• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Sabrinas Organizing
  • Home Organization
  • Healthy Recipes
  • DIY Home Projects
  • Browse Gift Ideas
  • Donate Stuff
  • Recycling Events 2023
  • Solution Consultations
  • Virtual Organizing
menu icon
go to homepage
  • Home Organization
  • Healthy Recipes
  • DIY Home Projects
  • Browse Gift Ideas
  • Donate Stuff
  • Recycling Events 2023
  • Solution Consultations
  • Virtual Organizing
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home Organization
  • Healthy Recipes
  • DIY Home Projects
  • Browse Gift Ideas
  • Donate Stuff
  • Recycling Events 2023
  • Solution Consultations
  • Virtual Organizing
×

Home » Home Organization » Organizing Challenges » 15 Minute Decluttering Tasks Challenge - Declutter Your Home in 31 Days

15 Minute Decluttering Tasks Challenge - Declutter Your Home in 31 Days

Last Modified: February 5, 2023 Sabrina Quairoli This blog uses cookies. It also has affiliate links. We earn sponsored content income.

****Visit our "Disclosure Policy and Cookies" for details.****
Daily 15 Minute Declutter Challenge - featured Image

If you missed it, we did a declutter Quick Challenge this year. This decluttering challenge included a 15-minute task each day for 5 weeks and was featured on our YouTube and TikTok channels. Each video below shows the daily tasks per week you will be working on to help you declutter fast and make this year the best year ever. Getting organized doesn't have to happen in January to be successful. You can start whenever you want. Check out the video and list below to help you get started decluttering and organizing your life.

Jump to:
  • Signs You Need to Declutter
  • Decluttering doesn't have to be a long process.
  • Week 1: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks
  • Week 2: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks
  • Week 3: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks
  • Week 4: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks
  • Part of Week 5: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks
  • Where to donate these decluttered items?
  • Feel free to visit our other 15 minutes decluttering tasks challenges!

Signs You Need to Declutter

There are many signs why you need to declutter a space. Some general signs are feeling like you are always cleaning, feeling like you are always organizing, feeling frustrated, not wanting to be home, and ignoring rooms because of the clutter. Feel free to visit our other "signs you need to declutter by room" series.

14 SIGNS YOUR KITCHEN NEEDS DECLUTTERING

20 SIGNS A CLOSET NEEDS TO BE PURGED

Each week, you will see that we also visit these areas.

***AD*** Boutique Rugs: Looking for rugs? Check out their wide variety of beautifully designed rugs.


Decluttering doesn't have to be a long process.

Decluttering a room does not have to be a long marathon process. Smaller daily tasks work, just fun. Breaking tasks into 15 minutes quick projects will make it doable for you and your family - minimizing distractions and frustration. I listed the daily tasks for each week below to make it easy to view and take action.

It will be the most productive 1 hour and 45 minutes you will spend this week! - Declutter Your Home in 31 Days Click To Tweet

Week 1: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks

1: Go through items in your coat closet. Purge what you don't use or want.

2: Visit our holiday decorations boxes and pull 10 items you can eliminate.

***AD*** from Released Repurpose Reorganize: My List Simplified journal is a wonderful organizing tool for planning a move or a renovation. Use it to corral all the to-dos.

3: Go through the desk drawer and remove at least half of your pencils and pens.

4: Clear out your vanity mirror.

Join our Decluttering and Home Organizing Support Group

5: Go through your first aid kit. Did anything expire? Do you need to replace anything?

6: Go through your shoe area. Pull 2-3 pairs of worn/unwanted shoes.

7: Clean out your utensil drawer. Get rid of tools you don't use. 

Below is the image if you want to share it.

15 Minute Declutter Tasks Week 1 List

Week 2: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks

8: Clean out the drawer on your desk.

9: Write down 5 goals for today.

10: Go through your sweaters and eliminate two that are not used.

11: Go through your car glove compartment.

12: Declutter your kitchen junk drawer.

13: Get rid of two things from a hobby area.  

14: Go through books and donate at least 2 of them.

Below is the second week’s declutter tasks.

15 Minute Declutter Tasks Week 2 List

Week 3: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks

15: Go through 20 photos on your phone and delete 5.

16:  Go through your household’s most used tools and place them in one area.

17: Go through your cabinet or small pantry and clear out expired items.

18: Move and declutter the wrapping paper and gift bags.

19: Go through the refrigerator doors and remove moldy or unused items. Rinse and recycle when possible.

20: Go through the powder room sink cabinet and clean/declutter it.

21: Assign a drop zone area near the front door for shoes, jackets, and bags. Start using it today.

This is the third week of declutter tasks.

15 Minute Declutter Tasks Week 3 List

Week 4: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks

22: Go through your jewelry and pick a few to give away.

23: Get rid of a few small items from our bathroom counter.

24: Go through cables from extra devices and remove the ones you don't use.

25: Empty the items on a nightstand and declutter /organize them.

26: Clear your beverage/coffee area of at least two new mugs.

27: Remove unwanted items from the entertainment center.

28: Assign a donation box in the garage. Walk around the house and pick one or two things to add to the box.

Part of Week 5: Quick Decluttering Daily Tasks

29: Go through the pots and pans and donate at least one unused cookware.

30: Go through your baking tools and remove anything you haven't used in two years.

31: For the final 15-minute session, go through your planner and write down all the other areas you need to organize once a week for the next 3 months.

This image includes Week 4 and the few days in Week 5.

15 Minute Declutter Tasks Week 4 and 5 List

Where to donate these decluttered items?

We have an immense collection of places to donate these unwanted items. Feel free to check out our "Donate Stuff" page.

I hope these 15-minute decluttering tasks help you jump-start your way to making your home a more peaceful and relaxing space. Please comment below on what you do to declutter in 15 minutes. I would love to hear from you!

Feel free to visit our other 15 minutes decluttering tasks challenges!

  • How to Do the Tidy Up Fast Method featured image
    How to Do the Tidy Up Fast Method
  • 15 Organizing Tasks that Take 15 minutes each day - featured image
    15 Organizing Tasks that take 15 Minutes Each Day
  • 12 15 minutes projects will keep your kitchen organized always
    12 - 15 Minute Kitchen Tasks That Will Keep The Space Organized Always
  • 11 Easy 15 Minute Closet Organizing tasks - featured image
    Eleven Easy 15 Minute Closet Organizing Tasks to clear out the Closet
(Visited 116 times, 2 visits today)
Do you live in South Eastern Pennsylvania? Don't know where to start organizing in your home? Need a plan? Check out our Sabrina's Organizing Solutions ConsultationsAre a DIYer and just need accountability to get through the mess in your home and life? Check out our Sabrina's Organizing Virtual Organizing Services

Connect with Me on Social Media!

Facebook - Instagram - Twitter - Linkedin - Pinterest

Need a fresh look at your home? Learn more and download our free ebook, 'How to Awaken From Clutter Blindness,’ to access the tools, tips, and strategies to help you find clarity and organization.

More Home Organizing Challenges

  • Garage Organizing Challenge
    Garage Organizing Challenge
  • Making A Bedroom Oasis Challenge - featured image
    Making A Bedroom Oasis Challenge
  • Decluttering Tasks by Season to keep your home mess-free - featured image
    Decluttering Tasks by Season to keep your home mess-free
  • 12 Monthly Life Challenges - featured image
    12 Monthly Life Challenges to Get You Organized

About Sabrina Quairoli

I love sharing my passion for organizing life and home. I hope you get inspired when visiting my home organizing tips, quick weeknight recipes, party planning ideas, and DIY organizing projects. Visit the About Me page to read my story.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Janet Schiesl

    February 08, 2023 at 10:51 am

    I love that you encourage people to identify areas that need to be decluttered by how they make them feel and the challenges that arise from the areas and now on how they look. It's so important that our spaces work for us, whatever that means to each person.

  2. Julie Bestry

    February 07, 2023 at 12:30 am

    I love that you've drilled down to real tasks and not overwhelming projects. My favorites are getting rid of all those excess pens and pencils (they take up so much space, and half the pens are always dried out), hitting the fridge doors (because that's where the stuff you always use dallies with the stuff you never use) and getting rid of mugs. (Just tonight at a speaking engagement, I said, "If you've got more than a shelf of coffee mugs, you've got an addiction — not to caffeine, but to mugs!)

  3. Jonda S Beattie

    February 06, 2023 at 9:47 am

    I'm all about breaking down large projects into smaller manageable chunks.

  4. Linda Samuels

    February 06, 2023 at 9:31 am

    As I read through your decluttering suggestions, what I loved was how simple they were. You weren't asking us to declutter an entire sweater collection or all of the utensils in the kitchen. Instead, you asked to let go of two sweaters you never wear or a few kitchen tools that are no longer needed. The barrier to entry or action is so low that it's doable. And little bits of focused action can make a huge overall difference. What's more, they are repeatable.

    • Sabrina Quairoli

      February 06, 2023 at 9:51 am

      Thanks, Linda! Small habits motivate people to do more. They can do just what is listed on the days they don't have more time or add to the list if they have more time.

  5. Diane Quintana

    February 06, 2023 at 9:21 am

    I love these quick decluttering tasks! All are great suggestions for places to declutter.

    • Sabrina Quairoli

      February 06, 2023 at 9:51 am

      Thanks, Diane!

  6. Laura

    February 06, 2023 at 8:34 am

    These are great! Breaking things down over time into smaller, purposeful tasks takes the overwhelm out of it all and really helps to get things done. Small changes over time are much more sustainable too!

    • Sabrina Quairoli

      February 06, 2023 at 8:42 am

      Thanks for stopping by and commenting, Laura!

Primary Sidebar

Sabrina Quairoli Owner of Sabrinasorganizing

Hi, I'm Sabrina! Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog, where you can find Home Organizing, Quick Weeknight Recipes, and DIY Craft Home Organizing Projects. Feel free and browse around to get motivated to improve your home life!

Read more about me →

Get your free copy of our 12 months of easy decluttering challenges ebook

Popular Home Life Posts

  • Places to Donate Jewelry You Do Not Want
    Places To Donate Jewelry You Do Not Want
  • Amazing Games to Help Kids Understand How to Organize-featured image
    7 Games to Help Kids Understand How to Organize
  • This Year's Recycling Locations and Shredder Events 2020
    This Year's Recycling Locations and Shredder Events
  • what to keep in your shed checklist
    What to Keep in Your Shed
  • What to Keep in your linen closet
    The Most Important Things to Keep in Your Linen Closet
  • Air fried pepperoni chips recipe - Featured image
    Air Fried Pepperoni Chips Recipe
Need a fresh look at your home? Learn more and download our free ebook, 'How to Awaken From Clutter Blindness,’ to access the tools, tips, and strategies to help you find clarity and organization.
Get your free copy of our Home Management binder ebook


MasonJars.com - Shop Original Products For The Home and Garden

Surlatable home products and cooking classes

Mom Agenda Planners

Taos Shoes

Dollar Tree Shop Now

Get our Holiday Season Planner to help you save money and time with free checklists and Printables to make this season amazing
Have a small business? NEED SMALL BUSINESS ADMIN SERVICES? Visit our blog and services by clicking below.
Sabrina's Admin Services

Amazon Disclosure


Sabrina's Organizing blog is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

Sabrina’s Organizing Web Stories

Footer

↑ back to top

About

  • About Me
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure Policy and Cookies
  • Google Analytics Privacy Statement and Opt-Out Option

Newsletter and Associations

  • Sign Up for emails and updates
  • 2023 NAPO Business Stamp of Approval

Contact

  • Contact
  • Solution Consultations
  • Virtual Organizing Consults
  • Write for Us
Creative Commons License

As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

Copyright © 2011-2023 Sabrina's Organizing Blog content by Sabrina Morresi-Quairoli is licensed. Based on work at Sabrina’s Organizing blog, social media content, and newsletters shared, permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available when contacting me.