Negative emotions like guilt, shame, fear, grief, and anger reduce our ability to concentrate and make decisions. Clutter, in turn, can aggravate emotional distress.
The Clutter Fairy’s Gayle Goddard was a guest on the June 18, 2018, Houston Life show. Gayle shared quick tips you can use every day to get a little more organized.
The Clutter Fairy visits Texas Art Asylum and talks with its founder, Ramona Brady, about the magic of creative reuse.
“Creative reuse” is the practice of applying imagination to unused, unneeded, or waste materials to turn them into art supplies, craft materials, or tools for the classroom.
There’s nothing like the pressure of moving to help you purge things you don’t need! But even if you aren’t moving soon, you can use moving strategies to help you let go of excess in your life.
How do we declutter the stuff that comes to us by inheritance, and how can we manage our collections so our loved ones aren’t burdened with more than they can handle when our time comes?
Announcing the next Clutter Conversation online event on Tuesday, May 29. We’ll discuss the topic of “Preparing to Move Out: Decluttering Strategies for Moving…or Staying Put.”
The Clutter Fairy talks with her friend and advisor, Edward Gumnick, about garage sales, organizing maintenance routines, and organizing versus free time.
The Clutter Fairy offers her best advice for communicating with a partner, spouse, or living companion who is significantly more or less organized than yourself.
In many living arrangements, we find ourselves with a partner significantly more or less organized than we are. This imbalance can lead to arguments, hurt feelings, and a heightened sense of overload.
To reduce some of the emotion burden, establish algorithms, arbitrary sets of rules to guide the decision-making process as you work to reduce your collections of stuff.
Too much of our stuff provokes conflicting emotions as we try to declutter. But what if you could set aside emotional responses in favor of practical techniques to move forward?
