When you move into a house you say to yourself, Alright, I’m going to keep this place straight and proper. But a couple years go by. A girlfriend moves in, a girlfriend moves out, a girlfriend becomes a wife, a wife becomes a mother and you have two kids. And a garage filled with clutter, and a basement filled with junk, and closets stuffed with your fashion mistakes from ten years ago. How did you get here?

Well that’s life. Our lives generate junk, trash, and garbage at an exponential rate. All we can do is fight it in an eternal war on junk. So if you need to know where to start here are some junk removal tips for you.

• Make a commitment that when you buy new stuff an equal amount of old junk has to go. This is a time-honored strategy by junk removal experts and professional organizers. If you are about to buy new jeans for instance, throw away a pair of old jeans. If you are buying a new egg poacher, throw away an old frying pan. Throwing away old junk in order to make room for new stuff helps control your junk and clutter.
• When you are buying something ask yourself, Do I really need this? Thanks to marketing and our cultural of conscious consumption we often feel pressured to buy things we don’t really need and won’t really use.
• When cleaning up, start small and slow. If you are trying to remove junk from a house that is extremely cluttered start slow and small. If you try to remove a bunch of junk in one or two days you are going to get frustrated and give up.
• When in doubt call a professional. Today there is a booming business in junk removal. Junk removal services can help you declutter and organize a home. Or simply get rid of junk that you otherwise couldn’t get rid of.

There are many strategies you can employ for junk removal and to simplify your life. Above all else remember the goal is to live a simpler, better, richer, and more fulfilling life free of junk.