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Recent TIps & Ideas
- Is it clutter, a collection, or hoarding?
- All the feels: when letting go is hard
- The emotional cost of inaction…
- God is in the details. Or maybe the devil?
- If you’re bored with collecting ceramic frogs…
- Clutter-Clearing: Baby Steps or the Full Kondo?
- The elephant in the room…
- Paint colors: how to lead the eye and set a mood
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Category Archives: De-clutter, simplify, downsize
All the feels: when letting go is hard
Letting go of your Stuff is never easy, but if you can find a new home for those special objects with a lot of personal meaning it helps ease the pain. Continue reading
The emotional cost of inaction…
When you have a problem that’s been hanging around for many years (clutter, extra weight, a sour relationship) you have three options: DO something about it; make complaints and noncommittal gestures in its general direction; or acknowledge you’re perfectly fine … Continue reading
Clutter-Clearing: Baby Steps or the Full Kondo?
Did you resolve to simplify for New Years? It’s a brand new year and we’re bursting with resolve to be better, do better, feel better. “This is the year I will finally _____.” (You fill in the blanks. My own … Continue reading
The elephant in the room…
Two elephants actually… And they weren’t really in the room; they were sitting in the back yard at the home of my ex-, Martin, who is downsizing and moving back to the Bay Area from whence we came. As anyone who has … Continue reading
Top ten reasons to free yourself from clutter
The easiest way to regain your sanity is to simplify, simplify, simplify. A clutter-free environment can be yours with a swift kick in the butt at my Clutter-Clearing class at Clark College. Continue reading
A minimalist’s holiday decorations
I know some of you get your kicks from decorating every nook and cranny of your homes with Christmas decorations: you have every kind of Santa; you have nativity scenes and train sets wending thru winter wonderlands; your roof is … Continue reading
Throw a “come and get it” party! Offloading for charity
How do you make disposing of your treasures easy and fun, while also benefiting a favorite charity? When I was preparing to downsize to a smaller home, I sold what I could on Craigslist, but still had way too much stuff that … Continue reading
This is “my” house
Are things or people or pets really ours to “own?” In the grand scheme of things, the answer is no. A shift in language helps loosen the grip of our possessive tendencies. Continue reading
A Down-Sizer’s Blessing
Down-sizing necessitates a great deal of reflection about what is and isn’t important, and about what our Stuff means in the grand scheme of things. Here’s a blessing for the process. Continue reading
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