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Values vs. Practices: The Decluttering Shift That Changes Everything
Alert – this blog is for anyone who feels like decluttering specific items goes against their values in some way. I get this a lot in my social media comments: “I would never get rid of (insert item X) because I value family” “Decluttering (specific thing Y) is not an option – I value my…
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The Midlife Clutter Squeeze: Caught In The Sandwich
You look around your house and think, ‘How did it get like this?’ Not messy. Not chaotic. Just… full. Everywhere you turn, there’s something that needs to be dealt with, moved out of the way, or stuffed into an already-full drawer. And you may be feeling like you somehow should have handled this already. Let…
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Grief Decluttering: Why You Don’t Need to Keep Everything
I call May the Month of Maureen. My mom’s name was Maureen. Her birthday is May 3. Mother’s Day is a week later. And she died 8 years ago on May 20th. So May is an emotionally loaded month for me, and always gets me thinking about grief decluttering. In my organizing practice I often…
