There are a handful of basic questions every decluttering expert will tell you to ask yourself when you’re decluttering your home. Do I like this? Do I use this? Is this broken? Did I even know I had this? If I didn’t have this, would I get another one?

Your clutter isn’t just your problem. It affects a lot of people. There are the people who live in your home now. Then there are the people who come to visit your home. But what about the people who will inherit your home, and your clutter, when you’re gone?

When we talk about decluttering, we’re really talking about decluttering and organizing. Decluttering is removing the excess, organizing is putting the remainder back systematically. If you’re decluttering and reorganizing your whole home or even a whole room, places like Amazon, Target, and The Container Store have a ton of beautiful organization solutions. The problem can be…

When a new baby is about to enter your life, a lot changes, and those changes begin before she or he ever arrives. One of those changes is to your home. Making space for a whole new human being means decluttering must happen. Not just moving things to another area like the basement. You need to remove an entire room’s worth of stuff out of your home.

Over the years I’ve developed a morning routine that has become so habitual that I don’t really have to think about it, and actually feel weird if I skip some of it. This is not a prescription for what every person should do. It’s an example of what a morning routine might contain to start your day off in the right direction. Always follow your gut as to what works best for you.

The lessons that move you forward in life come from some unexpected places sometimes. During 2018, when I was in yoga teacher training, coming out of a depression, and going through some intense personal changes. In the middle of all of this I discovered subscription boxes.

Generally speaking, I find people are terrified to make mistakes. They become paralyzed by the fear that they won’t start in the right place or do the right thing or will screw it (whatever “it” is) up in some fashion. This is what I tell my clients: Start in the middle and figure it out from there.

Minimalism is a mindset and way of life, not a trend. It’s about living with less. Less frustration, less rushing, and yes, less clutter. A minimalist life is about whittling down to the things that really matter, and letting the fluff go by the wayside. Letting go of the toxic friends, and the job that you hate, maybe even having the kids in fewer afterschool activities.

Spring is so close! Renewal of life. A fresh start. And time for spring cleaning! Winter starts while we’re in the throes of the holiday season, and then continues forward into the emptiest months, January and February. Finally, March comes with the promise of something new and exciting.

If you’re the sort of person who relates very closely to the dog in the movie “Up” who is on task until he sees a squirrel, you aren’t alone. Maybe you’ve been diagnosed ADD or ADHD, maybe you haven’t. I don’t care. Those are only labels we use to help identify a certain group of behaviors.