Getting Rid of Clutter in Your Home and Office

You don’t have to meet the clinical definition of “hoarder” to have a problem with clutter. Even a small excess of stuff can hinder your productivity and limit your ability to focus. There are several ways to get rid of clutter in your home and office.

Donate What You No Longer Need

Too many people make the mistake of holding onto things they don’t use. When de-cluttering your home or office, follow this simple rule: if you no longer find an item useful, it doesn’t deserve to be kept. Instead, donate functioning items to a charity or non-profit organization – let those items be put to good use. Non-working televisions, stereo components, computers, and other electronic equipment can be discarded in an environmentally-friendly manner by selecting a locally-owned e-waste recycling service.

Purge Your Papers

To prevent your personal and business information from being compromised old mail, outdated financial information, and sensitive files should be destroyed. Rather than spending hours shredding confidential documents with a paper shredding machine, consider saving time by using a certified destruction service.

Store Business Documents Offsite or Online

If important documents are taking over your office consider converting them to digital, or using a document storage service to store them offsite. Besides reducing paperwork clutter in your work space, packing up outdated docs helps keep the more prevalent files organized and easily accessible.

Use Self Storage for the Rest

Once you’ve donated your unwanted items, securely destroyed confidential documents and stored important records offsite, use a self-storage solution to get rid of the remaining clutter in your home or office. Units come in a variety of sizes so you can store a wide range of personal and business items, including:

• Excess office equipment and inventory
• Furniture and appliances
• Clothing and uniforms
• Tools and product inventory

Just remember to choose a self storage provider with flexible billing and invoicing options and whom protects your personal and business belongings in a facility equipped with the following security systems:

• Perimeter fencing
• Controlled access
• 24-hour surveillance

The hardest part about de-cluttering your home or office is getting started. But when you follow the tips we’ve provided here, there’s no need to procrastinate!

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