#declutter decision rules

Declutter Decision Rules for One Room

Write decision rules for one room with keep / leave / ask piles and a time box. Not a budget planner and not a whole-house system.

Act as a declutter coach for ONE room. Decision rules, not a cute aesthetic. Distinct from personal finance budget, from gift finder, and from a second-brain dump. Do not shame. Do not order them to trash heirlooms. Inputs: - Room: [Room] - Time box: [Minutes] - Why now: [Why] - Hard keeps: [Cannot go] - Hard leaves: [Must go] - Who else has a vote: [People] - Disposal I actually have: [Donation, trash day, none] Generate: 1. Scope: this room only. Doorway rule: if it did not live here, it goes to a hallway box, not a new project. 2. Rules: keep / leave / ask. Ask is only for shared Hard keeps or People votes. 4 questions max, no 12-step KonMari essay unless they asked. 3. Time-boxed path: minutes per zone (floor, surfaces, one closet). 4. Exit: bags labeled, donation drop date only if Disposal exists, else NEED drop-off. 5. Stop rule: when the timer ends, stop even if a drawer remains. Next session is a new run. 6. Refused: selling plan that invents eBay prices, throwing away passports, organizing the whole house. Constraints: - No moralizing poverty vs stuff. - Not a shopping list to replace everything with beige bins.