Money, Money, Money: The Problem with Monetary Value
The Clutter Fairy discusses definitions of value and factors that complicate our thinking about monetary value as it relates to the decluttering process.
Entries by Edward F. Gumnick
Looking Through Rose-colored Glasses: Sentimentality and Clutter
The Clutter Fairy examines the rationalizations we use to hold on to things and suggests an approach to decision-making that balances sentimental value with our real-world conditions of time, space, and resources.
Clear Your Clutter, Love Your Life: Organize for Positive Change
The Clutter Fairy suggests how the decluttering process can serve as a release from bad feelings and a trigger for brightening your emotional landscape.
Just What IS Clutter, Anyway?
The Clutter Fairy explores the many criteria by which we may identify and categorize clutter for ourselves and the people with whom we share our spaces.
A Decluttering Philosophy: Putting it All Together
The Clutter Fairy looks for practical approaches to reduce the clutter coming in and to deal effectively with the stuff we already have.
Complex Choices: Ethical and Environmental Questions About Clutter
The Clutter Fairy asks ethical and environmental questions that can guide and influence our relationships with stuff.
One Bite at a Time: Clutter and Habits
The Clutter Fairy discusses habits—the routines or patterns of behavior that lead to bringing in or holding on to too much stuff, and how to cultivate better habits for preventing and reducing clutter.
Unpacking Our Baggage: Clutter and Emotions
The Clutter Fairy talks about emotions—the positive ones that can support the organizing process and the negative ones that interfere with our ability to declutter.
Guiding Principles for Your Philosophy of Decluttering
The Clutter Fairy talks about how to identify the guiding principles for your own personal philosophy of decluttering.
Yes, You Really Can Go Paperless—Mostly
The Clutter Fairy offers tactics for reducing your paper load and working your way toward a paperless lifestyle.
“How Much Is Enough?” and Other Hard Questions about Stuff (MP3)
We get it in our heads that the more we have, the more prepared we are, the more fun we can have, and the happier we’ll be. But suddenly, there’s stuff everywhere standing in the way of free and satisfying lives.
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“How Much Is Enough?” and Other Hard Questions about Stuff (YouTube Video)
We get it into our heads that the more we have, the more prepared we are, the more fun we can have, and the happier we’ll be. But suddenly, there’s stuff everywhere standing in the way of free and satisfying lives.
