It is time for spring cleaning for many of us and we can take this opportunity to revisit our purchase decisions over the years. Throwing out stuff every year is tiring and wasteful. Imagine the amount of money you would have saved if you didn’t buy that item in the first place. Without buying and hoarding so many unnecessary items, we can also save money by needing a smaller residential space. The 3 Rs that we have known since young has evolved into multiple Rs.

• Refuse
• Reduce
• Reuse
• Repair
• Repurpose
• Recycle We should follow them in this order so as to save money and reduce waste. If we ‘Refuse’ to buy unnecessary stuff, there will be nothing to throw away in the first place. Without hoarding, our apartment will also be easier to clean during the year as there will be less

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