Keep Less. Make More.
The other day the Internet gave me an article from Southern Living that purported to be about things that people regret decluttering. The story is ridiculous, but feeling bad about decluttering or wishing you hadn’t gotten rid of things is real. No One Regrets Decluttering Wallpaper The article, with the clickbaity title (hey, it worked […]
Affiliate links included for your convenience. Thanks to Tuttle for providing a review copy of this book to me! Japanese minimalism has been a popular approach to decluttering and home organization around the world for decades now. Learn the basics as well as why this approach is helpful in Danshari: The Japanese Art of Decluttering […]
Creativity thrives on constraints, so can decluttering make you more creative? I was thinking about this as I read a piece from the Atlantic (that’s a gift link if you want to read it, too) about monotasking, from the author of the forthcoming book (affiliate link included for your convenience) Inside the Box, which is […]
As you go on your decluttering and minimalism journey, you might hear different minimalist lifestyle terms and wonder what they mean and how they apply to you. Are you a minimalist? Practicing underconsumption or anticapitalism? While labels don’t really matter it can be helpful to think about where your values are and why you’re working […]
If you want to start slowly on your minimalism journey but make steady progress decluttering, the minimalism game might be for you. What is the Minimalism Game? Popularized by The Minimalists (learn more about them here), the minimalism game is a way to consciously and steadily declutter a space — whether a room or your […]
Approaches to decluttering come and go, but one decluttering tip I’ve been seeing a lot lately is the poop test. What does it mean and how can it help you? Let’s get into it. What is the Poop Test? The poop test (which could also be the pee test or the vomit test) is a […]
We know that unfinished projects count as clutter, and one great way to eliminate that clutter is to go on a finishing spree. What is a Finishing Spree? A finishing spree is just what it sounds like: dedicated time where you focus on finishing projects that have been lingering. It can also just be a […]
I’m lucky to be able to set my own schedule most of the time, and I love to have a regular getting things done day (or even part of a day) to get nagging things off my to do list. TCOYOS Revisited Many years ago, before COVID times, some friends and I would get together […]
Knowing how to organize a bookshelf so it works for you is a great skill when you’re decluttering books or just want to make your shelves look a little nicer. The Bookshelf of Doom I have this giant wooden bookshelf in my office that I love. I’ve had it for years and it’s heavy and […]
There are lots of decluttering rules out there, or guiding principles that you can use to help you clear out spaces. And while these tips are really helpful in some aspects of decluttering, they’re really not helpful for crafters. Let’s take a look at three common decluttering rules that I don’t think work well for […]