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Clutter and Quicksand: When Stuckness Stalls Your Organizing Progress

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The Clutter Fairy examines the many flavors of decluttering stuckness and suggests strategies for extracting yourself from the mire.
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Curveballs and Crossroads: Rethinking Our Stuff in Changing Times

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The Clutter Fairy explores the transitions that disrupt our lives and suggests ways to adjust our thinking and behavior around stuff to help us move forward.
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The Way We’ve Always Done It: Assumptions, Expectations, and Clutter

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The Clutter Fairy examines the assumptions and expectations we inherit from our family or culture—or entrench in our own habits—and offers fresh perspectives on our must-have stuff.
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Bags, Baskets, and Bins: Favorite Organizing Tools and Materials

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The Clutter Fairy explains how a few carefully selected organizing products can make a world of difference in your space and shares a few current favorites.
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Sharing Space: Strategies for Reducing Household Conflict and Clutter

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The Clutter Fairy examines how relationships complicate organizing challenges and suggests ways to improve communication, negotiation, and cooperation to reduce household clutter conflict.
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From Aerobics to Zumba: Organizing for Fitness and Fun

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The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for organizing clothing, gear, and accessories for relaxation and fitness to maximize your fun and benefits.
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Context and Cues: The Science of Habits and the Struggle with Clutter

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The Clutter Fairy explores interesting findings from the field of habit research and suggests ways to apply these ideas to our clutter challenges.
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Moving Stories: Plans and Preparations for the Peak Season of Moves

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The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for planning and preparing for a successful move or a major home renovation project.
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Bigger Buckets Revisited: Rethink Your Paper-Filing Categories

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The Clutter Fairy explores ways to rethink paper sorting and storage by defining “bigger buckets.”
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All Tied Up in Knots: Creative Clutter Problem-Solving

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The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for cutting through our emotional tangles to arrive at creative, practical solutions to clutter problems.
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Problem Shopping: The Clutter Fairy Primer on Retail Therapy

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The Clutter Fairy examines the phenomenon of “retail therapy” and offers strategies for keeping balance and perspective in our shopping habits.
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Spring Forward: Timely Household Projects for Big Decluttering Wins

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The Clutter Fairy looks at often-neglected areas of our homes and lives and offers pointers to help us spring forward in the coming weeks.