No matter how old you are or what phase of life you’re in, chances are you’ve thought about ways you can simplify your life. While getting rid of most of your worldly possessions might seem like a noble goal, it’s just not realistic for most people. The good news is there are many ways you can simplify your life. You can start by stripping down the contents in your house. Try doing it by what you need on a daily or weekly basis, in the meantime rent a self-storage unit to help eliminate clutter. Keep reading for more tips on simplifying your life.

Rent a Storage Unit
As you take a look around your home, do you notice things you need or want to keep—but just don’t need very often? Renting a self-storage unit is a great way to help maximize the space in your home. Store furniture, file boxes, clothes, electronics, and various keepsakes you don’t want to part with, but simply don’t need taking up space in your home. With fewer items around your house, your space will start to feel more open and be easier to keep clean.

Donate and Sell
Set aside a day or two to go through your house, paying special attention to the areas where you normally store things, such as the basement, attic, spare rooms or garage. You may come across items you don’t want or need that can be donated to charity, sold at local shops or even on-line . Purging your home will help simplify your life, especially when it’s time to move.

Downsize
If your home seems to have extra space you simply fill with clutter, it may be time to think about downsizing your home . You can use your self-storage unit to keep your important items, and enjoy easier maintenance and cleaning in your smaller home.

POUCH Self Storage offers clean, secure storage space for all of your most important possessions at our Southern California locations. Call us at (888) 927-6052 or visit us at www.pouchselfstorage.com to find out more about renting a self-storage unit. We are open seven days a week to make storage as easy as possible.

Here at Trabuco Self Storage in Lake Forest sometimes we come across items left behind from our Tenants when walking the facility. Although we do not encourage things to be left behind, and we make every attempt to pick up these things as soon as we come across them, sometimes it may just be an overlook from our customer forgetting to put it back into their unit. This was the case when one of our customers left behind a radio in one of the upstairs hallways, the Storage Specialist who came across it picked it up and placed it in one of our managers units for safe keeping just in case it was claimed. In a couple of days the rightful owner came to the office and asked if it was possible anyone returned it. We had him describe the radio in question, and when it matched to the one that was found, we happily returned it to him. Needless to say, he was thankful we kept it in safe keeping.

Did one or all of our Storage Specialists go above and beyond to help you? Or do they just always make you feel welcome when you come into the facility? If you’ve had a good experience in one of our POUCH locations and with one of our POUCH Storage Specialist please let us and the world know, and don’t forget to mention them by name so we can thank them! We love to hear how we are doing to brighten your day.

We have a tenant who’s 94 years old. She has been renting here for quite some time now. She’s a very independent and vibrant lady and always here on time to pay her monthly rent. However, the past week she did not show up and we even made a courtesy call to her. Then she showed up with her daughter together the rest of her big family, about 6 cars all together. She said during the holidays, her whole family came to visit her and she was not feeling good after celebrating too much with her loved ones. I spoke to her daughter and she said she finally decided to give up what’s inside her storage and the whole family were here to see what she has been storing all these years. She’s finally moving out. Her daughter was just happy that she stored with us. This is her entire life’s memories and Pouch made her feel secure and safe all these years.

I received a call from a potential tenant from out of state. Her first question was what does Pouch mean? Well as we always, start our conversation I asked her how I can help her. She asked again, what does Pouch mean? So I told her about our Pouch Heritage and followed up with more inquiry questions for her storage needs. She said she already knows what she wanted and made a reservation over the phone. She said our name, Pouch and what it stood up for sealed the deal.

Here at Pouch Self Storage – Anaheim, we are a totally enclosed facility. All of our storage units are inside a 2 story building. We also have 2 lift elevators for even more convenience. Today was an example of how much our tenants appreciated our facility. It was raining very hard and a drive up unit would have made our new tenant’s move in difficult. They felt very secure knowing their valuables would be kept dry from our truck to their storage space.

At Pouch Self Storage – Anaheim, we occasionally have tenants that have to move away. Our facility provided them a safe and secure place for their belongings till a new home was found. During their tenancy here, we established very positive relationships with them. As time goes by, we learned a great deal about their work, their families and sometimes their dreams. To us, they are more than tenants. They are our friends. One of our tenants vacated recently and said they will miss us. We always made them laugh when they came on site. He said he will always refer anyone he knows that needs storage to us. We will welcome any potential client as a new friend.

We received a call from a potential tenant who has been shopping around to get a good price on his storage unit. One of us answered the phone and the caller was very direct as to what he wanted and also showed some frustration about shopping around for the best place to store his belongings. Well he ended up renting with us. Bottom line, it is about knowing our tenant’s needs and offering them the best service that made us stand out as storage specialist. This was confirmed by the tenant and he agreed by writing a very detailed story of why he rented with us on yelp.

It sure has been exciting here in Pasadena with so many of our customers going to the Rose Parade – Story after story, how much fun it was –Clarence felt kinda’ guilty, he slept right through it!

Well it’s time for our Quarterly Tenant Appreciation again and also a few more days before Christmas. So Tenants coming in and those who pay on time added another wish on their list, hoping to win our raffle this last quarter of 2014. For Fountain Valley Self Storage, it doesn’t matter who wins we still wish them all joy and peace during this Holiday Season and prosperity through out the coming year.