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Here's How Students Can Clear Out the Clutter To Make Progress During their School Year.
Sure, a messy room is the sign of a creative mind, but how will that help when you can't find your next masterpiece beneath all those heaps?
As a time management technique, I advise students to clear out the clutter in their rooms throughout the school year which is always accompanied by mounds of stuff.
De-cluttering their personal spaces not only helps make room for their so-necessary textbooks and papers; but it also helps kids of any age get a jump start on smart organizational tools that will help them save time and the stress that comes with any mess.
I have coached thousands of teenagers and adults on how to boost their productivity to achieve their learning, lifestyle and business goals and I know how effective an organized study space can be to promote enjoyment, achievement, and success for students.
Here are 5 Quick Tips To Clear Out the Clutter.
1. Get it Out of There. Imagine the building is on fire, and you have 60 seconds to grab whatever you can carry and make your escape. What would you grab? Consider those items your essentials and everything else potentially expendable. My advice is to toss out the clothes that don't fit, the papers that aren't needed, the socks that don't match and other items from the "expendable" heaps to create more space before the school year and its demands get away from you.
2. Enlist a Cruel Friend. Breaking the "pack rat" habit can be difficult for people of any age. If you find it hard to let go of some of your things, my advice is that you know should be tossed out, invite your most unsentimental friend to shame you into letting go.
3. Control Your Stuff. Control your stuff, or your stuff will control the time you spend stumbling over it. My advice is to find affordable bins or boxes with secure lids that stack inside a closet, that fit under your bed or under your desk, and then toss everything inside those containers. Next, take ten minutes every other day to go through a box to pluck out what's expendable. Then, toss it. It's a smart system to cycle through the clutter and make more space inside those same containers for truly useful items.
4. Don't Fall Into The Granny Trap. I call it the 'granny trap,' because kids and teenagers can also fall into the trap of keeping too many of what my grandmother called knick-knacks without real value cluttering up shelves and table tops. Unless you're a serious adviser, toss it. You're young; stay portable.
5. Fake It. When you don't have ten minutes to sort and toss your excess stuff, get it out of sight in those stackable, hide-able bins or boxes until you find ten minutes to clear out the clutter from your personal space. You could give up ten minutes of text messaging your friends, and you'll have instant, if temporary, new floor space and stave off complaints from surprise visitors.
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