Welcome to Volume 8 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today, I have another guest post and, as a music lover, it’s one I definitely relate to.
This post comes from my dear friend Cher at The Chicago Files who shares the story of memories sparked by finding her old iPod. There’s nothing like musical memories to transport you back to a different time and place!
Extreme minimalism – Why it’s not for me
Oops! I did it again. I joined a Facebook group thinking I might pick up some helpful decluttering and minimalism tips. Boy was I wrong! Instead of learning something, I encountered what I call “Extreme Minimalism”.
There were some friendly and helpful people in the group. Then there were the others. Some of them were judgmental and downright nasty.
Clutter Tales – Precious gems & precious memories (Guest post)
Welcome to Volume 7 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today, I have another guest post. This tale comes from Bonnie from Beautiful Minimal Millennial who shares a story of precious gems and the even more precious memories sparked by jewellery that used to belong to her grandmothers.
Clutter Tales – Memories of 1980s high school me
Welcome to Volume 6 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. This week, I have a Clutter Tale of my own to tell. Tomorrow is my birthday, so to celebrate I thought it would be fun to travel back in time to the 1980s to give you a glimpse of 1980s high school Michelle.
Clutter Tales – Toy Box Treasures (Guest post)
Welcome to Volume 5 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter.
Today, I have another guest post and it’s one that I’m sure many of you can relate to. This post comes from Suzanne from Happily Decluttered who shares the story of a special toy from her childhood that she just can’t part with. I’m sure you have similar tales of toy box treasures.
Clutter Tales – Memories of the past for the future (Guest post)
Welcome to Volume 4 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today, I have another guest post and it’s one that will be sure to bring a tear to your eye. This post comes from The Yorkshire Dreamer who shares the story of treasures she found when helping her Mum declutter that brought back memories of warm hugs from Grandma.
Clutter Tales – Valuable life lessons from a sticker pad (Guest post)
Welcome to Volume 3 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today, I’m excited to share the first guest post in the series. This post comes from the wonderful Olivia who shares the memories and life lessons that a simple sticker pad rekindled for her.
Clutter Tales – High school typing class … shorthand too!
Welcome to the second edition of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter.
In the first edition, I travelled back in time to the mid to late 1990s and reminisced about the days when we needed a book to teach us how to use the Internet. Today’s clutter find takes me back even further to high school typing class and shorthand class.
It’s Pack Rat Day – Introducing Clutter Tales
Today is Pack Rat Day – a day for all of us to take time to declutter. If you’re a regular reader, you know that my theme for 2021 is decluttering. With that in mind, I had to celebrate this day with something special.
Pack Rat Day feels like the perfect day to launch a series I’ve been thinking about for a while now. Welcome to the first edition of Clutter Tales!
21 decluttering quotes to motivate and inspire you
Decluttering is an ongoing learning experience. There’s so much inspiration out there and I pick up new tips and ideas every day. Today, I’m sharing the wisdom with 21 decluttering quotes from the experts, including some of my favourite bloggers who regularly put out terrific content.