Decide what to do with it. Knick-knacks are nice but after awhile, they seem to mysteriously multiply and start to take over. Some pieces you are keeping for sentimental reasons and you won t want to part with. All you need is your brain and that s kept in your head and not in the living room. If you re really afraid of forgetting something important to you, write it down in a journal.
Words can express more than any object.
If you ve filled a few boxes and are not ready to start on another room yet, take the boxes to wherever they are meant to go. If you are saving the things for a yard sale, put the boxes in a basement or attic or deserted corner until you ve finished all the rooms. When you re finished with the living room and you have decided to give to a charity, you ll need to start the next day on another room. If you have to wait for a weekend day, you ll still need to set stuff aside. Take it one room at a time, one day at a time if you have to.