Clutter Hacks: Five-minute Tasks that Pack a Big Decluttering Punch
The Clutter Fairy offers a dozen five-minute tasks to jump-start your clutter-prevention strategy, plus a pet-centered Weekly Tittle.
Entries by Todd Mahloch
Clutter to Catastrophe: More Organizing for Safety and Ease of Access
The Clutter Fairy asks questions that uncover where clutter danger lurks in our homes and offers strategies to improve access and regain peace of mind.
Escaping the Stacks: A Saner Approach to Books and Magazines
The Clutter Fairy talks about bringing the book-buying impulse into line with how much you actually read and explores what to do after you’ve read all those literary gems.
Crafts, Hobbies, and Sports: Get Out of What You’re No Longer Into
The Clutter Fairy talks about how to think about changes in our interests, evaluate the debris thereof, and let go of the old to make room for new passions.
The Rose-Colored Mirror: Clutter in the Quest for Style
The Clutter Fairy talks about how to get control of your wardrobe without giving up your personal style. She introduces strategies to find the right fit for your space, budget, and lifestyle.
The Allure of the Sale: Coupon-Clipping and Bargain-Hunting
The Clutter Fairy talks about how to shift your thinking to become a more conscious shopper and resist the allure of the sale.
Beanie Babies, Snow Globes, and Imperial Stormtroopers: Collection or Chaos?
The Clutter Fairy talks about origins of the impulse to collect and how to get the collecting beast under control.
Metrics and Milestones: Measuring Your Organizing Progress
The Clutter Fairy offers suggestions on ways to measure, track, and report your decluttering progress.
Finding Boundaries Between You & Your Stuff: Clutter and Self-image
The Clutter Fairy talks about clutter and self-image: how the lines between you and your stuff get blurred, and how to start seeing the boundaries clearly again.
Ain’t No Big Thing: Organizing Small Spaces
The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for solving the special organizing problems that come with living in very small spaces.
Motivation and momentum: keep your organizing project moving
The Clutter Fairy offers tips for finding motivation and creating momentum on a long-term organizing project when the progress feels slow in coming.
Organizing room by room: the guest room
The Clutter Fairy offers a strategy for balancing the role of the guest room as a place to host visitors with all the other ways we (and our cats) use our multipurpose spaces.
