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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

'Holding on to Less Frees Us' – I Used the Law of Least Regret to Easily Declutter My House, and Pros Agree It Also Curbs Future Clutter

A mid-century style living room with a cream sofa, and an open wooden shelving unit behind it. .

Deciding what to keep and what to let go of is one of the hardest parts of decluttering. Every item seems to carry emotional weight, and it’s easy to get stuck wondering if you’ll regret letting it go or regret keeping it and losing space.

That’s why I started using the Law of Least Regret, which is a useful parameter to streamline by. Simply consider which option you’ll regret least in the future: Keeping the item and living with the clutter, or decluttering it and losing the item?

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