Declutter: Reduce Stress

Simplify your rooms

If your rooms are too cluttered, you'll want to simplify them. Start by clearing off anything that is on the floors. Throw out or donate unused things. After clearing the floor, move to flat surfaces such as countertops, shelves, tops of dressers, etc. Clear them as much as possible, and then move onto furniture. Consider if you need everything. Sort things in piles – toss, donate, or keep. 

Organize everything that you've decided to keep into drawers, cabinets, and closets, keeping them out of sight, but still neatly organized and uncluttered. Do this one room at a time. 8. Tackle the closets
Closets are a great place to store things that you don't want out in the open, and can easily become a place where you shove things just to keep them out of view. Go through your closets – take everything out, clean it, and toss, donate as much as you can. Decide a specific place to store anything you decide to keep. Keep only the things that you love and use frequently. As for your clothes, get rid of anything that you haven't worn in six months. 

Clean out your drawers
Drawers are prime place for things to get shoved into. Empty out your drawers, and sorting them by whether you're keeping, tossing, or donating them. If you have difficulty deciding what to toss and what to keep, this One Question Can Help You Successfully Declutter Anything. How to Maintain Order over the Long-Term?
Once you've successfully decluttered, whether it be one area or all the areas mentioned above, clutter will inevitably begin to creep back into your life. You must be vigilant in weeding it out on a regular basis, or it will just take over your life again: 

Set up a system to keep clutter in check.
Examine the way that you do things and how things make their way into your life, and consider whether you can put together a simple system for everything, from your laundry to work projects and email. Write down your systems step-by-step and try to follow them as best as you can. Follow your systems and you'll keep the clutter minimized. 

Don't slack off.
It's easy to put things off for another day, but it'll save you headaches in the long-run if you deal with things immediately. Throw it out, donate it, or keep it and put it in a designated area. 

The Bottom Line
When you stay consistent and stick to these decluttering tips closely, you will find yourself less stressful and a lot happier as you're surrounded by a lot less clutter. Start today and start small. Begin with cleaning up stuff on your work area and then move on to different aspects of your life and get organized!