Tell me how decluttering makes a difference

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Especially decluttering clothes

It makes it easier to put laundry away if they fit better in your wardrobe and drawers!

Cleaning is much easier if the surfaces are clear.

Im not sure what the question is?

Fewer clothes to go through, easier to get dressed in the morning. Not holding on to stuff that is too big/ small/ stained/ damaged or doesn't make you feel good.

Decluttering clothing makes sure your wardrobes only contain stuff that you wear.

I just need some motivation to declutter my kids clothes. I feel so guilty.

Think about how people less fortunate than you are can benefit from you donating all those clothes your kids don't need.

Do you even have the space for anything that is neither useful, now, nor likely to be in the fairly near future (eg hand-me-downs)

Do you ever watch any of the decluttering programs like home edit, Marie Kondo all the ones that Stacey Solomon does? They are inspirational!

I fucking love decluttering. We do one child a week. Take all clothes out of one drawer. Remove anything to small. Then anything they don't like (or you don't like). Be ruthless. Fold and put into piles of t-shirts/long sleeved tops/jumpers etc. Do for all clothes. Take out all the clothes into another room. If a pile is crazy (more than say 5 t-shirts) take top 5 favs. Get rid of the rest. Then put back.
Sort clothes into rags. Clothes for younger kids you have to go in loft. Charity. Take to the places.

It's heaven being able to shut drawers and not rifle through all the shit

Aw kids clothes are the best to declutter because it's not like they're going to ever fit in the stuff that's too small again, and if they're like mine many of the clothes are trashed (we are on the end of a hand me down chain and I seldom buy new).

I just decluttered my own clothes and that was hard because how to decide to let go of my favourite trousers for work that are a bit too tight. I will slim down into them again, I will, I will...

But in terms of motivation think of the grateful family getting your handmedowns! I love love love getting a big bag of next size up clothes from friends/family.

I've just started following a new page on fb which is about instead of thinking about what your getting rid of you think about prioritising the stuff you love, which you need and want to keep. Then you get rid of the other stuff as it's getting in the way of the good stuff.

www.facebook.com/simplelivingandminimalism/

Thats so much easier than doing an adults wardrobe though!
Then you'll have more space so its easier to organise and easier to find what they/you're looking for. And a chance to convince them to get rid of anything that doesn't look good, especially easy if it no longer fits.
Get them to do it with you if they're old enough. You can make it fun by getting them to model the clothes to music. Or just give them a pile and tell them to put into 2 piles of keep and get rid of. Then you go through the chuck pile just to make sure they havent thrown anything they really should keep.

It makes me feel calmer

and a bit more in control even when everything is going to shit

Just put the scruffy stuff in the bin and charity shop the rest 👍🏻

Maybe start with a test de-clutter and see how it works for you.

Pick out (or get the kids to, depending on age) the clothes that always seem to be in circulation. Put everything else in a box under the bed/on top of the wardrobe and see how you go. By the time the cold weather sets in you'll know what can safely be thrown or donated.

I am 10 months in to living as a minimalist.

I started with minimising my clothes. The result is I buy less, love and wear every single item I own and take care of them better. My wardrobe in under 50 items including shoes, belts etc.

I live in a house that can be tidied in 30 minutes too to bottom. It feels
More spacious because I don't need lots of cupboards, drawers and wardrobes.

My kids understand the value of stuff and the stress of owning too much of it.

It has changed my life.