Decluttering tips from professional organizers [Video]

This spring, you’re likely to read about how to “deep clean” your finances or “tidy up” your portfolio.

But doing actual spring cleaning is a good financial move in and of itself.

After all, how many times have you lost a bill in pile of papers that built up on your desk? Or had to replace something you lost only to stumble across it later? Or missed a bus and had to call an Uber because you couldn’t find your keys?

“When people declutter and create some order in the home, it saves time, it saves money, it saves stress,” says Lori Reese, a professional organizer and owner of Consider It Done in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Here are three tips from organizing pros to help you tackle your spring decluttering project. If you don’t do it for the sake of tidiness, do it for your wallet.

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