On YouTube.com, you can find many videos of women all excited to decorate their vans that they’re living in. It’s hard for me to imagine choosing such a lifestyle, but apparently it’s a trend right now.

Imagine being one of these women. You have to get rid of most of your stuff to fit into your van. Which items will you keep and which will you get rid of? Which items will be most useful to you, or will have the most entertainment value for the space they take up, like choosing your tablet to replace your bookshelves full of books, and your entertainment center full of dvd’s?

If you watch a few of these videos, you’ll see that they have to devote much of their limited space to supplies, food, and batteries. So we’re talking very little space for frivolities.

But if you’ve been having trouble decluttering, put yourself in each woman’s place and think about what you really treasure amongst your many belongings. Yes, you could rent a storage space to keep things you can’t take with you, but are you really likely to go visit your stuff regularly?

Pretending to be one of these women is a good starting point for motivating yourself to declutter.