A donation station might not be adequate space for your declutter items from the Declutter Challenge, so don’t confuse this suggestion with setting up the bins in How To Declutter. The Donation Station I’m talking about today is one you keep setup permanently and is great for maintaining decluttering throughout the entire year. A Donation […]
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Required Reading {Prepare for the 91 Day Declutter Challenge!}
The Declutter Challenge starts soon. To get ready, there is some recommended required reading. It is important to get your thinking straight before you start this huge journey! A Million+ Articles to Inspire You to DECLUTTER The easiest way to read all my decluttering inspiration is to look through my HUGE archive of decluttering articles on the […]
How To Declutter: The Process
Decluttering is one of those intuitive things and you may not feel like you need a tutorial. After all, decluttering is basically just going in and pulling out stuff you don’t want. There is a better way to do it. My system will not only encourage more clutter coming out, but it will leave the […]
Stop Lying To Yourself
Procrastination can be a powerful tool. Sometimes I’m so busy procrastinating something I don’t want to be doing that I get a ton of other tasks done in the meantime. Procrastinating, ironically, can provide some of my most productive days. But in the end, I’m still left with the mental weight of whatever I’m avoiding […]
Get Rid of Nice Things!
Thursday I made a large drop-off at my Mothers of Multiples Club consignment sale. We are a non-profit club and the proceeds from our sale go to support families with multiples in our community, and we make donations to local groups who serve children and families. Participating in this sale is something I do twice […]
Some Casualties Are Okay.
(Originally published 2/12/14. The baby in this story is about to turn 12!) — Have you ever seen a baby, with his hands full of sippy cups and stuffed animals, try to pick up something else without letting anything go? I get to watch this scene unfold several times a day with my 12-month-old. It […]
Let Go Of {unused & unwanted} Holiday Items This Season
This advice applies to any seasonal items, including Valentines, Easter, Spring, Patriotic, Halloween, Fall, Harvest, Christmas, Birthday, and any other holiday or season you celebrate. Have you ever experienced something like this? At the start of a holiday, you pull out your seasonal decorations. You examine them and you are happy to see some favorites […]
Stop Telling Your Kids To Clean Their Rooms If …
Right now many of you are decluttering your children’s room as a part of our 91 Day Declutter Challenge. While we are working in our children’s spaces during this challenge, I am reminded of a topic I’ve meant to share for a long time. Sometimes, families develop patterns that can do harm in the hearts and […]
Your JUNK or Your LIFE
De-cluttering is an emotional and personal experience. I feel so blessed that my organizing clients let me into their personal space where they share openly and honestly about their feelings and struggles letting things go. This is how I learn that there is a similarity between how many of us feel about our stuff. If […]
The Top Secret of the Organized
You might think there are some magical secret tricks organized people have to stay organized. Well, you’re pretty much right. We do have tricks, but they don’t have to stay secret and the magic really exists in the follow through. I have written extensively about how to follow through with one of my recommended declutter […]