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Declutter your home in a day …declutter your home in 30 days …declutter your home in 15 minutes a day …These are all systems which people use to help them tackle the seemingly monumental task of getting rid of what they do not need.

It is possible though to try any or all of these systems for decluttering your house fast and still end up failing. Usually when this happens, it is because you are still making some common home decluttering mistakes. Let’s check out a few now.

1. Trying to declutter everything in your house all at once.

The first big mistake is to attempt to tackle all the clutter in your house simultaneously. In other words, you roam around from room to room and you declutter a little bit here and a little bit there.

There are a couple of problems with this. The first is that you will have a hard time putting even a dent in the clutter in any particular area of your house. The second is that you will not have any visual measure of progress. It will look like you are hardly accomplishing anything. That of course is deeply discouraging.

The solution? Instead of trying to declutter every part of your home simultaneously, just pick one section of one room. Start with the closet in your bedroom, your desk drawer, your kitchen cabinet, or some other contained area. Just do one bit at a time.

2. Never starting at all because you are so daunted by the work.

Of course, the converse can happen as well—you can be so overwhelmed at the thought of decluttering that you simply never get started. You just stare at all that stuff each day and try to strategize solutions.

At this point, you are over-thinking things. Again, just get started with one small spot in your home. This should help you unfreeze and start taking action.

3. Scheduling too much or too little time for each decluttering session (or not scheduling at all).

Another big mistake is to take a random, haphazard approach to the timing of your decluttering sessions, thinking you will just “get to it when I get to it.”

That is pretty much a guarantee you will never get to it, at least not on a regular basis. So actually pen it into your calendar. Maybe you will do an hour a week, ten minutes a day, or choose some other timing.

There is no “right” timing—just pick what fits your attention span and personality. If you try to force yourself to comply with a schedule that does not suit you, that will make it hard to stick with it. So even if someone else tells you their timing is “better,” do not worry about it—just go with what you like.

Now you know a few common mistakes to avoid when you are decluttering your home. You can apply these same principles to your workplace as well. Read on to Common Decluttering Mistakes, Part 2 to learn more mistakes you should avoid if you want to get the best results.