“Just in Case” Clutter: The Painful Cost of Saving Things for Someday
There’s a cabinet under my kitchen counter that’s full of empty glass jars. Mason jars. Pickle jars. Pasta sauce jars with the labels half-peeled off. I have at least thirty …
The Endowment Effect: 8 Eye-Opening Reasons Why You Can’t Throw Anything Away
There’s a yellow KitchenAid mixer in the corner of my counter that I haven’t used in two years. It was a wedding gift. My mother-in-law picked it out from the …
9 Things I No Longer Buy After Decluttering My Home
I have six throw pillows in a bin in my front closet. None of them are on my couch. Most still have tags on them. And last spring, I almost …
11 Meaningful Places to Send Your Belongings After Decluttering
Decluttering is supposed to feel good, right? Especially if you spend a whole day going through your closet, filling three bags with things you haven’t worn in years, loading them …
Decluttering After a Death: The Burden We Leave for the People We Love
There’s this feeling that settles into a house after someone you love has passed away. Most of us know it. A kitchen that still smells like their coffee. The closet …
6 Things Swedish Death Cleaning Taught Me About Decluttering Gifts
The candle set has been sitting in the back of my linen closet for almost three years (longer than I’d like to admit). It was a gift from my sister-in-law, …
The 5-Minute Decluttering Rule I Stole From a Hospice Nurse
I almost didn’t go. It was a Tuesday evening. I was tired. I’d already changed into the clothes I wear when I have no intention of leaving the house again. …
7 Decluttering Lies I Grew Up Believing and Finally Let Go Of
Have you ever caught yourself keeping something you don’t need because somewhere deep down you believe you should? Not because a blog told you to. But because it’s what you …
The Move-Out Decluttering Method Shattered Every Excuse I Had for Keeping Things
Have you ever thought about what you’d actually take with you if you had to move? My husband and I have been having that conversation for a couple of years …
Upside-Down Decluttering Showed Me How Much I Was Keeping for No Reason
Have you ever stood in your kitchen holding a spatula you haven’t used in three years and somehow still convinced yourself you needed it? I have. More times than I …