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January 1, 2020

Just start.

I can think of a million times I was nervous to start something, but once I got myself to do it, it was no where near as bad as I had made it up to be in my mind. The examples range from simple things like doing the dishes after a big feast or big […]

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December 31, 2019

Ignore Your Husband’s Side of the Closet…

I’m going to give you some simple advice that helps me every single day: Ignore your husband’s side of the closet. Matt is amazing and talented in a billion ways. The man patiently goes through every single math problem of all three middle schoolers every single school night to check their work and see where […]

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December 30, 2019

Be Unavailable

I discovered using “airplane mode” for personal/work reasons by accident. I was trying to film the planner tour from my phone, but texts and notifications kept interrupting me. It occurred to me to put my phone on airplane mode to stop notifications, but then I forgot to put it back on for a few hours […]

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December 27, 2019

Empty the space while you declutter.

I confess I have a problem. I don’t always like to read directions. Sometimes it’s because I think I already know how to do it, or I think I’ll figure it out as I go, or I’m just not in the mood to worry about the details. And yes, this little problem of mine, really […]

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October 11, 2019

Donation Station #2

I just looked. It was 2013 when I first shared about putting a donation station in the garage. In that post I talked a lot about tracking donation for tax write-offs (and I shared a free printable). My focus today is why have a donation station at all?! I’ll tell you why: a designated place […]

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August 7, 2019

Let Them Be Little – Embrace the Treasures and Create Collections

When Brian was a toddler, he came home from every outing with a pocketful of “treasures.” They were so important to him. He’d name them, play with them, and remember each and every one. I knew I needed a plan to deal with them before they took over all the clean surfaces of his room. […]

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August 2, 2019

Kids Can Declutter (Teach them!)

You’re reading this because you already get that decluttering is so important. I really think kids need to learn how to declutter for themselves. You are not doing your child any favors by keeping all their stuff. I think parents doing sneak-attacks of decluttering backfires and causes some kids to latch on even harder to […]

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June 28, 2019

Why I Love Watching Hoarders

I’ve never really talked about Hoarders on the blog, and as I was watching it the other day, I thought I should correct that. The first thing the show Hoarders taught me years ago was that there were people who had the job of helping other people organize their house. That show made me want […]

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June 14, 2019

I’m so glad we downsized.

It seems like the trend is to try to keep getting a bigger and bigger house. Well, that was certainly the trend we were following. That is, until we took ourselves off of the hamster wheel and purposely went “backwards” in houses. The home we purchased last August is smaller than our last two homes. […]

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March 31, 2018

It’s A Wrap: Declutter Challenge Success Stories!

I didn’t realize when this Declutter Challenge started that I would be getting ready to sell my house by the end of the challenge. Of course, others in this challenge are facing twists and turns too, some they expect and some they didn’t. Whatever is going on in your life, or suddenly pops up, you […]

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