Why You Should Use These 10 Tricks to Prevent Clutter at Home

"Cancel a subscription. Cancel anything you no longer use or read, like a streaming service, physical magazine, or digital subscription to a newspaper. Stop catalogs. You can find a number on the back of most catalogs to call and request that you be taken off the list. Get your address off junk mail lists. The Federal Trade Commission recommends using the website www.optoutprescreen.com to prevent letters for up to five years or permanently."

"Set up a home landing strip to stop clutter at the door. This can include a surface, like a table, to hold items as they come and go; a container/bowl to hold wallets, keys, and other things; and a wastebasket to gather trash, to name a few. Unsubscribe from unwanted emails. Don't let digital clutter pile up! Think before you print. Consider if something needs to be printed or can be kept digitally instead."

Cancel subscriptions and stop physical catalogs to immediately cut incoming clutter. Remove your address from junk-mail lists using optoutprescreen.com and choose online statements when possible. Create a home landing strip with a surface, container, and wastebasket to prevent entryway buildup. Unsubscribe from unwanted emails and think before printing to limit digital and paper clutter. Use a one-in-one-out or one-in-three-out rule to keep possessions balanced. Schedule regular decluttering dates, maintain a permanent donate outbox with monthly drop-offs, and consider a structured two-week decluttering program for ongoing habits.

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