Organizing Obstacles

Top Reasons to Sell Your Stuff

To sell, or not to sell. That is the question… You want your stuff to go to the right home. You want to find someone who will love your stuff as much as you do. [...]

What’s your clutter trying to tell you?

CLUTTER SPEAKS This is something I’ve said over and over again… in my TEDx talk, my  Chaos to Calm classes, in my keynote speeches, on TV shows… If I could shout it from the rooftops, [...]

How Our Quest For Beauty Leads To Clutter

What makes you feel beautiful? Sometimes the clutter in our lives (especially in the bathroom and clothing closet) reflects our desire to feel beautiful. This tendency to look for beauty in acquiring stuff happens more [...]

Bathroom Organization Made Easy: How to Declutter and Simplify Your Space

As I pack for my upcoming move, I’m paying attention to which rooms are the easiest to pack (link to our recent moving blog), and which are the most challenging. I didn’t expect it, but [...]

Dealing with Loss and Damage While Organizing

Grace’s Dad passed away two years ago. As the family historian, she found herself in charge of organizing and distributing all of his stuff. She brought 20 large boxes back to her house to sort, [...]

Did You Get Rid Of Too Much?  Navigating The Post-Purge Shopping Trap

Mia called me after going on a major shopping spree. 🛍 She had resolved to declutter her home, and she had been making great progress. She had been taking a full carload of stuff to [...]

Helpful Tools for Normalizing Our Clutter

Helpful Tools for Normalizing Our Clutter “I think it’s probably the worst you’ve ever seen,” Ada said while digging through the boxes of paper in her storage unit. Joy said, “I keep watching Hoarders. It’s [...]

Breaking through the Freeze How to Overcome Overwhelm

Breaking through the Freeze How to Overcome Overwhelm with the 'Rocking' Technique Do you ever find yourself drowning in a sea of tasks and organizing projects, unsure where to start? We've all been there, and [...]

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