Now it’s time to decide what you’re going to do with them. 6. Organize what’s leftĪfter doing your second round of decluttering you’ll be left with the photos you want to keep. It’s easier to sort and declutter after you’ve organized your photos into categories because you can see exactly what you have within each category. There also might be photos that hold negative memories for you that you no longer want to keep. There might be photos you can pass on to someone else who would love or appreciate them more than you. And again, can keep your favourites and let go of the rest. Or you might realize you have more photos of a specific event or time period than you really need. Keep your favourites and the best shots and get rid of the extras.

Start whittling down what you’re keeping in each category.įor example, maybe after grouping all the photos from a specific event together, you see you have more duplicates than you realize. 5. Declutter within your categoriesĪfter you have sorted through your photos, got rid of the garbage and put like with like, it’s time to start decluttering within the categories you created. Decide how you want to organize your photos, then start grouping like photos together. You can organize by year or by date, by event, by person or whatever other way works for you. The best way to do this is by deciding how you want to group your photos, then putting like with like. 4. Group like with likeĪs you’re sorting through your photos to find the garbage, start organizing your photos as you go. Start by weeding out the photos you clearly don’t need or want to keep. It’s easy to take more photos in the moment than you actually need or want later. As well as scenery photos you don’t need or want to keep. Garbage photos also include photos of people you don’t know, can’t remember who they are or just don’t need photos of. It can also be duplicate photos when you have multiple of the same shot or shots with only slight differences between them. They can be things like blurry, blown out or out-of-focus pictures. Garbage photos are more common than you think! And in the case of decluttering photos, that means starting by weeding out the garbage. The best way to start a big decluttering project is with the easiest decluttering decisions. 3. Start with the easiest decluttering decisions Take some time to gather all the photos you have together in one place. In order to effectively declutter and organize your photos, you need to have them all in one place. The next step is gathering all of your photos together in one place. But also, what you do with the photos you’re keeping after decluttering. Guiding not only your decluttering decisions and what you decide to keep and get rid of. The point is, decide what you want to achieve, then use that to guide your decisions as you declutter. The first step when decluttering photos is clarifying for yourself exactly what you want to achieve.ĭo you want to preserve history? Is your goal to protect your photos and keep them safe from damage? Do you want to reduce the amount of photos you have so they feel less overwhelming? Do you want to make it easier to look at and enjoy your photos? With that said, when you’re ready to start decluttering photos, here are 7 steps to make the process easier! 1. Clarify your goals Focus on building your decluttering skills and come back to decluttering photos when you feel confident in your decluttering abilities. If you come across photos as you declutter other spaces, simply gather all the photos together so you have them all in one spot. You build your decluttering muscles so you can decide what to keep and what to get rid of more easily the more you declutter.Īnd decluttering photos is a time when you need to feel more confident in your decluttering skills, so you can make the more challenging decluttering decisions. Work on some other decluttering projects and give yourself a few decluttering wins first.ĭecluttering gets easier the more you do it.

With that said, I don’t recommend tackling decluttering photos as one of your first decluttering projects.

This can put a lot of pressure on you and make the process more challenging too. Or that you should organize them and store them in a certain way. Plus, there are often feelings that you should keep certain photos. This can make them more challenging to declutter. Photos are often quite sentimental and can hold a lot of emotions and memories. Photo by Laura Fuhrman on Unsplash Don’t start by decluttering photosīefore we get to the steps to declutter photos, I have one disclaimer to share.ĭecluttering photos is often one of the more difficult decluttering projects you can tackle.

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