How to use it.
The application of the five things method in practice can be seen in the video in which Casey Davis herself explains the main idea of the approach. The algorithm of actions looks like this:
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Go around the entire apartment, find and throw away trash.
Walk through your apartment again, but this time pack only dirty clothes and shoes in the laundry basket. Ignore everything else.
Then focus on the dishes. Empty dirty plates and cups into the sink or dishwasher. You don’t have to wash everything at once.
In the next round, go through the remaining items and remove those that have a specific place where they belong.
Finally, pack up items that don’t belong in the house. Once you’ve cleared the space, you can decide what to do with them.