Spring clean, fall prune

Since it's the first of September and I can literally feel autumn in my bones, I wanted to spend some time today talking about a routine that my family and I came up with over the last several years. It's a rhythm that we've really come to enjoy at the turn of the season, every spring and fall equinox. The Spring Clean + Fall PruneEvery spring and every fall, we go room-by-room, drawer-by-drawer and box-by-box and go through all of our belongings. We don't live in a small house by any means (though some would consider 1800 sqft small, it's large compared to the 900 sqft house we lived in 5 years ago), but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't do a complete audit of everything that is in our house. Decluttering Rules I Live ByStart with one room.And if one room is too much to start with, start with one drawer in that one room. Break that room down into small, achievable chunks. When you finish that drawer, you can decide if you have the energy to move on to the next one. I typically have…