How much is my clutter costing me? (A conversation)
After Monday’s post about the cost of cluttered space, my friend Thomas and I have been having a brief conversation over e-mail about the topic. I thought it was a worth while conversation and Thomas agreed to let me share it here. TM: This makes sense but only works if you intend to use the [...]
How much is my cluttered space costing me?
Lifehacker had a great post this past week on calculating “How much is my cluttered space costing me?” I’ve seen this before (was it in Miss Minimalist’s book), but not on an easy to share website. It’s an interesting (simple) equation. Value of your home ÷ Square footage of your home = Value of each [...]
Wash your dishes
Some people are so relieved to have an automatic dishwasher in their home — and I don’t blame them. There are times I’m so thankful we have one as well (especially after a large dinner party). But the problem with dishwashers is that they tend to drive me towards procrastination. See if this reminds you [...]
Decluttering sentimental items
In our recent reader’s survey several of you asked about decluttering sentimental items. I have to admit, sentimental items are one of the hardest things for me to declutter in my home as well. Whether it’s something from my childhood that I hoping my boys will enjoy someday — or something that’s been handed down [...]
Dealing with an unwilling spouse
We all know there’s going to be times in your life where you’re interests are going to be different than that of your spouses — and vice versa. The honeymoon eventually comes to an end and real life begins to set in. Hopefully when it comes to decluttering you and your spouse or significant other [...]
Destroying the Warehouse Mentality: Stop hoarding and declutter your life
I think it’s time to let the cat out of the bag and help push my motivation forward towards finishing my new book. While writing posts for We Live Simply, I’ve also slowly been working on my next book, Destroying the Warehouse Mentality: Stop hoarding and declutter your life. While I wrote my last book [...]
13 places you’ll find hidden clutter
Ever feel like you’ve done a great job of cleaning and organizing the house, only to stumble upon an area full of clutter that you’ve forgotten about (maybe on purpose)? It’s one of those places around the house where you like to hide all those misc. things like magazines, pens, notepads, books, papers, yo-yo’s, old [...]
