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Resolve to Cut the Clutter in 2019

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Now that the busy holiday season is over, it’s the perfect time to take stock of your home and all of the worldly possessions that continue to spill out of your closets and cupboards. Resolve to cut the clutter this year! Go through your closets and chests of drawers  — is there anything there that you didn’t use at all in 2018? Get rid of it. Likewise with those crafty little projects that never got started: “Perhaps you have a chair you wanted to paint, or a picture frame you wanted to repurpose,” A Few Shortcuts says. “If you have been holding onto these objects for a year, it is time to let them go. Let go of old and undone projects so you can make way for fresh opportunities in the new year.”

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Start the New Year With a Plan

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New Year’s Eve offers an occasion for reflection, even if you’re going to a big bash to watch the ball drop. Consider where 2018 has taken you: Are you more organized and clutter-free than you were at the start of the year? Are you happier, more fulfilled and less stressed? Make a resolution today to begin or reinvigorate your organizing efforts in 2019. First, make a place for all of the important personal and financial information you’ll want to access again throughout the year. Start by writing down all of the return addresses from your holiday cards and sorting out your bills and receipts from the last year, The Organized Home recommends, and you’ll get a headstart on correspondence and tax returns for 2019.

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Make Resolutions of Personal Importance

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Psychologists say you should only make New Year’s resolutions if you really want to change, says Business Insider. Self-motivation is easy to find if you’re doing something for yourself; if you can’t get motivated, maybe the goal of the resolution isn’t really that important. If you can keep a promise to yourself for a full month, you’ll be well on the way to forming a new habit, and habits — good and bad — are hard to break. And it’s easier to succeed in your resolutions if you can replace an old, unwanted or counterproductive habit with a new, more positive one.

Use an App to Track New Year’s Resolutions

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Worried that your resolutions will slip away and be forgotten before you can see any of the benefits? Don’t despair! It’s 2018, and there’s probably an app for that. Among the many fitness trackers available, TechCrunch suggests 8fit for people looking for help in achieving a variety of diet and fitness goals. More general in scope are Done and Habit List, which can track one’s personal progress on virtually any to-do. Or try iMore’s suggestions to break bad habits such as overspending, looking at your smartphone and tablet “screens” too much, and smoking.

Simple Resolutions Can Create Positivity

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Instead of the typical (and often difficult) vows to lose weight, quit smoking and save money, BuzzFeed suggests “10 No-Brainer New Year’s Resolutions” that anyone can try to improve time management and social interactions in 2018. Among them are writing thank-you notes, calling family members back, drinking more water, learning to take a compliment and not looking at your phone when dining with friends. Finally, the article advises, celebrate the things that don’t need to change by taking the time to do something you love at least once a week.