Prevent Clutter with One Simple Question: Need or Want?

Prevent Clutter with One Simple Question: Need or Want?

Shopping tip: Ask yourself, 'Do I need this or just want it?' Stay intentional to prevent clutter from entering your home. Follow Christina's Corner!

Video Transcript

A really simple thing to ask yourself when you are shopping and an easy way to prevent clutter from coming into your home and being really aware and intentional of what you're spending money on is to ask yourself, do I need this or do I want this? Those are 2 very, very different things, but it really allows us to consciously decide, do we really, really need this, or do we just want it? And this is going to prevent you from bringing clutter into your home if you can answer that honestly. If you do need something, of course, get it for your home, but most of the time, it's just something that we want, right? And this is really, really gonna allow intention intention when you're shopping, which prevents clutter from coming into your home.

Happy organizing, everybody. Follow Christina's Corner for more tips and tricks of how to get organized.

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Christina Giaquinto

Christina Giaquinto is the Modular Closets in-house professional organizer and brand ambassador.
In her capacity as a professional organizer, she has worked with hundreds of clients — including major celebrities — to organize every aspect of their lives, most notably their closets!
She has been featured in The Spruce, Apartment Therapy, and Popsugar among many others.
If you have ANY organizing question whatsoever, feel free to email me her cgiaquinto@modularclosets.com!

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