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 …
11 Things I Removed From My Home Once I Started Taking Decluttering for Safety Seriously
I started decluttering for safety after a close call at home. Here are the 11 things I got rid of and why each one mattered.
The Chaos Decluttering Method Is Everywhere Right Now. I Tried It at 64, and I Have Some Honest Thoughts
My granddaughter sent me a video a few weeks ago. It was a young woman, maybe thirty, standing in front of a closet. She opened the doors, and then, with …
Rightsizing, Not Downsizing: The Decluttering Approach That Changed My Home After 60
A few weeks ago, I came across an article about women my age and what we’re doing with our houses. I was halfway through, half-paying-attention, when the writer used a …
9 Habits That Keep My Home Clutter-Free Year After Year
I didn’t sit down one day and decide to have a clutter-free home. The habits crept in slowly, over years. I didn’t even notice I was building them. Some came …
Why Hoarding Often Starts (Or Gets Worse) After 60
I was up late reading the other night. One of those long articles I’d been meaning to get to about something else entirely. And somewhere in the middle of it, …
Am I a Resourceful Saver, a Pack Rat, or a Hoarder? A Quiz I Took Myself
I was up late last week watching Hoarders. I’d flipped past it three times before I finally stopped on it. You know the show. A&E. The slow camera pan, the …
Why Most Widows Hoard? The Conversation Nobody Wants to Have
I’ve been thinking a lot about my friend lately. Her husband passed away almost a year ago. We’ve been close since our kids were little, and I drive over to …
Gen Z Calls It “Underconsumption Core.” My Mother Just Called It Keeping Our House From Filling Up.
I was on the couch the other night, scrolling through a TikTok my granddaughter sent me. The video was a young woman, maybe twenty-five, holding up an almost-empty tube of …