Tag: Decluttering

Clutter Tales

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

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.

Clutter Tales

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!

Shopping

What I learned from the Buy Nothing Challenge

This year, instead of giving up the usual things like chocolate or potato chips for Lent, I decided to do something I had been thinking about for a while – a Buy Nothing Challenge. How hard would it be to avoid all non-essential purchases for six weeks?

In today’s post, I’ll recap my experience and share what I learned from the Buy Nothing Challenge.

Decluttering Tips

9 surprising things I learned from reading decluttering books

In 2020, I set a goal to declutter my home. I wanted to “do it right” so I borrowed some decluttering books from the library. Experts who make money helping people declutter must know something I don’t, right?

Today, I’ll provide a quick overview of the decluttering books I read. I’ll also share 9 takeaways that I’m applying to my own decluttering efforts and the 52-Week decluttering challenge.

Easy Decluttering Checklist

The hardest part about decluttering is deciding what to keep and what to get rid of. Use my Easy Decluttering Checklist as you complete the 52-Week Decluttering Challenge. It will guide you through a handful of easy questions to make it easier to decide. Happy decluttering!

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