what with the ongoing sales and the habit of collecting things we have started buying more and more physical possessions sometimes it is everyday regular stuff while many other times it is just things that we may not need at all ultimately all those shopping sprees lead to a whole lot of clutter that you store in your home cupboards closets and many a times they just spill over from everywhere making the house look chaotic if you face similar issues it is time to step back and take things in control living clutterfree is good for you and those staying with you in the house so just change your mindset by taking proper decisions and declutter your homefor good1 set a day aside to declutter tackling the mess needs time and it may not be possible to do it if you are working dayin and dayout just use one of your day offs and commit yourself to packing off all that is unnecessary in the house the rule is if you have not used something for more than six months you dont need it at all however you can change the timeline here but it should not be a continuous extension make up your mind and be ruthless while making a decision of what stays and what doesnt keep a deadline for such cleaning times and dont waste time trying on clothes which you know dont fit you any longer or going through old magazines to find something marked important2 overcome the urge to shop when we are bombarded with on sale messages daily there is naturally a desire to buy this needs to be addressed by fighting our urges and ignore all the advertising that tempts us to buy more than we needunsubscribe from those email alerts and avoid stores which are on sale this will help you avoid temptation and stop buying things that you may not need if at all you have to visit those supermarkets when there is a sale on just go prepared with a list and stick to itremind yourself of your plans of not buying on impulse and quickly move out once you are done with the shopping as per the list instead visit the store if there is something you truly really need3 observe quantity control stop thinking of more and bigger being perceived to be better since it does not always stand true the offers of buy one get one free might be tempting but ask yourself if you really need more than two of the same product and whether you will be able to use it before the expiry date even if the items are not perishable check out if you have space to keep all that stuff in your houseset a strict limit to the quantity of items you want to buy and whether you really need to buy that much4 give importance to quality over quantity ask yourself why you are getting any product cheaper than the