![]() ![]() Have I read the book and will I read it again? Check for duplicates and keep only your favorites. ![]() I doubted this myself, but then discovered some classics I had bought as paperbacks and then re-purchased as deluxe hardcovers (because they were so beautiful). It seems crazy to think there would be duplicates in your home library, but you might just be surprised. I doubt many of the best Amsterdam restaurants from 1990 still hold true! Ask yourself how relevant the content still is and if it no longer serves a purpose, you no longer need it. I’d kept magazines that advertised trends that were long gone and I had nearly a hundred travel guides about all kinds of places – that were incredibly outdated. Great examples of this include old magazines, textbooks and travel guides. It’s easy to hold onto books that are no longer relevant or simply outdated. With each book I held, I asked myself the following questions to determine if I should keep it or let it go. To keep focused during my own process, I found it helpful to have a series of questions to ask myself while making decisions about each of my books. The decluttering process isn’t easy and the methods listed above can often feel painful. Questions To Ask When You Declutter Your Books After a month, see how many books you’ve actually taken out to use. If you ever need a book, go and find the single book you need and take it out of the box and put it on your bookshelf. Gather all of your books (even the ones you’re currently reading) in one place and put them away in boxes in the cupboard. If you’re finding it hard to get started, this more extreme method is rather effective. This method makes it easy to compare books and really decide which are the most important. Look through your bookshelves and choose only your favorite books – up to your target number. This is a personal choice, if you have thousands of books you may want to keep a hundred of them, while if you have twenty books you may want to keep fifteen. Set yourself a target number of books to keep. This one is heavy handed and based on choosing only the best of the best. At the end, go through this pile again, taking your time and dividing them further into books to keep and books to let go. With only two piles, its difficult to stick with your intuition, so the books to maybe keep pile acts as a buffer. Examine your books one at a time and place them in the relevant pile. This may seem crazy, but it’s impossible to declutter your books when they are hidden in all corners of your home! Once you have everything in one place, create three piles (or boxes) for your books books to keep, books to maybe keep and books to let go. Start by getting all of your books together in one place. This method requires a decent amount of time and commitment as you’re going to sort through all your books in one go, in a single day. The problem is it becomes more difficult over time and it can be hard to keep going so I don’t personally recommend it! □ Method 2 – Divide And Conquer This is a slow and ongoing process, the benefit is that it takes just a few minutes a day and starts out quite easy. Keep on going for at least a month, or until your bookshelves are in a much better state. On day thee, choose three books you no longer need, and so on. On day two, choose two books you no longer need and discard them. On day one, choose one book you no longer need and discard it. One way to start and declutter your books is with a daily challenge. When I was reducing my book collection at home, I tried all of these methods myself and found the more extreme methods worked best for me! Method 1 – Slow and Steady ![]() The following methods each have their own advantages. Do you have shelves overstuffed with books? Are there magazines stacked all over your floor? Do you want to make a change but fear parting with your books? Do you love them so much you can’t possibly let them go? Whether you’ve found minimalism and want to get rid of everything or just make some space at home for new books – you’re in the right place to learn how to declutter your books! □ ![]()
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