7 things to throw away when cleaning your apartment

junk formula

In the process of cleaning using the “shelf by shelf” method, I was able to derive a formula for the appearance of trash in the house. It became easy for me to identify and eliminate problematic items. Here is a rough list of the first things to leave your home.

• "Cute" kitchen utensils that work no one knows how.
• Broken things. Well, why can't we admit that the thing is broken - a burnt toaster, a cracked vase, three umbrellas with holes in them, etc.?
• Things that seem potentially useful but are not being used are an oversized water container or a complex corkscrew. Or duplicates - well, how many glass jars do we need?
• Things you want to save.Well, why do you need a pretty shower gel if you never use it? Why "save" the bright tin trays inherited from the grandmother? A friend once gloomily confessed to me: “I saved expensive truffle oil for so long that it went bad.” After spending money, use what you bought, and then throw it away.
• Items that should have been used but were not used due to reluctance or laziness. A few years ago I bought a digital voice recorder - I was going to do an interview. But something did not work out, and the recorder was not useful. And the expensive exercise equipment my girlfriends bought that gather dust and take up space?..
• Things that should have been thrown away a long time ago. Fortunately, there was no place in our apartment to store such things: no attic, no closet, no utility room - only part of the basement, where we kept Christmas tree decorations, spare filters for the air conditioner and several high chairs. We didn't even have a garage, which many people use as a home storage. According to the Department of Energy, 25% of Americans with two-car garages don't park their cars at all.
• Items that ended up in the house according to the "grandmother's right". Grandmothers always have their own rules about what our children Eliza and Elinor need. My mother-in-law never buys anything new for herself, but gives the girls solar-powered prisms, sets of miniature colored pencils and all that. All these things are funny, but gradually the apartment becomes littered with them.
• Things we never used. It's time to get rid of the rice cooker I gave my husband for his birthday. He loves to cook, but he continues to cook rice in an old pot.

How to throw away old things

It is important to remember that even if you throw away personal items during the day, it is better to wash them beforehand (if you think that they can still serve someone else). If these are clothes or dishes, then it would also be useful to hold them for at least a couple of hours in salt water (just add salt to the water - table or sea)

Of course, hardly anyone wants to mess with garbage, but this will significantly protect you from energy influences from outside.
Another option is to tear-cut clothes, break cups-plates (this is if you do not leave your things for those who may still need them).

So, you have collected a bunch of old things, decided to clean up your space and make room for the new one. Disassemble things - clothes for clothes, dishes for dishes, newspapers and books are thrown away without thinking.
Clothes - wash, keep in salt water
Dishes - keep in salt water
Jewelry, accessories - ALWAYS keep in salt water.

If, nevertheless, you are too lazy to wash, wash, clean what, in principle, you no longer need, at least hold a burning church candle over the garbage, saying to yourself or out loud several times: “With the flame of a candle and with God's help, I free these things from my energy I thank them for their service and completely let go. Amen".
The same can be done with the help of lit incense or a ringing bell, replacing the text of the sentence accordingly.
Be sure to state your intent.

It is very important

And how do you get rid of old things and do you take out the trash in the evening?

With love, Polya Joy

Gifts from ill-wishers

Sometimes we have to accept presents from people who are completely uninteresting to us or cause negative emotions.Without thinking about the consequences, we accept gifts, and then store them at home, forgetting with what energy overtones these things were presented.

There are some Feng Shui-based guidelines that will help you understand what gifts you should not accept and why.

• It is not recommended to accept a mirror as a gift from an enemy. Especially to keep such a gift at home. By accepting such a present, you run the risk of "giving away" your vitality and beauty to your giver.
• Esotericists warn that gloves are also not a gift worth accepting. Whether it is mittens that protect against the cold or options for decorative gloves, such a gift will not bring good into your life. Through such a present, the giver can easily penetrate your life and begin to manage it. If your home has such gloves, but you do not wear them, it is better to get rid of them.

• Malachite products are a bad gift. This mineral transmits the energy of destruction. Giving such a gift, your enemy can take away your destiny, and you will not live your own life.
• Another present from an enemy that cannot be kept in the house is a pectoral cross. Together with him, the donor can easily transfer a lot of negative energy to you.

Among the gifts that you should not accept and then keep in the house or wear on yourself, Feng Shui experts distinguish piercing and cutting objects. Sabers, knives, cleavers or daggers around the addressee can create a negative aura that provokes crimes.

If an ill-wisher gives you a gift, then accept it with a smile, but then be sure to perform a ritual of cleansing things from negativity. Another option is to take a present from an enemy to the cottage or to give with positive thoughts to another person.

wedding attributes

After the wedding, you can not throw away the bouquet. It needs to be dried. After it can be used for ikebana. There are many signs regarding the wedding dress. It is not recommended to rent it, because another girl has already put it on, which means it is filled with someone else's energy. It is advisable to purchase a new outfit, but it is expensive. Therefore, after the celebration, many try to sell the dress. But this is not worth doing, because you can sell your own happiness. The outfit must be stored, it will be a kind of amulet at home. If you still decide to sell the dress, it must be cleared of your energy.

How to start throwing out unnecessary things

This kind of thing takes time. Measure on it as much time as you are willing to spend unloading everything you want to get rid of in your apartment. Start with the most important and difficult, and then move on to the simpler.

Walk through all the rooms and look for those things that remind you of those who are close to you now or were dear to you in the past. Remember that although you should not forget about the past, but 10 things that remind you of one person is not very good. Get rid of most of them. It is not necessary to throw it away, you can just give it to acquaintances, friends or relatives. Then, when you visit them, you will see these things from the other side - not like when they surrounded from all sides and reminded of themselves in your house.

Some things you can give to friends

Now you can move on to everyday trash that catches your eye every day. First you need to inspect the balcony (if you have one, of course).All the boxes lying there, various toys, the remains of building materials - everything is in the trash. Just imagine how much space will immediately free up!

Start cleaning by sorting out things on the balcony

Move on. Look at the cabinets and what lies on them. Some families completely fill cabinets with boxes. This looks ugly, and besides, it is not environmentally friendly. Therefore, boldly sweep out everything that did not please your eye!

Disassemble the boxes on the cabinets

You can't do a good job in one day. Draw yourself a graph: how many things you should throw away, for example, in a month. The ideal option would be to get rid of half of the things. And remember the most important thing - you don't have to throw everything in the trash. Some things can be offered to friends, some things can be given to orphanages, for example, old toys or an unnecessary stroller.

Unused toys can be donated to an orphanage

Some people will still need these things.

The main rule is not to leave it for “suddenly needed”. This is the last step to getting rid of the thing. Quite often it happens like this: you see a thing and you don’t understand where it comes from and why it’s still not in the trash heap - and then you suddenly miraculously remember that it turns out you will need it in six months to come in handy in that unlikely situation when there will be nothing more by hand. And, as a rule, this thing remains in the same place where it lay. Remember that if suddenly at least for a moment such a thought flashed, then this thing must be thrown away or given to someone - this is at your discretion.

Throw away or give things to someone - it's up to you.

Why you need to throw away old things

one.there is a law of abundance - for the new to come, you need to get rid of the old. Otherwise, for the new, the universe (God, as you wish) does not see the place where you "Send" this.

2. There is a saying in China, "The old will not go away, the new will not come."

3. According to Feng Shui, old things (trash, garbage) do not allow the life-giving energy of Qi to flow freely, and therefore there can be no talk of any changes in life or new things.

4. one more conclusion: when we put on an old thing, or splash with perfume that we haven’t used for a long time, or hear music from the past, we are literally brought back to the past. This is elementary NLP - all of this, the so-called "Anchors" are emotional. Some memories are associated with old things (spirits, clothes, and everything) and they are automatically reproduced upon contact with the anchor. But the fact is that not only emotions appear - old thoughts appear in us, but this is very dangerous, because thoughts, as we know, shape life. So we shape life with old thoughts and get not what we want.

5. holding on to old things with thoughts “what if there is no money to buy a new one, and I will never have this again? “We resonate with the mentality of the poor and get poverty. Thus, if we calmly throw away unnecessary things with the thoughts “I will buy more or the Universe will give me better”, we resonate with the mentality of the rich and get wealth.

How to motivate yourself to clean

Most housewives spend a lot of time mentally preparing for a general cleaning. There is nothing surprising in this: the human brain is designed in such a way that it is easier for him to come up with a hundred excuses in order not to do such a big task, or at least to delay it. This phenomenon is called procrastination, and in the modern world, many people suffer from it.Luckily, there are several ways to help rally.

Simple Plan

Do the words “general cleaning” evoke horror and a desire to quickly come up with urgent and important things? From which side to approach it - and then it is not clear. To avoid this feeling of imaginary impossibility, it is enough to break one big task into many small ones - simply, make a plan.

Sample general cleaning plan - you can use it as a template, adjusting it to the features of your home

How to make a step-by-step general cleaning plan

No one knows better than you yourself the features of your apartment or house, so the most effective plan is your own:

Divide the house into rooms. The standard division into zones includes a living room, a bedroom, a wardrobe (entrance hall), a bathroom, a kitchen and a pantry (loggia, balcony or any other "storage" room). If there are several similar bedrooms in the house, then you can write a general plan for them.
For each zone, write down the necessary actions (for example, dust off kitchen cabinets, wash the washing machine). Take your time and remember everything carefully. It is best to carry a small notebook with you around the apartment for a week and, having noticed some problematic place, write down its cleaning in the appropriate zone.
Sort the steps in order

In general cleaning, it is important to proceed from top to bottom: start by cleaning the ceiling, then the mezzanines and upper shelves. The floor is cleaned last

If there are actions that can be performed in parallel with the main cleaning (for example, washing), highlight them in a separate list.

The drawn up plan can and should be used in subsequent general cleaning.

Motivation with a beautiful interior

If you are an impressionable person who can quickly do hard work on a whim of inspiration, the beautiful interior motivation method is perfect for you. Just dream, fantasize about how great your house will look when the general cleaning is finished. Plumbing will sparkle, there will be nothing superfluous and unnecessary in the cabinets, all things on the shelves will have their place. The house will become much lighter, more spacious, fresher. Visualize a clean and beautiful house until you have the strength for a full spring cleaning.

Photo gallery: beautifully decorated rooms

Household help

Sometimes it happens that there really is no energy for cleaning. Most housewives, in addition to housekeeping, go to work and raise children, so the lack of time and energy is a common problem. In this case, it is worth delegating some of the responsibilities to your household. Children can be entrusted with cleaning their rooms (this will not only relieve you, but also instill responsibility for their territory in the child), and adults can do technically simple but routine tasks like washing dishes, ironing.

General cleaning with the whole family can turn from a hard routine into a pleasant pastime.

Workout

Most modern women have almost no time to go to the gym. However, we forget that cleaning is also a physical activity, and quite effective in terms of fat burning.

To improve the effect of such a workout, you can additionally turn on the music and add dance elements to the cleaning. Such a pastime will not only burn a lot of calories, but also improve your mood.

Homework can be just as effective as a workout at the gym.

aromatherapy

If you're crazy about pleasant scents, use this to motivate you to clean. Purchase several aroma lamps, diffusers with light aromas, household air fresheners. Such interior items are best installed in a perfectly clean, fresh, tidy room, so the purchase will give an additional incentive to bring cleanliness and order to the house.

Modern diffusers with pleasant aromas can be found in most home improvement stores.

permutation

Have you wanted to change something in the interior for a long time, but did not get around to it? General cleaning is the perfect moment to carry out a global rearrangement of furniture. You will not only change the appearance of the room and optimize the arrangement of furniture, but also clean out all the dirt that could accumulate for years in hard-to-reach places.

Rearranging furniture will help freshen up your home and is also a great addition to a general cleaning.

What did you do with old things?

I remembered the “Soviet” past, when there was a period of shortage, tights were sewn up and left to be worn under trousers in winter. The coat was “turned over” in the workshop, I think that the younger generation does not even know what it is about. Worn things were extended, sewn in, combined, invented something and gave a second life to old things. They made candy out of shit, this expression is from there!

Stocks in the refrigerator of food, in the pantry there were a lot of jars. And they always said “suddenly come in handy” or “in reserve” ...

Why do we badly part with old things. What do we keep in reserve? And do you need to get rid of old things?

This is a common example, everyone has their own, this "garbage"

• Plastic dishes that we plan to use for seedlings for the garden
• Leftover food in the refrigerator is frozen for hodgepodge or pizza
• Old unnecessary books, such as a 5th grade geography textbook or 8th grade geometry textbook
• Broken household appliances, such as a hair dryer, the current one suddenly breaks and then the old broken one will come in handy
• Old t-shirts in the closet and jeans we save up to wear at home

Old lanterns from the pantry

Throwaway items

13. Old cosmetics

If you haven't used this foundation, these shadows or glosses yet, it's unlikely that you will ever use them at all. In addition, any cosmetics has an expiration date, after which the product must be sent to the trash.

14. Invisibles and hairpins

Surely, if you start to put things in order in your cosmetic bag or drawer with cosmetics, you will find a few invisible or hairpins there. Why would you keep what you don't use?

15. Samplers of cosmetics

Either use them or throw them in the trash. Stop saving them for a better day already.

16. Eau de toilette and perfume samples

Why are you saving them if you don't like the scent?

17. Old toiletries

A cracked soap dish and a bald toothbrush are not things that need to be stored for years.

18. Almost finished household chemicals or cosmetics

It often happens that at the bottom of the funds there is very little left. It seems like you need to throw it away, but it's a pity. Rid your house of trash, so you need to ruthlessly throw out these “treasures”.

19. Stretched hair bands

For connoisseurs of these charms, there is good news: give the rubber bands a hot bath, they will become as good as new.

Kitchenware and food

20. Bad food

Will you eat spoiled food? So why in your refrigerator sometimes lives for months something that should have been in the trash for a long time? Feel free to send the old-timers of your refrigerator to where they belong.

21. Old sponges for washing dishes

This kitchen item needs to be changed regularly, at least once every two weeks, and better and more often. That is, this should happen long before the sponge begins to emit unpleasant odors.

22. Cookware you don't use

Give me a new one and throw away the old one.

little things

It seems that the little things do not need to be thrown away, they almost do not take up space. After 5 bags of these little things went to the trash, my opinion changed. Marie gives a lot of advice that you need to throw out almost everything that does not warm your soul and that you do not use. For example, gifts.

Every house was littered with candles in the shape of symbols of the year, cheap souvenirs and other things that the hand does not rise to throw away. It's one thing if you like the gift, but quite another if you didn't even open it or did it just out of politeness. Can you imagine if Yakubovich had to keep all the gifts from the capital show participants? The same with gifts from former lovers: often these things keep us in psychological captivity and we become closed to new acquaintances.

The author also advises throwing away boxes from equipment in which you do not store anything, shifting all the little things from the piggy bank to your wallet or taking it to the bank.

How to get rid of accessories

When it comes to accessories, such as belts or cosmetic bags, you need to remember that they are never given to anyone. Such things should be cut up and thrown away. And you can burn it.

If you give away such accessories without cleaning, then your financial situation may worsen.Therefore, sorcerers distribute their things, endowing them with negative energy or speaking.

You can not take a bag that contains coins or banknotes. The presence of money suggests that the accessory can be conspired to relieve financial turmoil. If you take such a bag, trouble can happen. Do not rejoice at the found accessory, such things are not left just like that. There is a high probability that he is conspired.

Cleaning in the living room or office.

The principle of beginning and ending is the same.

• Sort through books, newspapers, magazines. Take what you don't need to the library or book exchange points (Bookcrossing). Which is in a deplorable state -
• Get rid of old receipts and checks (required shelf life of receipts is 3 years). Checks are better to burn in the country in a fire or at home on a gas stove. Paper receipts - in waste paper.

Tip: Do not go empty-handed, if you go to the kitchen from the living room, run your eyes, maybe there is a dirty mug on the table, which should be in the kitchen. You go from the kitchen to the children's room, take toys, etc.

• Do not store figurines, figurines (unless you are an avid collector, of course) that do not carry any emotional load. Most often, we do not buy them ourselves, mostly these are gifts from friends and colleagues (forced gifts). They take up space and accumulate dust. Put them in a box with unnecessary things. In the future, make lists of gifts for your birthday and tell all your acquaintances, friends and colleagues (delicately and as if by chance) what gifts you definitely do not need. Well, because it's rubbish
• Don't forget to wash the windows.

• Sort through the stationery - dried pens, felt-tip pens, broken rulers, business cards, discount cards, scribbled notepads and notebooks, abstracts, abstracts - this is extra rubbish. All paper in waste paper - the rest will have to be thrown away or burned in the country.
• Let's move on to furniture. Covers from upholstered furniture can be washed or dry-cleaned.
• We vacuum, removing the pillows from the sofa.

We wipe leather sofas and armchairs with special cleaning agents.

Tip: Leather furniture should not be cleaned with harsh chemicals. If you don’t have special leather products on hand, use a cloth soaked in soapy water, and then clean the surface of soap and wipe dry. In the future, switch to a more humane, economical and practical Eco-leather. With her, cleaning and conscience will become easier.

• If there are many flowers in the room, take each flower to the bathroom, rinse the pot and flower leaves under a cool shower. In general, such procedures should be done with flowers much more often than once a year, after all, these are living organisms and it is also not very pleasant for them to collect dust on themselves.
• We move the upholstered furniture, cabinets and tables - we vacuum the floor, then wash it manually.

Cleaning the bathroom and the toilet is made last, because while you are cleaning other rooms, you will run to these rooms every now and then: rinse something, drain dirty water, wash. When everything else is clean, finish cleaning the bathroom.

How to throw away old slippers. How to throw away old shoes: signs

Esotericists know that any personal thing of a person is saturated with his energy over time, carries complete information about the owner.Moreover, even after the headgear or decoration, clothes or shoes fall into disuse, they continue to maintain a special connection with the previous owner.

At the same time, our ancestors have always been wary of old items in the house, considering them a constant source of negativity: illness, failure and misfortune. Therefore, their storage was undesirable, but only a person who is completely unfamiliar with folk signs can easily throw boots or shoes in the trash. After all, a person with bad intentions can pick it up and use it against the previous owner. Therefore, to get rid of unnecessary shoe rubbish should be wisely.

• The most effective and correct is the burning of ancient boots or sneakers, shoes or slippers. It is best to build a ritual fire or send shoes to the furnace.
• Sometimes it is not possible to carry out a fire-shoe ritual, or the shoes are well preserved and can serve someone. In this case, another method is quite suitable, involving the option of appeasing evil spirits. To do this, it’s enough just to hide a bread crust inside the frayed cutters, and you can leave them in a landfill with peace of mind in the hope that one day they will help out a person in need.
• No worse than cleansing with fire “works” and washing old shoes with running water. Hold boots or boots that are no longer needed under a tap, and all personal information about the owner will be washed away by a turbulent stream. And the impersonal footwear no longer poses any danger to the former owner, and therefore it may well be presented to someone. After all, it was not in vain that our ancestors believed that the one who never gave his boots to another free of charge, after death, is doomed to roam the afterlife barefoot.

Cosmetics and personal care

12. Old cosmetics. First, since you haven't used it yet, it's unlikely that you'll ever need this eye shadow, lip gloss, or foundation. Secondly, cosmetics have an expiration date. When it came to an end, it's time to say goodbye to the product.

13. Dried nail polish. Even if you dilute it with a special liquid, it still cannot be compared with fresh. Throw away without hesitation.

14. Eau de toilette samples. Why save them if you don't like the scent?

15. Samplers of cosmetics. Either use it or throw it away, there is no middle ground.

16. Old toiletries. A bald toothbrush and a cracked soap dish are not something that should be carefully stored for many years.

17. Stretched hair ties. Here is good news for connoisseurs of rubber bands-telephone wires: bathe the rubber bands in boiling water, they will be as good as new.

18. Invisible hairpins. Shake out the drawer with cosmetics or the box where you store jewelry, you will surely find a few hairpins there. Since you do not use them, then there is no point in storing them.

19. Almost finished cosmetics and household chemicals. There is a little money left on the bottom, it seems like it's time to throw it away, but it's a pity. Give this feeling a fitting rebuff and send almost empty bottles and jars to the trash can.

Why you should throw away old things

Here are a few reasons that will help you understand why get rid of old things that do not interfere with anyone and lie peacefully and calmly in their place:

A banal crowded place. Of course, many will say, they say, yes, and so it’s normal: it lies on the balcony or in the closet - and that’s good.But it's not! Imagine that unnecessary things are garbage, because in fact they are. They not only litter the space, but are also harmful to health, as they collect dust and interfere with the natural circulation of air in the room. In different cultures, it’s like that in general: if there is unnecessary trash in the house that still lies, supposedly later and suddenly needed, this is already considered the causes of negative consequences in the future.

Unnecessary things not only litter the space, but also accumulate dust on themselves.

Get rid of the old to come to the new. Banality, but if there is no order in your house, then there will be no order in business at work, relationships with loved ones either. It is unlikely that this can be easily noticed, but you need to start cleaning yourself and your home from somewhere. Some people think that it is better not to throw away old things, because then you may not be able to buy new ones. Of course, everything has its cost and some things are really better left, but the more such things a person leaves and the more often he thinks so, the faster it all turns into a huge mountain of things and problems. After all, just things and pieces of furniture are some kind of memory or reminder from a past life, but you should not be zealous with this. Remember - everything needs balance!

Get rid of the old to come to the new

Old things are negative energy. Think about the fact that all things are memory. Even in horror movies, it's not uncommon for a deceased person to be tied to something. Of course, this is only in films and we don’t know how everything really happens, but, for example, your old skis on which you were injured while passing the next standard is not a good memory

It is important to distribute what really matters to you and what lies dead weight in your house or apartment.

Old things are a source of negative energy

Items that evoke bad memories. This definitely shouldn't be left behind! After all, even if you remove such a thing or object in the far corner, then sooner or later it will make itself felt and you will again think about the situation associated with it. Therefore, it is better not to keep it in the house at all and throw it away immediately. Of course, throwing away family heirlooms is not worth it.

Get rid of things that bring up bad memories

Throw away without regret! Often, when a person is dissatisfied with something or he has a nervous breakdown, he begins to break everything around. Dishes, furniture, maybe even pillows and favorite flowers - all this reflects the state of a person. Getting rid of unnecessary rubbish, people seem to purify themselves. The same thing happens with people who take out their anger on household items.

Throw away easily, without regret!

Storage

After, how did you get rid of superfluous, it is necessary to streamline the rest. Here the author also saved up some valuable tips. She recommends putting things upright, even clothes. So far I can’t say how it works, but for almost a week now all the folded things have been in their places.

Another important move is to determine a place for each item. If there is no such place, then in a hurry you will not clean it up. For example, I did not have a place for a laptop and home clothes, so they were lying in strange places.

Another valuable tip: before you come up with a place to store something, think about it, maybe you don’t need it. Marie says owners often figure out how to store things they don't really need.As a result, even if one of these items is needed, it is difficult to get or remove them back.

Housing

30. Old towels with stains or holes. It is frankly unpleasant to wipe yourself with them, so throw them away without hesitation.

31. Worn bed linen. If it just faded, that's all right, but torn sheets and duvet covers are a direct road to a landfill.

32. Shabby rugs from the bathroom and hallway. Their life was already not easy, why prolong suffering?

33. Old pillows. Still, they are no longer as plump and soft as before.

34. Extra hangers. Leave as much as you need to hang clothes and the rest in the trash.

35. Unnecessary flower vases. Give away, sell or dispose of them in any other way.

36. Trinkets. A figurine of a pig, presented to you on the occasion of the onset of the year of this animal, is appropriate once every 12 years. Release the pig to freedom, do not torture. Souvenirs from travels and fridge magnets will make her an excellent company.

37. Christmas decorations that do not please. A garland where a few light bulbs do not burn, a glass ball that, instead of a factory fixture, is held on a cunningly curved wire - do not turn the Christmas tree into an exhibition of junk.

38. Broken electronics and household appliances. If you still haven't fixed it, then you don't really need it.

39. Spare parts for furniture. Gather up all those parts and screws that seem to multiply by fission and throw them straight into the trash can.