Last month marked the 100th meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Groupp! In honor of that milestone, we’ve updated the list of 50 action items to kick off your organizing plan that we prepared for our 50th episode. No matter what project you’ve decided to take on, you’ll find useful first steps—or next steps—on our jump-start list.
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. The difference is in your hands! For the July meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group, we’ll discuss what to keep in mind as you prepare for a move—or plan for one that's somewhere down the road—to avoid recreating your present clutter issues in a new space. We’ll talk about how to plan for new systems and habits in your future space, and we'll suggest strategies for deciding what to leave behind.
The next meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group will take place on June 25, 2019. We'll announce a topic soon.
This will be a “Clutter Conversation” online event. We’ll meet using the Zoom.us video-conferencing app, a free tool that allows us to share a conversation as streaming video and take questions from the audience.
For most people, a clutter problem didn't just happen overnight. It's the result of long-term habits of delaying decisions, ignoring minor messes, and accumulating stuff faster than you get rid of it. We've focused a lot of our attention on tackling big projects and problem areas, but for the May meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group, we're shifting the focus to daily routines that can help you stem the flow of clutter at the sources. We'll talk about how to incorporate a few key clutter-free habits into your day.
We tend to approach our organizing projects with our heads full of myths, legends, and outright lies that we’ve been told. For the April 2019 meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group, we’ll uncover the reality hiding behind some of these popular misconceptions.
To people who struggle with clutter, it can feel as if Time is an insurmountable obstacle. For the March 2019 meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group, we’ll talk about the time crunches in which we find ourselves as we strive to declutter our lives and spaces. We’ll discuss procrastination, estimating the time to accomplish big projects, budgeting time for ongoing maintenance, and other areas where organizing intersects with our perception and management of time.
Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy, will speak to the Women’s Association of Sugar Creek Country Club at their March 2019 monthly meeting. The topic of the presentation will be “Spring into Organizing: 10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Decluttering.”
Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy, will speak at The Brookwood Community’s March 2019 “lunch and learn” event. The topic of the presentation will be “Spring into Organizing: 10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Decluttering.”
Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy, will speak to seniors at the Jim and JoAnn Fonteno Senior Education Center. The topic of the presentation will be “Spring into Organizing: 10 Ways to Jumpstart Your Decluttering.”
If you're gearing up for spring cleaning but don't know where to start, we have a lot of great ideas for you! For the February 2019 meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group, we'll offer a grab-bag of small projects where you can score big decluttering wins. We'll look at often-neglected areas of our homes and lives and offer pointers to get moving forward in spring 2019.
