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Sep 17
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Letting Go Is An Act Of Bravery

By Be A Better Version Of You

As a professional organizer I often talk about letting go. When a client reaches out to me it is often because they are feeling overwhelmed by clutter. Sometimes it’s just in one area of their home. Other times it is pervasive throughout the house. No matter how much clutter or stuff there is, it is causing a problem for the client. Releasing things they’ve held onto for a long time is difficult and can make a person fearful. My goal is to provide my clients with strategies to help them be as comfortable as possible while they make decisions about…

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Jun 23
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8 Hacks To Make Household Chores Easier

By Control Clutter, How to Organize Your Life Blog

It doesn’t matter where you live or how big or small your home is, there are chores to do. Chores can be simple and take just a few seconds or more involved. It seems, though, that many of us tend to procrastinate when it comes to doing our household chores. No matter the size of the chore we all want to make household chores easier so that we are more likely to do them. What is it about chores that make them so hard to do, so easy to put off? First, let’s find out where the word ‘chore’ comes…

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Jun 11
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How To Stop Enabling A Hoarder Without Losing Your Cool

By Hoarding

First, I want to acknowledge that a person with a hoarding disorder is not defined by their disorder. People who hoard are much more than their collection of stuff. My use of the word “hoarder” in this piece is contrary to how I like to express myself. But I know that this is a term people search for and I want someone looking for information I am going to share to be able to find it. It’s important if you find yourself in this situation to know how to stop enabling a hoarder. There is a big difference between someone…

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Jun 04
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Struggling With Chronic Disorganization? These 3 Tips Will Help Get You Motivated

By How to Organize Your Life Blog

If you dream of getting organized but picture it as an unachievable goal, I am here to tell you it is possible to get organized even if you struggle with chronic disorganization. How do you know if you are chronically disorganized?  The Institute for Challenging Disorganization assigns these three defining features to chronic disorganization: (from https://challengingdisorganization.org) As a professional organizer certified in chronic disorganization, I specialize in working with people for whom getting organized is a struggle. I often hear clients say I have tried so many times to get this room, this closet, this house organized and have never…

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May 21
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Create Your Home Organizing Sweet Spot

By Control Clutter

How do you feel when you walk through the door to your home? Maybe a better question is: how would you like to feel when you walk into your home? If you feel as if this is it. This is the place you want to be because this is where you can relax, unwind, and feel at peace. Then this post is not for you. You have found your home organizing sweet spot. But if you have a nagging feeling that things aren’t right when you walk through your door into your home then you have not found it. Maybe…

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Apr 30
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Easter Baskets: the case of the lingering clutter

By Control Clutter

It’s about to be the end of April. Easter has come and gone but yet the Easter baskets linger out in plain sight. Yes. You can plainly see them sitting on the top of this beautiful chicken coop that Nick found in an antiques store in Singapore. What is wrong with this picture? Every time I walk past the chicken coop, I think to myself I should do something with these Easter baskets and yet they linger. Does this ever happen to you? You see something in your house that you know you want to do something with. Every time…

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Feb 26
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Use Life Hacks To Begin Creating Better Home Maintenance Routines

By Control Clutter

Last week I wrote about the best reason to declutter and organize your home. It is, in case you don’t know, for you. Declutter and organize your home to make it look the way you want it to, to make yourself happy. Often we let things slide because no one else is around to be clean, tidy, and organized for. We ask ourselves ‘why bother?’ and ‘who cares?’.  The flip side of this is that if we don’t bother to clean up, tidy, and declutter after ourselves we end up with a home that is so disorganized that we become…

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Feb 19
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The Best Reason To Declutter and Organize Your Home

By Control Clutter

Have you ever scurried around quickly decluttering an area before someone comes over? Why am I asking this? Don’t I already know the answer? Of course! I know you do. Everyone does this, myself included. Yes. Even professional organizers toss things in a drawer, a cupboard, a bag, or a closet from time to time. Doing a quick fix. I think it’s not human to always have everything in place. We do this because we don’t want to be embarrassed by the stuff we have out and about. When I do this, I make a mental (or physical) note to…

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Feb 05
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Want A Romantic Valentine’s Day? Here’s How To Declutter Your Bedroom

By Control Clutter

Do you have a special person, someone you love with whom you are planning to celebrate Valentine’s Day? This day will be here before you know it. It’s time to get your home (in particular your family room, dining table, and your bedroom) organized. As a professional organizer, I want to teach you how to declutter your bedroom and your family room and dining table so you can have a romantic Valentine’s Day. Are you wondering why I am singling out these three areas? When you invite someone into your home the first room they might relax in is the…

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Jan 15
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organized clutter in Diane's office

Why Organized Clutter Is A Step In The Right Direction

By Control Clutter

Most professional organizers probably agree that clutter is the result of postponed decision making. So, this thought begs two questions in my mind and, I bet, also in your mind regarding the title of this post. The first question is, what is organized clutter? The second question is, why would a professional organizer think that organized clutter is a step in the right direction? Let’s define organized clutter I did a little research on the term ”organized clutter” and found this article in which professional organizer, Matt Baier, answers the question “Is there such a thing as organized clutter?” One…

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