The 12-12-12 declutter, one zone at a time
Twelve to toss. Twelve to give. Twelve to put back.
List what is in one closet, shelf or drawer - one thing per line, the way you would say it out loud. The board reads each line and sorts it, free in your browser. Whatever it cannot decide lands in the stuck pile; ask for a ruling on that pile when you are ready.
1 Empty the zone onto a list
Say it the way you would say it
- How many -
x5,(3), or a number first - When it was used -
last used 2019,never used,use it weekly - What shape it is in -
broken,dried out,too small - Where it lives -
belongs in the kitchen,borrowed from Sam - What it means -
grandma's,gift from,tax papers
2 The board
dashed the page's suggestion from your words · solid placed by you · stamped from a ruling. Drag a card, or use its buttons.
3 Get a ruling on what you are stuck on
Metered. The ruling looks at every card you did not place yourself - the stuck pile and the page's own suggestions - and gives each one a bin and a reason. It leans toward letting go, but never on taste: no evidence means the hold box, not the bin, and anything sentimental, a record or a safety item is guarded.