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This collection of articles about clutter will provide you with dozens of strategies for removing the things that weigh you down and keep you from enjoying a lighter, freer life.


1.  The Truth About Clutter

2.  Clutter Defined, and 5 Signs of a Clutter Problem

3.  11 Reasons to Clear Your Clutter Today

4.  5 Reasons Your Life Will Be Better If You Simplify

5.  5 Ways to Live More Simply Even If You Can't Declutter Yet


Think of decluttering like weeding a garden.



choked by weeds


6.  How to Weed Out the Clutter and Let Your Garden Grow

7.  It's True: Clutter and Obesity Share a Direct Link

8.  How to Soothe "Just in Case" Concerns

9.  Decluttering Will Boost Your Skills and Confidence

10.  How to Deal With Other People's Clutter



Here's why you shouldn't Kondo your home.



11.  6 Questions to Ask Instead of "Does It Spark Joy?"

12. Touch Everything: Why It's a Great Decluttering Tool 

13.  How One Question Can Help You Get to Less

14.  5 Questions to Answer When You're Trying to Minimize

15.  The Best Way to Clear Clutter (Plus 12 Steps to a Successful Spending Freeze)

16.  Five-Minute Minimalism

17.  How a Naked Table Makes My Home Life Better

18.  Throw a Packing Party and Gain a Simpler Life Today

19.  11 Decluttering Jump Starts

20.  10 Tried-and-True Ways to Increase Your Discard Pile

21.  10 Tiny Decluttering Tasks With Big Results

22.  Declutter 30 Things (or More!) With Ease This Weekend

23.  How to Make Decluttering Decisions with Ease and Confidence

24.  The Essential Decluttering Decision: Keep or Toss?

25.  20 Things You Probably Own Too Many Of (and what to do with them)  

26.  How to Get Unstuck When You Lose Decluttering Momentum



Staying clutter-free is as much about what comes in as about what goes out.



clutter-free kitchen


Decluttering helps you discover what you really value.


27.  4 Easy Steps to Create a 4x4 Minimalist Wardrobe Now 

28.  12 Practical Tips to Create a Minimalist Wardrobe You'll Love to Wear

29.  Why a Uniform Might Work for You

30.  Why Your Wardrobe is Out of Control and How to Make It Better

31.  5 Easy Steps to a Simplified Kitchen

32.  The 20 Toy Rule

33.  How to Conquer Toy Clutter

34.  How to Pare Down Your Home Library and Uncover the Books You Love

35.  Declutter Your Fantasy Self

36.  Memories, Not Mementos

37.  How to Let Go of Sentimental Keepsakes – and Strengthen Your Memories

38.  How to Uncover Your Treasures by Decluttering Your Keepsakes

39.  Precious Memories: How to Declutter the Stuff That's Hard to Let Go

40.  How to Declutter Christmas Decorations

41.  How to Declutter More Effectively By Understanding 4 Personality Types  

42.  How to Be a Genuine Minimalist Even If You Love Your Stuff

43.  10 Tips to Help You Declutter When You Don't Feel Like It

44.  How Reverse Decluttering Can Work Wonders for Your Home

45.  Try My Bite-Sized Approach to Decluttering


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