Do you have multiple cell phones? Do you find it hard to get through a conversation without posting an update to Facebook? Do you take your iPad to the beach on vacation? Is your computer always on? – National Day of Unplugging The future is here. We can do so much with a piece of
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One In, Two Out: February
I haven’t forgotten my commitment to track how much comes in, and goes out, of my home this year. We have a running tally on our chalkboard (just a sticker chalkboard as we’re renting and I’m loath to put holes in the wall) of the new shoes that come in, old shoes that go out,
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Week Six: Endings & Beginnings
Is this the end or the beginning? If you kept up with the tasks, a pat on the back to you. It’s hard to keep that momentum going right into February. Congratulations to everyone that just increased their home size without increasing their mortgage. It always feels good to make your home an easier
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Week Six: The Insanity of Commuting by Car
Two more posts left in the Clutter Cleanse. Wrapping things up tomorrow so we can all celebrate or ignore Valentine’s Day on Friday. Please remember today as you read: don’t shoot the messenger. This is going to scare a lot of you. You will leave comments telling us that you are the exception to these
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Week Six: Asking Hard Questions
How’s your home looking? More importantly, how are you feeling about stuff, your attachment to it and what those small buying choices ad up to after a few years? This is the week to stop selling DVDs on Amazon or getting rid of those cute on the hangar but painful in-person bras. This week is
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Week Five: The Clothes You Want Your Kids To Wear (But They Don’t)
Talking about Kid Clutter this week. More here and here. Somewhere around my son’s second birthday I really stopped caring about his clothing. Was it mostly clean? Great. Put it on. Was it hipster fabulous? Not really. Some days he looked pretty awesome in little Converse, skinny jeans and a button down. Most days he
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Week Five: The Toys You Want Your Kids to Love (But They Don’t)
Talking about Kid Clutter this week. More here. Bit behind on posting this week – I blame my kids! Waldorf inspired fair trade toys make me really happy. I love looking at the craftsman ship, the beauty of a simple design made with quality materials, and imagining how nice my home would look with only
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Week Five: Kid Clutter
I’m that mean mom. Like an evil Santa Clause I take toys away in the night. I bag them up and donate them without my kid’s knowing. As soon as I see our toy stash getting out of control – no room to store things, many forgotten items that neither one of them play with