Declutter
When Your Spouse Doesn’t Share Your Ideas About Simplifying
This is a guest post from Rachel Bowman, a full-time working mom of two girls under 4. Rachel started Just Getting Things Done when she realized she didn’t want to be that mom that doesn’t have any energy anymore, who thinks everything is a burden or a chore. She wanted to be a mom that…
Read MoreDecluttering 2017 in 2017: Join the Challenge!
Each year, this blog hosts a decluttering challenge to get rid of the same number of items as the year. In 2017 everyone who joins the challenge will get rid of 2017 items from their homes. 24,440 people have signed up to do the challenge in years past and I’m so excited to see how many people…
Read MoreDecluttering The House (Even When The Children Are Running Around)
It’s important for children to see you decluttering, to learn how to do it and what the results are. Certainly there are challenges, anything we do with our children means it’s going to take longer, either while wrangling them, explaining things to them, or showing them how to do the task. Parenting takes time and…
Read More8 Ways To Create Instant Calm This Week
If you are in the midst of feeling overwhelmed with far too much going on in your life and too many cluttered surfaces, there are a few things that you can do to reduce that very quickly. No, it’s not going to take all the troubles away, but doing even one of these suggestions listed below…
Read MoreConquering The Last Messy Place In Your Minimalist Home
This is a guest post by Stefanie Williams. Stefanie and her husband have 6 children, and enjoy soccer and music. Stefanie has been cutting out the things that just don’t matter, and simplifying the things that do. One day, a few years ago, my husband and I were outside working. It was probably a couple months…
Read More8 Habits To Keep Paper Clutter To A Minimum
Papers are easily one of the number one clutter issues in our lives. We are afraid to get rid of something, for fear of needing the information on it or needing a copy of it. We feel shame for not filing utility bills and grocery receipts. Aren’t we supposed to compare our receipts to…
Read MoreEmbracing Minimalism Instead of Habitual Decluttering
In this blog, I tend to focus a lot on decluttering. I know when I started seeking minimalism, I needed guidance with even the most basic beginnings of decluttering, I longed for encouragement and someone who had been through it, sharing what they know. So, for many articles, that is the bent I take. But I…
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn’t Wait for the Perfect Time or the Perfect House to Embrace Minimalism
How many times in your life have you said: “I’ll do that when…” I’ll do that when… I have a nicer house I’ll do that when… I have money to buy nicer dishes/furniture/decor/cooking supplies I’ll do that when… The kids are grown I’ll do that when… I have free time I’ll do that when… I’ll do…
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