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Get Organised:Sentimental Items (Declutter,Clutter-Clearing)

Name: Get Organised:Sentimental Items (Declutter,Clutter-Clearing)
Rating: 4.7 (66 reviews)

Honour the past without being stuck. Let go - without regrets. Shift dead energy. Make room for the new! Be happy.

Created byRachel Papworth

Last updated 8/2022

English

What you'll learn

Let go of sentimental items you don't really like or need, without feeling guilty
Choose which sentimental items are important - and you should keep - and let go of the rest
Appreciate the best - by tossing the rest
Be free of the past
Make room for new possibilities to come into your life
Make the most of your sentimental treasures
Honour your memories

Course content

8 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 24m total length

Welcome and walk through the course3:20
A walk through the entire course, including a brief summary of all sections including:

why decluttering sentimental stuff is so powerful
the three-question clutter test to decide whether it's clutter or not
the psychological reasons that have us hold onto sentimental stuff
my foolproof 7-step decluttering process
how to break the emotional hold of sentimental clutter – gently and without regrets
how to find the right new homes for the stuff you’re ready to move on
how to make the most of your precious mementos and treasures
how to stop emotional clutter creeping back.
Why declutter your sentimental items3:15
Why would you WANT to declutter your sentimental stuff anyway?!
Why are you decluttering sentimental items?
What counts as sentimental clutter?6:06
Hey! That’s not clutter that’s a precious treasure!
Don’t worry, I agree!
Watch this to understand what is sentimental clutter - and what isn’t.

The Endowment Effect (or how to choose between a mug and a bar of chocolate)1:47
This is why you get attached to things you own
Essentialism (or why clothes and jewellery are so hard to declutter)2:34
Are your things more than just things? This lecture explains why
Transitional objects (think teddy bears)0:58
It’s not just children that use objects to comfort or soothe
Guilt and fear (Is it mean to declutter heirlooms and gifts?)1:12
How these natural human psychological phenomena end up making us feel too afraid or guilty to let go of our sentimental stuff

Be gentle with yourself (aka you CAN keep it!)3:20
Decluttering sentimental stuff is inevitably emotional – so be kind to yourself
How to keep MORE sentimental stuff - without guilt2:23
Why you might be looking in the wrong place!
What if you're not sure?1:37
What to do when you don't know whether you should toss something, or whether you'll regret it
Guilt (unwanted gifts, heirlooms...)4:21
Why you don’t have to feel bad about letting go of sentimental items
What will decluttering make possible for you?2:25
The song had it right! You’ve got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative!
WHY are you keeping it?4:44
Get clear about what’s making you want to hold onto sentimental stuff – and you might find you can let it go after all
Challenge your assumptions2:55
Is that item REALLY as important as you think?
Limit the amount you keep4:40
If you haven’t got room for everything, even after you’ve cleared out the clutter, the hard truth is you’re going to have to choose – here’s how
Let go - a bit (introducing the joy of limbo)7:46
Maybe you don’t have to choose between keeping something and letting it go! Send it into limbo, photograph it, upcycle, remake, repurpose.
Say goodbye3:02
Hold a goodbye ritual to ease the process of letting go

Requirements

Only that you want to reduce your sentimental stuff - without regrets - and organise what you keep so you can enjoy it
Bags and/or boxes to sort your stuff into - but don't buy anything new (unless you've run out of bin bags!)

Description

We've all got sentimental items - me included. And there's nothing wrong with that.

It's LOVELY to have stuff around that reminds us of happy times and people we love or loved.

Our memories are precious.

But...

...what if you've got so MANY items that you don't get to APPRECIATE your memories?

What if you can't find your most precious memorabilia because you're overwhelmed with sentimental items?

Sentimental items are the HARDEST of all to declutter. The fear of letting go of something - and then missing it - can be paralysing.

But having sentimental clutter (instead of sentimental items) keeps you stuck in the past: living with old, dead energy, instead of creating the future you want - and deserve.

So I'm here to help you tackle it - gently and without regrets.

Honour the past without being held back by it.

Understand the natural, deep, psychological reasons why we get attached to things.

Make time to declutter and learn my simple, foolproof 7-step decluttering process.

Learn a TON of ways to make letting go of sentimental items easier.

How to find great new homes for the stuff you're letting go - and make the MOST of the stuff you're keeping.

How to stop sentimental clutter creeping back.

By the end of this course, you'll be able to let go of the sentimental items that are no longer serving you - and are keeping you stuck - and really ENJOY the ones you keep, while stepping into the future you deserve. What would you LIKE to come into your life?!

Who this course is for:

You're overwhelmed by sentimental stuff
Your sentimental stuff is keeping you stuck in the past - and you want to make room for the new
You want to let go of sentimental items but you feel too guilty
You want to ENJOY your sentimental stuff and honour your memories - without being swamped
You're scared of the memories that might come up
You're afraid you might wear your memories out by going through your stuff too often
You're worry you might LOSE your memories with the items
Your precious treasures are buried under other stuff so you never see them

Get Organised:Sentimental Items (Declutter,Clutter-Clearing)

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 13min

Why we hold on4 lectures • 7min

How to declutter2 lectures • 14min

How to let go10 lectures • 37min

How to find new homes for your stuff1 lecture • 6min

Make the most of the items you keep1 lecture • 2min

Stay organised1 lecture • 2min

Bonus - What's next?1 lecture • 4min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: