How can I declutter my home and keep it tidy?
I feel your frustration because I was there twelve years ago. My ex-husband talked me into moving from a nice 3 bd 2 ba home to a one room studio apartment across the state, away from my family, and away from all my friends, while I was pregnant with my first child! We went from 1600 sq ft to 400 sq ft of living space. How did we do it? Well, we could afford storage, so I put all big pieces of furniture from my home in storage. We had a closet for clothes, dresser for clothes (TV & VCR sat on that), a big parrot in a big cage, a couch, a baby crib, a play seat for the baby, all of our clothes, my maternity and non-maternity clothes, towels, and linens. First, look at your space. Then look at what needs to go in that space. Then think about what you really need (be brutal). If you need it and can afford storage, then do it. Put things that you don’t use that often in storage. Can you store some stuff in a relative’s or friend’s place? It doesn’t sound like you need it though with a cot,
