6 Steps to Living with Less

This is probably the biggest and most essential first step. Start by evaluating your commitments — work, family, church, friends, etc., and actually sort them out by priority. It can feel weird to rank people and relationships, but it’s actually a healthy and important boundary to create in your life. You can’t be best friends with everyone. We all know that we spend way too much time on things we don’t care about — social media, getting sucked into BuzzFeed quizzes, reading Celebrity gossip on twitter — and the only way to actually stop losing your precious hours is to intentionally invest them in things and people you care about. Don’t forget to budget time for self-care.

You knew this one was coming. Aside from giving you more physical space in your home, this will give you added time by reducing your daily 20-minute I-have-nothing-to-wear dilemma. I could list dozens of TedTalk hosts, bloggers, and authors who’ve chosen to develop capsule wardrobes — narrowing down their clothing to select options designed only to get them through one week. A bizarre concept to many, they repeat the outfits on a weekly basis. I know, Lizzie McGuire is cringing, but really, it’s so much simpler. An added bonus — building a smaller/sustainable wardrobe means you’re contributing less to the fast fashion industry, responsible for countless cases of child labor/unfair wages/horrifying work conditions.

The least intimidating way to reduce your clutter. Walk around your house every day, and find just one thing you don’t need. A pair of shoes you haven’t worn in three years, a drawer of pens long out of ink, a painting you *hate*. I don’t consider myself part of the Marie Kondo cult following, but there’s something to be said for the idea of getting rid of stuff that doesn’t bring you joy. How many of us unintentionally gather collections of unwanted gifts, outgrown clothing, or items that take up space and…

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