Have you ever noticed that the best advice usually comes from someone a few steps ahead of you?
Not from a book. Not from an expert on TV. From a real woman who has already walked the road you’re on.
That’s how I feel about decluttering.
I’m 64, so I haven’t done this at 70 or 80 myself. But I’ve watched women I love do it.
My mother did it in her 80s, one drawer at a time. And a few women at church have done it in their 70s and 80s, quietly and well.
Every tip in this post came from one of them.
Over the past few years, I’ve been listening closely. I’ve been asking questions over coffee and taking mental notes. And now I’m starting to use what they taught me in my own home, while I’m still in my 60s.
So these aren’t my tips. They’re theirs. I’m just the one passing them along.
If you’re over 70, I hope you see yourself in these women. And if you’re younger, like me, I hope these simple decluttering tips for seniors give you a head start.
Learning From the Women a Few Steps Ahead of Me
A few years ago, I had to empty my mother’s house in 30 days. She had lived there for 40 years.
I learned a lot that month. Mostly, I learned what happens when everything waits until the end.
It wasn’t my mother’s fault. She did what she could, in her 80s, with th