By Robyn Willis

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Let’s face it: decluttering is exhausting. Having made the big decision to tackle the “keep, discard or donate” process, depending on the size of the job, you’re then making hundreds of micro-decisions regarding what should happen to each and every item.

The pay off, though, is the pleasure you will have enjoying a blissfully tidy and streamlined environment to live in. But not all decluttering tasks are the same. When someone dies, it’s usually left to those closest to them to sort through their estate. And in addition to the physical labour, it’s often an emotionally draining exercise working through your grief, as well as decision making.

Here’s a quick guide to making the job a little easier.

Don’t do it alone