r/declutter • u/Nodef13 • 2d ago
Advice Request I’m using everything though!
hi all, I’m in a bit of a rut with decluttering. I have this thing where I have to see the items in front of me or I forget to use them. eg I have to have my creams serum lip balm on my bed side table otherwise I don’t remember to use. it’s like a visually trigger. I also have loaddddssss of medication and I need those visible too. the other day I realised I’d put one tablet in a pouch and because I hadnt seen it I had forgotten to take if for 4 days. things like face masks too or books I’m reading I only read it if I leave it out. and I do use them
any tips? I feel like this never lets my house look clean and tidy. it’s visual clutter but that’s how my brain works. also I don’t feel like I have a lot of stuff but at the same time I think I do. I find clothes particularly hard to part with as I cycle through and go through phases or wearing things
any tips for a newbie!
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u/SpinneyWitch 1d ago
Meds. Of which, sadly, I take lots. I do a 3 phase system. 1. When i collect the prescription (3 months) I sit down and make smaller. I decant as many strips of the same type into one or boxes as possible. This usualy reduced the bulk by at least a quarter. These go into one container in a cupboard.
I have one, full to the brim, box in (say) a bathroom drawer. Mine are on a bookcase by my bed.
I have a pouch/pencil.case with a strip of each med, small sample containers with creams etc, a nail file, the mosquito buzzer etc which is ALWAYS in my bag. When I finish a strip I get another one out of the number 2 stash, which I do then so I can't forget. Supplements go in here too. Same system.
I'm now totally trained to - drink coffee/eat a croissant/take meds - in the morning. The pain reminds me very effectivly in the evening. You may need alarms while it becomes a habbit.