It is just tidying up, what difference can it possibly make? You think of the standard benefits: Saving time looking for things and tidying up Saving money buying duplicates or items going to waste because you forgot to they were there. Giving more space (literally) by getting rid of some stuff Giving more calm byContinue reading “How can decluttering and organising change your life? Or is it just a cliche?”
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6 ways to make this school year a little less chaotic
We don’t have long to go now! Are you already washed, labelled and organised, counting down the minutes until those little whirlwinds go back to school. Or maybe you are always a deadline dancer and still have uniform to buy and homework projects to start and honestly, you could do with another week (although let’sContinue reading “6 ways to make this school year a little less chaotic”
5 top tips to start decluttering when you don’t know where to begin
I hear you. You are fed up of your home being cluttered, chaotic and stressful. You want to sort it out once and for all but you are screaming at me right now saying “Emma, where do I start!” The short answer is to just start. But that isn’t very helpful is it. You knowContinue reading “5 top tips to start decluttering when you don’t know where to begin”
How can you stop your decluttered things ending up in landfill?
So you have decluttered, you are ready to let go but you don’t just want to dump it in the bin. You want to discard responsibly but don’t know where to start. I want to preface this with a note to remind you that we can’t all be perfect with this. We can all doContinue reading “How can you stop your decluttered things ending up in landfill?”
Is your house just a mess because you are lazy?
No. We could end this blog here couldn’t we, but I know you want more than that. You are like me. You are here because you want to know the why behind it too. If I am ever going to get a negative comment on social media, it is this one. Stop creating a jobContinue reading “Is your house just a mess because you are lazy?”
Clutter and Procrastination
This week I created a post about this exact topic. I always try and post the different benefits of decluttering and organising on social media as not many people realise all the different ways it can benefit your life. Of course, you can’t write a lot though on a social media post, not only isContinue reading “Clutter and Procrastination”
Is decluttering and organising a form of self-care?
It is really interesting. When I first entered the organising world, the world put us in the cleaning category, the home improvement category and even the hobby category. Never though, in the wellness, self-care and health category. Things are starting to change though and as decluttering and organising homes as a concept becomes more wellContinue reading “Is decluttering and organising a form of self-care?”
Labels are life
Bet you didn’t wake up this morning thinking you were going to be reading a blog about labels, did you? I didn’t think I would be writing one. Yet here we both are. Let’s get stuck in. I was asked the other day, what is one part of an organising job that you would recommendContinue reading “Labels are life”
Organising with purpose
Have you ever watched an organising show and gone out and bought all the storage solutions that they advertised or bought for the home they were organising, only to find that it didn’t help at all and now the mess now has a new storage product amongst it? Have you ever watched an organising hackContinue reading “Organising with purpose”
Have you gone clutter blind?
I recently spoke about clutter problems and hoarding tendencies in another blog. You can check it out here. However, today I want to talk about another problem. One that most of us probably have but just won’t realise it until you read on. What is clutter blindness? In its simplest form, it is just notContinue reading “Have you gone clutter blind?”
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