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On Monday, I wrote a big ol’ post (seriously, it was long) about losing my keys and being reminded (for the ba-jillionth time) that having more of something does NOT make my life easier. It doesn’t. I know that. I‘ve learned learn that lesson over and over. But . . . I do love my […]

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Wait. You saw that picture and clicked over because you thought it was a before pic? Oh. Well, this is uncomfortable. That’s not a before picture. It’s actually a celebration picture. Here it is without all the extra bloggy stuff: It’s a success picture because it’s an “organizing solution” that works for us. And it […]

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There was cause for great celebration in SlobLand last night!!! We found the keys to our Camry!!!! Lost keys happen. They happen around here way too often. But this was a very special case of Seriously, Do These Things Happen to Other People or Just US!?!?!?! The (way too long) story: We bought our Camry […]

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Remember the game that became a victim of the One In One Out rule? There it is, sitting in the a Donate Box for the second time. On the day it was deemed “outgrown” it went straight to the Donate Box. That’s where things go when they’re identified as clutter. Pants too small? Take it […]

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I’ve been asked a certain question many times since I published this post explaining how I have learned to declutter without making a bigger mess. The game-changing decluttering strategy? Taking things where they go . . . now. Right now. Not making piles of stuff to deal with later. In my distractible world, “later” doesn’t […]

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We now return to our regular decluttering-focused programming. Whew. I have quite a bit of lessening to share. That has been my focus lately. Life has been crazy, but I’ve tackled several areas even without time to actually finish them. I’ve been celebrating “less.” I may not be able to call it Before and After, […]

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It’s over! Sorry if you missed it! If you want to be sure you don’t miss time-sensitive information in the future, be sure to sign up for my email list. There are multiple options here!     All links in this post are my affiliate links! That’s how I get to call this crazy blogging […]

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So sorry, but the bundle has ended. If you want to be sure you don’t miss future time-sensitive things, sign up for my free newsletter here. I had big plans to make a video with one of the characters from my Clutter Avoidance video series. It was going to be me explaining how to look […]

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This post contains affiliate links alongside totally free inspiration. When my husband and I got married, things were pretty smooth that first year. I’d heard horror stories from newlyweds about adjusting to living together, but we got lucky. I think part of it was that we were so grateful to be together after our opposite-sides-of-the-world […]

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I have e-books. I’ve come up with ways to keep my home under control, to be able to let non-immediate-family members come inside on a weekly basis. I can tackle a decluttering project with confidence and know I’ll make progress (if not finish) in whatever time I throw at it. I share all these things […]

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So sorry, but the bundle has ended. If you want to be sure you don’t miss future time-sensitive things, sign up for my free newsletter here. Affiliate links in this post! Two years ago, I participated in the first Utimate Homemaking Bundle. This year, my e-book, Drowning in Clutter? is included in the same sale […]

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When I was a kid, I told people I was allergic to coconut. I wasn’t. Don’t worry. I’m appropriately remorseful now. I just didn’t want to eat coconut and it was a great way to get people to stop pushing their macaroons on me. Now, I really am allergic to chocolate. Really. It’s an allergy […]

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Reader Question: i relate to you so much so i feel i can ask you this….how do you stop judging yourself when things get on top of you? like when i go to a friends i find i’m judging myself on how their home is compared to mine. i was wondering if you’ve been through […]

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Full Disclosure: Even though I’ve written about my love of purchasing chicken in bulk from Zaycon many, many times, they offered me a product from their extensive line for writing about it again. I jumped at that chance. I’m also using my own referral link so I can build up credit for my next chicken […]

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I don’t like awkward pauses. I’m that person who fills the seven-minute-lull in party conversations with sometimes-funny-sometimes-not remarks. This school year has been full of awkward pauses as we haven’t been able to develop a rhythm to our days. I’m blaming Junior High. The year started with football before school, leaving the house at 6:30 […]

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Ahhhhh, that cute bench. That bench I ordered from eBay years ago, and was sure would solve our shoe storage issues. Back in 2012, I finally accepted that instead of collecting shoes, it was collecting stuff. It was a catch-all spot that I couldn’t keep clear, so I got rid of it. That was a […]

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This morning, my Slob Brain registered my own annoyance that there was one-too-many phones on my kitchen counter. For two days, there have been two phones in that space. But lest you think two days isn’t that bad, I should admit that there has been one-too-many phones in that space for months. And months. A […]

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In case you’re new around here, let me explain something. I truly believe the #1 thing I have to give to my kindred slob spirits is permission to keep going. Photo-proof that “after” photos turn back into before photos, and it’s okay to tackle that same space again instead of throwing my hands up in […]

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I’m more than a little bit excited to be asked to be a Keynote Speaker at the Professional Organizing Summit in April! Me! For real, y’all!!! It has been my dream for a long time to be the bridge between people whose brains work like mine and the professional organizers who want to help. I’m […]

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I’m all about finding solutions for chronic messes. Solutions that actually work. For years now, I’ve been singing the praises of my wash-the-dishes-every-single-night-and-put-them-away-every-single-morning method. The one I blab on and on about in my book, How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind. That method works. It totally does. It changed the way my […]

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Last year, for the very first time ever, I thought about making a Prank Dinner BEFORE April 2nd. Go me! I posted pictures on Facebook, and the response was great, though it was tinged with a little “Ummmm, thanks for the idea NOW THAT IT’S TOO LATE!” So here I am, remembering to post it […]

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It was a perfectly good envelope. A perfectly good, big envelope. There was no reason to pitch it. No reason at all why I couldn’t re-use it. And aren’t envelopes (especially big ones) the stuff of dreams? Just imagine filling them with photos or coloring pages or full-sized papers that needed be kept together. Or […]

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  Skirt hangers. In my mother’s mind, they’re God’s gift to skirt-wearers. I know this because she has been giving them to me. Over and over. Year after year. Always with a hopeful look upon her face. Hopeful that this item which is the Ultimate Skirt Hanging Solution in her own closet will change my […]

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Did you notice my lovely new red dutch oven in this post? My mother gave that to me for Christmas after I noticed its lovely redness while we shopped together. It sat in my garage for a month or so until I remembered it when I was making four meals of pot roast for the […]

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Last summer, I bought a new purse. I went to a home party and the salesperson logic just made so much sense. And I needed a new purse. Really. I did. It had one feature that’s a must for me. The cross-body strap. When I lived in Thailand, my purse-buying habits changed forever. When the […]

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Here we go. One of those posts. The back story: Almost every time I post something on Facebook about running my dishwasher, or about how irritatingly important it is to empty it, or about how finally grasping the routine of running it each and every night was the game changer for my kitchen, someone bemoans […]

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My daughter will turn 9 next month. That’s crazy talk. Since the party-planning has already started, I looked at this randomly-appearing item with my anti-T.P.A.D glasses on. (T.P.A.D. = Time Passage Awareness Disorder = a totally-made-up-by-me condition) These cute little party favor boxes were from her birthday party two years ago. I know it was […]

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We’ve had a few “snow” days lately. Some more legit than others. On one of the first, I did a double take when I saw Hubby’s feet. He was wearing the strangest, pink-heeled socks I’d ever seen. Only after a moment of real confusion did I realize I was seeing his heels. Like, the skin […]

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I love hearing how this mama is using what she’s learning to help her daughter: Hi, Dana: I love your blog, but who doesn’t? The idea of decluttering one box at a time was just what I needed to attack (and defeat) my closet last month. I’m the one who posted on Facebook that I […]

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You know I love to time myself doing various tasks. This simple thing helps me break through my delusions that I don’t have enough time to tackle a spot that’s been bugging me for way too long. Here’s an email from one of you who did the same thing: Mornin’ Nony, I copied you! First […]

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Clutter guilt is a real thing, y’all. I did a whole video series (or two) about it. When someone (me) stresses over the possible uses, possible future need, and possible life-threatening consequences of NOT keeping something, it’s only natural to also stress over the nobleness or lack of nobleness of various decluttering methods. Irrational Stress […]

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Please read that title pronouncing “again” as “aGANE.” It sounds better that way. I have no idea how many times I’ve washed the item in the picture above. I’m pretty sure, though, that I’ve washed it more times than I’ve worn it. It’s the belt for a cute and sporty pajama set that Hubby and […]

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I think Hubby brought these home. It was sweet, really. Someone had them at work and he thought he’d be nice. Except our kids don’t really like them. I know (from experience) that they’ll sit and sit and sit and end up at the bottom of the snack basket, waiting for an official Decluttering Project. […]

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I was listening to my own podcast (a rare thing, since I don’t edit them) about the Head Explosion Rule as I cleaned up the kitchen this morning. So when I ran across that glass lid-thingy in the picture, and began to feel a physical, head-exploding sensation come over me, I knew just what to […]

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It’s 2:20 on Wednesday afternoon, and other than a quick, not-a-real-post on Monday, I haven’t blogged this week. We had “snow” days on Monday and Tuesday, which were really Ice Days. The roads were bad, so school was canceled, but we managed to get out with friends to have a BLAST “sledding” in our laundry […]

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Last week was crazy. School fundraisers and dentist appointments that involved hours in the chair to have a 30+ year old filling ground down so I could be fitted for a crown (and that I’d completely forgotten was an appointment that would last most of the day) and title transferring for the inlaws new car […]

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Look at this cute, odd velvet bow-type-thingy. My daughter and I worked in her room on Monday while the kids were out of school for President’s Day. When I ran across the bow, I knew I recognized it. I just couldn’t quite place it. She knew. Grammy gave her a jean jacket for Christmas that […]

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I recently received this email from Tara McDonough and had to share! I just wanted to share an anecdote of what happened yesterday in my deslobification process. Our family of 4 (+ a 100 lb dog) is moving in the next couple of weeks. We’ll be losing close to 1,000 sq ft of “junk space”! […]

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I was doing the right thing. Even though I’d messed up and NOT started the dishwasher the night before, I was starting it that morning. Yay for getting back on track. And the kitchen really looked nice. Clean counters. Mostly clean sink. Except for that one measly cookie sheet that wouldn’t fit into the dishwasher […]

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Last week’s Reality Check: I’ll start with a possible excuse for not actually posting this on the 16th. The kids will be out of school, so unless it’s ready to go and they sleep late (pretty pretty please?), it may not happen. Monday – I got posts scheduled out for the week, which always takes […]

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My mom made that pink dress out of the same fabric from her bridesmaid’s dress for her sister’s wedding. Such fantabulous memories, but I have no plans to have it vacuum packed and framed and displayed in a place of honor for generations. My mom made that dress too. It’s gold lamé. It has a […]

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I’ve talked about this particular spot in my kitchen before. This almost-impossible-to-clean spot. My dislike of climbing up on counters at the age of 41 is the reason I’d pretended to not see those cobwebs in the top picture? What? You don’t see them? Oh good. Maybe the people who have been in my home […]

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Last Tuesday, I posted this cutesy little pic on Instagram: Ummm, I planned to spend “some time that morning” cleaning it up. I’d been putting off cleaning this mess because it just made more sense to wait until my 7th grader was done sawing styrofoam for a school project. I’m excessively logical like that. Meanwhile, […]

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I’m a hemmer. Not the kind who follows through on the logic of buying a way-too-long pair of pants for a bargain price. I’m a hemmer/hawer. Like, I take a while to do things that shouldn’t take any time at all. Because I hem and haw about it. So I’m (ridiculously) proud to announce three […]

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