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Peace or Popularity?
A few years ago, I decided to pick up some vintage pieces of kitchenware that I liked while I thrifted. As a vintage clothing seller, it isn’t hard to do. As part of my job, I frequent thrift stores and estate sales. I knew uncovering these pieces would be challenging, but…
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10 Things to Declutter Before the Holidays Arrive
Joshua Becker once wrote, “Halloween is followed by Thanksgiving…which is followed by Black Friday…which is followed by Cyber Monday…which is followed by Christmas…which is followed by New Year’s Eve. No wonder everybody in the country decides on January 1st they need to make…
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10 Simple Rules for Personal Growth That Can Improve Your Everyday Life
Most of us spend a big part of our lives trying to make things better. We want a bigger house, more money, a better job, and a comfortable lifestyle. There is nothing wrong with having these goals. We all want a better life for ourselves and our families. But sometimes, in the…
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Why Organizing Your Clutter Is Making Things Worse
Have you been there? You spend a whole Saturday morning sorting a closet. You buy new bins, label every shelf, and step back to admire the work. Three months later, it looks the same as it did before you started. If that sounds familiar, I want you to hear my heart. The problem…
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The Key to Simplifying Your Digital Clutter
Clutter. It doesn’t usually happen overnight, but piece by piece, it can accumulate. Over time, if not dealt with, it can impair your ability to focus. In a study done by the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute: Multiple stimuli present in the visual field at the same…
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12 Things You’ll Never Regret Letting Go Of
Almost everyone who starts decluttering carries the same fear. What if I need it later? It’s a fair question. After years of helping people own less, I’ve noticed something about it. The regret people worry about almost never shows up. Far more often, I hear people say they wish…
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How to Trade Your Grief for Love
Recently, the 20th anniversary of my father’s death came and went. Dad died unexpectedly one evening after my husband and I and our teenage children had been visiting. We drove the 70 miles home, happy about our plans to visit again the next week. My mom went into their bedroom…
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Slow Down and You’ll See How Good Your Life Already Is
We often chase a better life in the next thing: A bigger home. A better job. A vacation that finally lets us relax. Unfortunately, we quickly get so busy reaching for the next thing, we rarely stop to look at what we already have. And what we already have is often pretty good.…
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5 Surprising Things Minimalists Do Differently
When you think of a minimalist what do you think of? What are some things that minimalists do differently from normal people? Do all minimalists live in stark white studio apartments with a mattress on the floor and a pillow for the couch? Or maybe they are all traveling the…
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Change Your Door, Not Just Your Closet
Picture someone bailing water out of a leaky boat. They work hard all afternoon, and for an hour the boat looks better. Then they notice the water coming back in. Many of us declutter that way. We give up a weekend to empty the closet, and by spring it’s full again. The effort…
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Seven 5-Minute Decluttering Projects You Can Accomplish Today
Picture your dream home. I bet it’s not filled with clutter. Uncluttered spaces are life-giving. They promote calm, peace, freedom. But sometimes, uncluttered spaces are difficult to realize. For any number of reasons, homes fill up with more and more things. Existing clutter…