Too Expensive to Declutter? I’ve heard it said quite a number of times that an item of clothing is just “too expensive to declutter”. It’s no surprise that we can really feel the pinch when parting with unwanted items that we’ve spent quite a bit of money on. Suchlike items include outfits that we’ve purchased
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I get asked a lot how long I think it will take someone to declutter. It’s impossible to say, but for reasons much greater than the obvious (and practical) considerations of the size of the living area, the number of material possessions, the amount of free time and one’s personal strength and stamina. Of course,
So many things can stop us from making good progress with our decluttering, and the following are what I see as the five most common decluttering mistakes. Confusing decluttering with organising. Decluttering and organising are two very different skills, and I know many brilliant organisers who have found it difficult to declutter. Where organisation is
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There’s certainly an autumnal nip in the air and this morning was the first time in a long while that I woke up with frosty piggies! We’re not very far off the woolly warmers, so I was inspired to create a couple of mini-capsule wardrobes around Zara’s latest range of wool coats – hope you
Thanks to all of you who got in touch to say that you had a good laugh out of my first Limerick about decluttering! For better or worse, the creative juices are certainly flowing and I did warn that there would be more… here goes the latest! Decluttering Limericks: Eighties
Following on from my recent blog post about The Curse of Perfectionism and Decluttering, quite a few people got in touch to say that they find it very difficult to make decisions (decluttering and organising being just two of the areas they struggle with), and so I wanted to share a tip with you here
Decluttering Limericks: Shopping When I was in my early years at secondary school (aged 13, to be precise) I used to write Limericks to try to make the girls laugh. (They were a fierce receptive bunch, bless them!) Being a proud native of county Limerick, it’s fitting that I got a mad notion to write
I am a bit of a perfectionist! There, I said it. That trait has stood to me so much through my life in terms of my ability to organise, my attention to detail and my writing, to name a few. But it can also be my greatest enemy! Let me explain… Perfectionists often have very