CSP-DES8108 - Declutter Your Life
Course Description
Frequent social media posts featuring hacks and tips demonstrate the almost universal problem we all face: clutter! Despite our fascination with home décor, clutter often stands in our way, causing stress, and disorganization. Start by learning the principles of good organization in the classroom. Students will each choose areas of their homes to declutter, taking photos before and after decluttering, which will be shared with the class. Students will each be assigned a class member as their “clutter buddy”, who will each serve as a support and mentor through the process of eliminating clutter. If you’re ready to tackle the mess, changing your life for the better, join us for this transformational adventure.
Course Outline
Class 1 – Overview and Decluttering our Possessions (2 hours)
- Introduction: Rationale for the course and what to expect
- Brief Questionnaire
- Student introduction and responses
- How clutter negatively affects our lives
- Why we clutter
- How tackling clutter can transform our lives
- Choose clutter buddies, either a classmate or someone outside of class.
- Questions to ask yourself in each category
- Decluttering process
- Assignment: Students will edit and declutter one of the categories listed below:
- Categories
- Clothing and wearable accessories
- Kitchen
- Books, magazines, and papers
- Linens and bathrooms
- Furniture, rugs, lamps, accessories, artwork
- Garage or attic
Class 2 – Organizing What You Keep
View photos of student progress and challenges, and discuss.
Self-reflection and class discussion on the process
View PowerPoints of additional decluttering processes
Smart storage solutions
Adding storage to your home
Assignment: Discuss your successes and challenges, ask for guidance and help if needed, and choose one or more additional categories of decluttering to complete. Photograph before and after.
Class 3
- View and discuss images of student decluttering progress.
- Presentation by a home professional home organizer.
- Assignment: Discuss your successes and challenges, ask for guidance and help if needed, and choose one or more additional categories of decluttering to complete. Photograph before and after.
Class 4 – Thoughtfully disposing of your clutter, Student celebrations, field trip (combined) 2 hours
- View and celebrate the decluttering work of each student
- Gift, sell, and donate, and recycle your clutter to benefit yourself and others
- Self-reflections on living in an uncluttered space
- Field trip to storage solutions store
Learner Outcomes
Learn how to:
- Evaluate and edit your possessions
- How to thoughtfully dispose of items to benefit yourself and others
- How to arrange and store what you keep
- Live beautifully, with joy, in the space you have