Clutter can have a big impact on your mental health. While you may think that owning a few extra things doesn’t make that big an impact on your mental health, it can and often does.

The beginning of the school year brings with it fall weather, a more hectic schedule, and new demands on everyone’s time. While children look forward to a new school year, it can cause chaos in your home.

I absolutely love the Wabi-Sabi philosophy. It resonates with me on a very deep level, especially when it applies to the environment in which we live. Drawn to Zen aesthetics and the feeling of less is more,

This is one of my favorite blogs to write. I can write it off the top of my head because I believe so strongly in this necessary step before moving. I helped a friend move recently, and it was quite a fiasco for her.

Hanger Hack, called the Reverse Hanger Trick, is a no-effort decluttering trick that takes virtually zero effort to declutter your closet. I use it myself, and it tells me a lot without doing anything different except turning hangers backward.

In a later blog, we will discuss the concepts of Wabi-Sabi and Kintsugi: Wabi-Sabi, the belief that there is beauty in things that are imperfect, impermanent and incomplete, as well as Kintsugi, the act of seeing beauty in imperfections. Both concepts apply to perfectionism.

I like Marie Kondo’s approach to paper organization. Her basic rule for papers is discard everything. That’s hard for some people, especially me. I have a love affair with paper.

When I recently talked to a man about our in-home and virtual organizing company, The Uncluttered Life®, he Immediately related to what I was saying about organization.

Here’s an easy trick that takes no time at all:

Declutter your closet as you get dressed, by putting a “toss box” or basket in your closet. This includes clothing, shoes, belts, purses, and hats.

There are very few things that make you feel as bad as disappointing someone who gives you a gift, especially a gift that you absolutely won’t use, don’t like, is the wrong size, or the worst color that has ever been created.

Declutter Deck® is an organizing miracle for those who just can’t get started or don’t know how to take the first step toward decluttering and organizing their life and surroundings.

Do you suffer from “Someday Syndrome?” Many people do. It causes stagnation and keeps them from reaching their goals and dreams.

Many people think that by avoiding clutter organization or hiring an expert, they are saving themselves money because they’re not paying a professional organizer to help them declutter and organize. To this we say a heartfelt, “no.”

In the debate between which is better for organizing, boxes or baskets, boxes win hands-down. Every time! “Why?” you ask. There’s one simple reason: it’s hard to put two baskets together without creating an awkward space and gap.

The KonMari Method® (by Marie Kondo) is a very cool process. It works. I’ve been trained in the method and have achieved the Master Organizer distinction. It’s 1500 hours of work, lots of clients, and multiple reporting sessions. To me, it was worth the time.

“Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein.

When I went away to college, everything I needed to take with me fit neatly into a trunk. An army trunk. I put the army trunk at the end of my extra-long dorm bed, used it as a nightstand, and called it a day. That was then. This is now.

Feng shui is an ancient Chinese practice that focuses on arranging your environment to promote balance, harmony, and positive energy flow—known as chi. It involves thoughtful placement of furniture, colors, and elements to support well-being, improve daily life, and create a space that feels balanced, inviting, and energetically aligned.

Many of our clients are embarrassed and overwhelmed by their clutter and disorganization when The Uncluttered Life® organizers first arrive. Our greatest joy is to see the positive change in our clients, even in one virtual session.

In our last blog, we talked about products that do double duty. Like storage ottomans and mirrors with hooks for jewelry. We love storage that doesn’t look like storage. We call this Decorganizing®.