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I just spent the better part of a week in the hospital after what should have been an outpatient surgery (yay, me!), and one of the nurses commented at one point that my bedside tray and bag of “supplies” was one of the most organized spaces she’d seen. This was a pretty big moment for me, because since surface clutter does not typically bother me much day to day, it’…
Hello, amazing humans, it’s STORY TIME. This is the story of how decluttering has given me back the joy I used to feel as a kid when holidays and birthdays were approaching. One day recently, I went to the grocery store for milk, and left with an extra bag full of party supplies. (Yay, ADHD! This is why my husband does the grocery shopping. But I digress.) Here’s the thing – the…
There are many versions of this story (just google “Big Rocks and Jar”), made famous especially, perhaps, by Stephen Covey. I’m going to share the story, and then show you why this matters so much for our decluttering journeys – because this blog is all about decluttering – and really decluttering is about making your home support the life you truly want. The Story of the Big Rocks and the Jar…
Minimalism Myth: “Owning fewer clothes means less laundry to wash!” Ummmm…. Okay. So. Math is sort of one of my big things, and this is just mathematically wrong. Math Fact: You will have less laundry to do when you wash fewer clothes. It doesn’t matter how many clothes you own. It just matters how many are going into a laundry basket at the end of the day. Think about it…
When’s the last time you questioned how you use the space in your home? In this exercise, you’ll go room by room, marking your starting point (what actually happens in that room right now), and then visualizing your destination (what you would like to happen in your home, how you’d like to feel in each room…). Knowing where you’re starting and where you’d like…
To help you zero in on WHY this Decluttering work is worth it, try this journaling exercise. I certainly didn’t invent this idea (I think I was first inspired to do it by Marie Kondo’s Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, but the idea is pretty common!). And to be honest, I re-do this exercise every few years, or after major changes (like when our youngest child was born, or…
As always, if you’re satisfied with your home, I’m not here to tell you that you have a clutter problem! If you are feeling overwhelmed, though, here is a big, big list of the costs of clutter that might just help motivate you. Literal Financial Costs: Repurchasing items you can’t find Renting a storage unit Using part or most of your home as a storage unit (based on your…
What does a “decluttered home” actually look like? How do you know when you’ve “finished”? Let’s talk about this, because since so many of us with chronic clutter issues are actually perfectionists, worrying that we are “decluttering wrong” can stop us from decluttering at all. So let me say this as clearly as possible: You have to know where you want to go, or you’ll never know if…
Do you feel like you spend hours working on your house, but the piles of clutter just never get any smaller?! It’s possible you’re confusing “clutter” with what I’ll call “everyday mess.” Now, if this sounds like a semantic argument, sure, it is, but it’s also hugely important for both prioritizing and mindset – both of which are, in turn, critical to your…
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