is this app that I found so if
You go on the app store, and you search for minimalism Amino
it'll bring up this app and what it is is basically like a small social network in itself and
You can sit there and find other posts that are inspirational. I was going on there and asking you guys questions
I've been throwing up a few posts myself
[you can see here. I'll show you some of my favorite little things that I've come across lately, so there's skincare
There's tips from other people
And it's good just to be able to talk to
Like-minded people who are going through the same process and you can get ideas and tips off them as well
There's so much stuff in there too, and oh, how funny is it reading about yourself as a Youtuber?
Jump on the app and if you want to find my profile just search for my name just R-A-C-H-E-L
I'll chat to you guys on there
My second tip is to focus on why you started the decluttering process in the first place, so for me
I find personally it means that they're slightly less cleaning. I have more time to relax rather than just cleaning all the time
maybe it's that you want to be more organized or you just want to discover. What is important to you?
To keep clutter out of the home make some new habits these don't have to be massive things in fact I would suggest making small
Habits that are more maintainable so for example adoption do it now
mentality where if something needs to be done you do it straight away rather than procrastinating and leaving it or
maybe for yourself
it's
Fixing things rather than just throwing them out or maybe even making sure you're recycling more just something like this just little habits that you
Can still in everyday?
This one's pretty important
And that's to shop carefully so something that I like to do
Personally is have questions for myself
So for example if I'm buying clothing some questions that I'm going to ask are one do I actually need this two am I going?
To notice if I don't own it three am I actually going to wear it regularly?
four is the quality gonna last five will the style last or is it just another fast fashion trend even
Things like grocery items can be considered more carefully like do you go to?
Markets or maybe if you're short on time like I am it's about shopping online
And that way you're only getting the necessary items, and you're not bringing in or the extra junk into your house
Manage your sentimental items, so I know this one's difficult for a lot of people
I don't have any myself to even show you guys in this clip
But take a camera take some photos of the items and that way you've got the photos forever. It's worth figuring out
Are you more attached to the item itself or just the idea of it?
Create a no spend challenge for yourself where for a few days or a few weeks. You only spend money on the absolutely necessary
Items this will help you get any excess spending under control and it will help you stop bringing extra items into the house that you
don't need
Do one extra decluttering or organization job per day. This is particularly great. If you're at the start of your journey
I do have a 60 day challenge if you want to get on to that which I'll probably link in the description box anyway
so for example one thing for me is decluttering especially things like skincare because they happen to build up and
Journal it what keeps coming back into your house
Why does it keep coming back into your house so as most my previous example its skincare
And that's because I've had skin problems, and so I try out different products and all of that sort of thing
So that's where I know that I have to get that area under control
Look at what's happening regularly and figure out how you can solve it. I hope you guys enjoyed this video
Don't forget to check out the rest of the minimalism series in the playlist in the description box
And I'll catch you all in my next video. Bye