Decluttering: “What if I need this one day?”
Maybe we shouldn’t even ask ourselves ‘what if I need this one day?’. Maybe we should ask ‘what will do I if I ever find that I need it and don’t have it?’
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The Piles of Clutter: how to deal
Sometimes my coaching clients ask for help with minimalism. This is a road I know well and I could talk about it all day. One hot topic is PILES OF CLUTTER. We might think that decluttering will eliminate all the clutter from our lives. But when we remove the excess we are still left with […]
How to Start Decluttering
I’ve been having lots of online and offline conversations lately where I am asked HOW I STARTED DECLUTTERING. I want to give you my best advice without giving you some prescriptive formula on it that will magically change your life (because I don’t think there is one). So, I will tell you what has worked for […]
How I Started Decluttering (+ tips and insights)
I often get asked how to start decluttering. I shared my tips for getting the mojo to start decluttering right here. In this post, I want to share with you some practical tips how to approach the process of decluttering. HOW I STARTED DECLUTTERING When I started decluttering I started with my bathrooms and my […]
Don’t Let Minimalism Ruin Your Marriage
When Simple Saturday readers email me, a common problem they share with me is that they are wanting to simplify their home but their spouse is less excited about it. I have some thoughts on this I hope will help those struggling with this . . . . MOTIVATE WHO THEY ARE RATHER […]
Six Types of Minimalists
Before I ever considered myself a ‘minimalist’ I had some notions about what the word meant. It means someone who lives in an almost empty house. Their home is clad in white and stainless steel and dotted with chairs and furniture that have clean asymmetrical lines. They are probably well off and they spend their […]
Decluttering the Underwear Drawer
You know what should be a form of therapy? Purging your underwear drawer. I recently did that and I feel like I could write a whole self-help book on the stages of grief you encounter during a decades-overdue undergarment purge. I mean, I had done some sweeps of the drawer in the past but this […]
Nena’s Birthday Bedroom
Things heard around the house on a certain day known as Lenayah (Nena)’s birthday…. Dad will you tell me happy birthday again? (quietly to self) ‘birthday giiirrrrrl’ I don’t like it…I LOVE IT! No! I get to pick! I’m the birthday girl! Absolutely beautifulllll The last one was heard during the big reveal of Lenayah’s birthday present….a […]
I decluttered my home for a year, here is what I learned
It’s been a year since everything changed. A year since I started decluttering our home. This time one year ago I was reading The Joy of Less and Seven after hearing about them on Instagram. These books rustled me up, made me uncomfortable, motivated me to make some big changes. They were marked with an […]
I’m a Minimalist With A Full Kitchen….and why I’m ok with that
We have been purging our house since January 2015 (even if we aren’t very good at it). Though we’ve gotten rid of over a dozen truckloads, I still feel like I’ve been failing at ‘minimalism’ because of this one room…. The kitchen. I do feel exhausted with this space. It is our main living space. And living […]
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