Although
largely symbolic, the start of a new year offers you the chance to do things
better. While people usually look to
themselves for self-improvement, it might be more productive to think about how
things could be better managed in your apartment. New Year’s Resolutions are difficult to
maintain, but if you keep your apartment resolutions simple, realistic, and
useful, then upholding them should be easy.
Out with the
Old
Nothing
allows you to free up, and change up, your apartment like purging the ghosts of
yesteryear. The New Year gives you a
great opportunity to finally offload the things you have been holding on to. A great rule of thumb is if you have not used
an object in the past year, then pass it on, and make space for something
else! Haul those old clothes, coats,
shoes, books, DVDs, and small pieces of furniture off to the thrift store, and
make some room for yourself. Also, New
Year is a great time to finally commit to getting rid of the trickier items
that have languished under your kitchen sink or in your closet for the past
year. Old paint cans, hardware, dead
batteries, or old tech and wires can all be gotten rid of by simply looking up municipal
guidelines on their safe disposal.
A Fresh Start
The
New Year also allows you to finally tackle the little projects that have
weighed you down throughout the year.
Now is your time to finally go through your digital pictures, select five
or ten of them, and print and hang them on your wall. Or, maybe this is your chance to go out and
grab some frames for the posters or prints you have stacked under your bed, and
have been dying to put up. Additionally,
the New Year lets you commit to some new systems to help you better streamline
and manage your life. Now is the time to
take a look at your kitchen and rearrange cupboards, shelves, cooking
implements, and ingredients to better sync with how you prepare food. Or, maybe this is the time that you finally
tackle your home entertainment system to de-clutter wires, or to purchase that
one small device that makes your streaming or listening that much more
strait-forward.
Be a Better Tenant
Finally,
the New Year gives you a chance to start doing the things you wished you did in
your house or building to improve your living space. Whether it is introducing yourself, at long
last, to your neighbours, or picking up flyers on the floor of your mailroom to
throw in the recycling, the New Year is a great opportunity to start building a
better community. Remember, change
starts with you, and sometimes the easiest way to make a change is by
rearranging how you live.
