Happy New Year! January is that special time of year when we usually use manufactured time divisions to say that we’re going to do things differently than we used to, only to give up the habit a few months later. Okay, that sounds bleak, but there are ways to ensure you keep your resolutions!

Some psychology & goal setting can keep you in healthy habits. And dumpster rental and a good plan can help you start the new decluttering.

Make A Plan!

What’s the first step in any successful endeavor? Make a plan!

If you’re building a house, you have a blueprint. You don’t just start nailing boards together. Likewise, you only start a trip after knowing where you’re going and at least a general idea of how to get there.

Part of decluttering your home is figuring out what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, and how you will succeed.

Why?

Let’s start with the why. Why do you want to declutter?

Are you making room for a new person to move in? Do you need the space for yourself? You may be trying to make your life run more smoothly, and clutter is getting in the way.

Whatever your reason, figuring it out and keeping it in front of your mind will help you set your goals, plan, and stay motivated.

Set Manageable Goals!

One of the reasons that people fail to reach their goals is that they get overwhelmed. Sometimes that’s because they set expectations too high or needed to know what they were getting into. But often, they get overwhelmed because they’re looking at the forest instead of the trees.

In a way, setting manageable goals is the opposite of figuring out “your why.” It’s not that you don’t want to have the big picture in mind as a motivator. Instead, when doing the day-to-day, you want to think about smaller goals so that the big picture seems close enough for it to be worth trying.

To put it another way, if your goal is to go through every item in your house and only keep the essentials, break that into rooms. And maybe make your goal for a particular day “go through this box” or “sort every item on this shelf.”

Get Some Help

When you work out, you often have a spotter. A spotter is there partly for safety, but for many, the primary benefit of a spotter is moral support and accountability. Get yourself a decluttering spotter!

Be careful with who you select. Don’t pick the passive-aggressive frenemy who always has a compliment that makes you feel worse. Instead, choose the person who pushes you but encourages you.

The Process

There are many ways to declutter, but here are a few general things to help you with the process.

Set up some stations. Separate between the stuff you’re keeping, stuff that’s going to family, stuff your selling, donations, and the items going into your dumpster rental.

Don’t worry at first about getting everything in its perfect spot. Just sort it.

Once you’ve gotten rid of everything you’re not keeping, you can clean what’s left and get it in place.

Going through your possessions can be emotional! Although we provide dumpster rental, we know it’s simply a matter of throwing everything away. So here are some tips for letting it all go.

Think About the Good Your Stuff Will Do

Your trash will go in your dumpster rental, but you will likely have many items that don’t cut to keep but aren’t trash either. There tends to be the hard stuff to let go of.

So instead of thinking about it as your loss, consider the person who needs it and will be getting it. It’s not doing any good collecting dust in your home.

Think About What You Can Do With Your Space

Need some less altruistic motivation? We get it!

Remember why you’re doing this in the first place. You want your home or your life to be better. So what will you be doing with that space? Then, when it gets hard, remember why you’re in the decluttering game.

Dumpster Rental

Yankee Dumpster can’t help you with your sorting, but we can provide the dumpster rental that will knock your New Year’s Resolution of 2023 out of the park. We make renting easy. And with your dumpster, you can keep it as long as you need instead of taking multiple trips to the dump or letting your trash pile up.

Happy New Year!

Dumpsters probably don’t make a list when considering the most fun things to rent for a happy occasion. After all, it’s not like a nice car you’re driving for a fun trip or a vacation home. And dumpster rentals don’t garner the same excitement as securing your wedding venue.

But that’s not to say renting a dumpster can’t be part of a significant life event! On the contrary, dumpster rentals frequently coincide with many life changes, both positive and negative. In our last blog, we specifically spoke about renting a dumpster for cleaning up after a hurricane, so today, we will share the hall of fame’s top 5 reasons to rent a dumpster.

# 5 – Home Remodel

Though many events on this list will land squarely in the positive or negative, a home remodel can sometimes feel like a little bit of both! Of course, your reason for remodeling the home can have much to do with how you think about it. If you’re adding a new room for fun, you’ll generally have a better attitude than cleaning up after a sewage spill!

Stress

That said, the experience of a home remodel can bring a lot of stress into your life, even if the result is something you’ve always wanted. For example, home remodeling projects are so stressful that in one survey of recent remodelers, 12% said it stressed their marriage so much it led them to think about or pursue divorce! Yikes!

While a dumpster rental won’t relieve all the stress associated with displacement or significant changes to your environment, it will at least relieve you of the duty of having to make multiple trips to the dump or plan your trash pick up in multiple stages due to all the construction waste.

Construction Waste

It’s also worth noting that much of the trash from construction can’t go into your weekly trash. And what can go often can’t go all at once because of the sheer volume of waste created from a remodel? So save yourself the trouble and the space!

#4 Moving

Moving is another experience that often mixes the happy and the sad. Sometimes a move is exciting because we’re moving toward something we’ve always wanted – like a better job or education. But even so, we typically leave behind many memories and relationships.

What else are we leaving behind? Stuff! Nothing puts into perspective how many possessions you have like the prospect of moving them across the country.

That’s why moving also typically involves a purge. Give away and sell what you can. But you can’t beat a dumpster if you’re in a rush!

#3 Inheritance

Losing a loved one is never easy. The emotional impact is typically the most challenging part. Still, all the practical tasks we need to deal with in the aftermath, like insurance, funeral expenses, and going through belongings, can compound the grief.

After a lifetime, anyone can accumulate a lot. But some people also have the affliction of hoarding. That can be particularly hard for relatives tasked with final arrangements.

Relatives will likely want some keepsakes from a loved one who’s passed on. In addition, some items may have a monetary value. But there will probably be much that must be given or thrown away, and the easiest way to do that with less fuss is by renting a dumpster.

#2 College or Downsizing

Both college and downsizing are technically a division of reason #4 but typically involve either most of the family staying behind or all of the family not going as far.

If you have college-bound teens, you may want to use their room for your hobbies or needs. And that may even involve a bit of Reason # 5. So once they’ve picked out what they want to keep, the rest is for Goodwill or the dump!

Downsizing can happen when two households become one – typically a happy occasion or when a family realizes it doesn’t need as much space. In each case, a dumpster rental can assist in the process.

#1 Decluttering!

Decluttering is a catch-all phrase. But it’s what happens when you’re not getting rid of stuff for any significant reason except that you don’t need it! So whether you caught on to the Condo craze or you’ve always been a minimalist, a dumpster is the best tool for decluttering your home!

Yankee Dumpster Rental

So, where are you on your journey? Are you currently in one of our top 5? Did we miss an important one?

Whatever your reason, call on Yankee Dumpster for your dumpster rental needs in Orlando, Florida and surrounding arears, and we’ll hit it out of the yard!