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Tag Archives: clutter clearing
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
4 ways your brain tricks you into keeping stuff
Marie Kondo’s clutter-clearing success may be because she understands how our brains trick us into keeping stuff. Can behavioral economic theory help us fight these cognitive fallacies? Continue reading
How to dispose of what doesn’t “spark joy”
You’ve done a major clutter clearing, and now you have piles of stuff to get rid of. Here are links to 20 places to sell or donate or recycle it. Continue reading
Setting an intention for your home: sankulpa
By the simple act of setting up your space with intention, you say to yourself and others, “Welcome! I value you.” Continue reading
The tragedy of Pottery Barn, Ikea and Craigslist…
One of my clients, a recent widow, is downsizing. Her husband loved beautiful things – heavy silver from Tiffany’s, elegant Spode porcelain, Riedel wine glasses for every sort of wine, hand-made serving platters, artisan-made furniture. This isn’t little old lady … Continue reading
Making the Best of Impermanence (sermon)
By popular request, the text of a sermon I delivered on impermanence and change at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Vancouver. Continue reading
An Afterlife for your Stuff??
I love the satirical country band, the Austin Lounge Lizards. (Among their irreverent classics: “The Shallow End of the Gene Pool”, “There Are No Banjo Players in Heaven”…) This song, “The Other Side” tickles my feng shui, clutter-clearing heart. If … Continue reading
The spaces between… the lessons of ikebana
Many years ago I studied ikebana in Berkeley with Soho Sakai, a master teacher of the Sogetsu school. Ikebana has so much to teach besides aesthetics and how to work with plant materials. Life lessons. I go in and out … Continue reading
Too heavy a load? Check out Miss Minimalist.
Francine Jay, otherwise known as Miss Minimalist, writes a post on lightening your load for today’s Zen Habits. She says she learned a lot traveling around Europe carrying way too much stuff, began packing light, and now translates that into tips … Continue reading
