Jump-start Your Organizing Plan: 50 Ways to Leave Your Clutter

Jump-start Your Organizing Plan: 50 Ways to Leave Your Clutter (YouTube Video)

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No matter what organizing project you’ve decided to take on, you’ll find useful first steps—or next steps—on our jump-start list.
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Clean Slate: Starting Fresh in a New (Organized) Space [YouTube Video]

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Moving to a new home or office can compound your clutter problems, or it can be a chance to make a clean break with your cluttered past.
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Milestones and Mishaps: Organizing Around Major Life Events (YouTube Video)

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Life-changing events can disrupt our ability to get (or stay) organized, and each type of major life event presents a unique set of organizing challenges.
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All in a Day’s Work: Daily Decluttering Routines (YouTube Video)

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We often focus on big projects and the clutter backlog, but establishing daily routines and clutter-free habits can help you stem the flow of clutter at the source.
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A Unicorn in the Attic: Organizing Myth versus Reality (YouTube Video)

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We approach organizing projects with heads full of myths, legends, and outright lies that we’ve heard. The Clutter Fairy uncovers the reality behind popular misconceptions about clutter.
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Clockwork: The Clutter Fairy Guide to Time Issues in Organizing (YouTube Video)

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To people who struggle with clutter, it can feel as if Time is an insurmountable obstacle. The Clutter Fairy talks about the time crunches we encounter as we strive to declutter our lives and spaces.
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Spring into Organizing: 19 Ways to Jumpstart Your Decluttering (YouTube Video)

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Jumpstart your spring cleaning with The Clutter Fairy’s grab-bag of small projects where you can score big decluttering wins.
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Organizing for the Unforeseen II: Reducing the Impact of Clutter Crises (YouTube Video)

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The Clutter Fairy discusses how to plan and prepare to minimize the impact of emergencies on yourself or your loved ones.
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Out With the Old: Making Room for the 2019 You (YouTube Video)

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Just as the trees have dropped their leaves to rest and wait for spring, the end of the year is a good time for us to pause and “shed” things from our lives to make room for something new.
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Clutter Hacks #22: Top Tip for Packing Project Success (YouTube Video)

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Our best advice for anyone packing for a move: Allow plenty of time! Start packing at least a month or two out from your move date.
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Leader of the Pack: The Clutter Fairy Guide to Packing (YouTube Video)

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The Clutter Fairy offers advice on packing best practices and warns what to avoid so your stuff will be in great shape when it comes out of the box.

Clutter Hacks #21: Top Tip for Reducing the Volume of Photographs You Keep (YouTube Video)

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Have you accumulated a huge volume of photographs? Apply a sorting algorithm to make the keep/toss decisions easier on yourself.