10 Fashion Mistakes Over 70 And Their Fixes (Look Pulled Together Again)
As we grow older, our style changes. No surprise there. But what catches most of us off guard is that it keeps changing after 60. The seventies bring shifts of …
I Know Humming While Decluttering Sounded Silly. But Then It Worked.
I’ll be honest with you. When I first heard that humming could help you declutter, I rolled my eyes. Humming? Like a little song while I clean out a closet? …
When You’ve Outgrown the Things You Used to Love (My Decluttering Story)
Have you ever picked up something in your own home and thought, why in the world did I buy this? Not because it’s broken or worn out. But because it …
What If I Regret Throwing This Away?
Decluttering was never hard for me because I loved my things too much. It was hard because I was scared. Scared that the minute I let something go, I’d need …
Nobody Warned Me That Decluttering Gets Harder When Your Body Hurts
There’s a difference between not wanting to declutter and not being able to. For years I thought having a messy room was a motivation problem. But it’s not. There was …
9 Telling Signs You’ve Become the Keeper of Everyone Else’s Things
Last spring I went looking for my winter boots in the basement and couldn’t find them. Not because they were lost, but because I had to move four boxes that …
When the Mess Makes You Sad, and the Sadness Makes More Mess
There’s a chair in my bedroom that hasn’t held a single person in months. It holds laundry. Clean laundry, mostly, the kind I washed and folded with good intentions and …
25 Decluttering Products Worth Buying (From Someone Who Hates Clutter)
I have a bad habit I’m not proud of. For years, whenever a room felt like too much, my first move was to buy a bin. A nice clear one, …
9 Honest Reasons Why You Should Use the Good Stuff Every Day
For most of my life, I was taught that some things were too good for everyday use. The china that is waiting for the perfect holiday gathering. The embroidered towels …
Why I Can’t Find Anything Anymore (and How Decluttering Helped My Menopause Brain Fog)
I spent ten minutes the other morning looking for my reading glasses. I checked the kitchen counter. I checked my nightstand. I looked in the bathroom, in the car, and …