Will you be decluttering in 2024? I will and I hope you’ll join me! Starting next week, I’ll revisit my popular 52-Week Decluttering Challenge, where I focus on a different area of my home every week for a year.
Travel packing tips to make long and short trips easier
This has been a busy travel year for me, so I’ve had a lot of opportunity to hone my packing skills. After a 10-day summer vacation with just a carry on and a backpack, I promised an update on how packing for my other trips went. Read on for an update and travel packing tips from my recent 5-day and 2-day business trips, and 16-day U.K. vacation.
Decluttering bit by bit adds up quickly
Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been a bit lazy with decluttering, so I needed a new challenge. To kick start my efforts, I set a goal to declutter 150 items by removing at least one item from five areas of my home every day during the month of June. Does decluttering bit by bit work? Let’s take a look.
12 practical ways to find motivation to declutter
Decluttering is a big job, and everyone struggles with motivation from time to time. If you’ve lost your enthusiasm, read on for 12 ways to get back on track after losing the motivation to declutter. Are you ready to kick things into high gear?
Decluttering regret and “what if I need it” syndrome
One of the biggest barriers to decluttering for many people is something I call what-if-I-need-it syndrome. Many people worry that they’ll get rid of something and later wish they hadn’t, so they hang on to things “just in case.”
This month’s decluttering update addresses decluttering regret and why you shouldn’t let this fear hold you back.
Decluttering update – stocking up on bargains can create waste
After my initial decluttering marathon, I decided to go back to the beginning for round two of the 52-Week Decluttering Challenge. To stay on track, I committed to sharing monthly progress updates, along with new decluttering tips I learn along the way. This month, I look at how stocking up on bargains can create waste and end up costing more money.
Clutter Tales – Let’s revive printed photos!
Welcome to Volume 20 of Clutter Tales, a series where we tell the stories of our lives through our clutter. Today’s Clutter Tale is one of mine and it was inspired by a set of film negatives discovered during one of my decluttering sprees. It made me realize that, even in our digital age, printed photos are still the best way to preserve memories and family history for future generations.
Is it time to rethink the one-in one-out decluttering rule?
At the beginning of this year, I started my 52-Week Decluttering Challenge over from week one. To stay on track, I’m sharing monthly progress updates, along with any new decluttering tips I learn along the way. This month, I rethink the one-in one-out decluttering rule recommended by many experts.
February decluttering update – closets revisited
At the beginning of this year, I decided to go back and start the 52-Week Decluttering Challenge over from week one. Like last year, I’m keeping myself on track by sharing monthly progress updates, along with any new decluttering tips I learn along the way. With that in mind, it’s time for my February decluttering update.
Simple tips from top decluttering experts
When I wrapped up last year’s 52-Week Decluttering Challenge, I mentioned I was in no way finished with decluttering. Today’s post is my first monthly decluttering update for this year. Plus, I’ve got some exciting news to share about an awesome roundup of tips from top decluttering experts that I was a part of.