Keep Less. Make More.
Content creator Abigail Roe of Downsize Upgrade has a simple mantra for the goals of decluttering, which is also the title of her book: Buy Less, Keep Less, Do More. Buy Less Though I’d argue a little with the order of the phrasing, it makes sense that any decluttering you do doesn’t really help if […]
When you’re decluttering craft supplies and cleaning out closets, you might have a big question on your mind: should you keep the things you make? Creator’s Remorse It seems like we should always like the things we make, right? We chose to make them, picked out materials we wanted to use, spent time and effort […]
The easiest decluttering challenge there is also makes a good way to get started (or re-started) decluttering: declutter one thing a day. I have fallen out of the habit of working on going through my craft supplies — and other things that need to be decluttered — so I’ve decided that I need a challenge. […]
Whether you’re overwhelmed because your whole space is a mess or you just want to start with some easy wins, these 5 things to declutter now will get you on the right track in your craft space. I wanted to say one of them is things that don’t belong in your craft space, but I […]
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 […]
Trends in decluttering come and go like in everything else, and reverse decluttering seems to be having a moment. Let’s look at what it is and how to reverse declutter your spaces. How Decluttering Usually Works If you’ve ever read a book or watched a show about decluttering, or even just tried to do it […]