Did you always feel like everyone else did better than you at school?

Do you feel like all your friends, neighbours or family have better, less cluttered homes than you?

Well here's an article that might make you feel better.

 (22/02/2010)

When you're doing some de-cluttering, do you think about your clutter in relation to what you can reduce, reuse and recycle?

If your answer is 'no' don't worry - 18.7% of people put their unwanted clutter out for the bin men and only 9.9% of people recycle it.

So why do people struggle with thinking about de-cluttering and organising in relation to the reduce, reuse and recycle message that councils are pushing these days? (18/02/2010)

Yes, it's that time of year again where we're 'encouraged' by companies looking for a marketing opportunity to show our partners that we love them.  The discussion threads are somewhat predictable - what happens if you don't do something, what people expect from their partners on Valentines day, are the british really unromantic....

My personal opinion is that if my husband made a grand gesture on Valentines day then I'd consider it a waste of money, feel he's only doing it because he thinks it's expected of him, he'd worry about 'getting it right', and he'd probably think it lets him off the hook for making an effort for the other 265 days of the year.

The same could be said to apply to our de-cluttering..... (11/02/2010)

Learn to control what is coming into your home

I had a client just before Christmas last year who struggled with the concept of your home being like a conveyor belt.

Does his story sound familiar? (07/02/2010)

I was reading the Mail on Sunday last week - a rare occurance because I don't normally have time to read newspapers. I barely get a chance to see the news!

I came across an interesting article that talked about emotional health and how it's just as important as physical wellbeing that can be 'nurtured' by something as simple as making a meal for friends.

'Welcome to our de-cluttering step by step process and the reward system' I thought to myself.

So what else did it have to say? (04/02/2010)

Did you see the article in this Sunday's Daily Mail?  Talking about clutter and a Professional De-clutterer (who, incidentally, charges nearly twice what we do!)

All the issues covered in the article are issues covered on this website and when you become a FREE top tip subscriber.  Read the full article below. (01/02/2010)

When things in your life seem ,  almost too much to handle, When 24 Hours in a day is not enough, Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.

(and compare it to your clutter challenge) (28/01/2010)

There are a million things you can do right now instead of doing something important.

How do you choose? (26/01/2010)

I had a welcome reminder to how I am doing with my own de-cluttering. If you're a FREE Top Tip Subscriber then you'll know that I'm de-cluttering my excess weight clutter, and experiencing the same challenges that my clients are facing with their physical, household clutter.

However, I had a very welcome reminder this weekend of just how we'll I'm doing.... (18/01/2010)

The Trouble Tree


The carpenter I hired to help me restore an old farm house had just finished a rough first day on the job. A flat tire had caused him to miss an hour of work, his electric saw quit, and now his ancient pick-up truck refused to start.

(continues) (14/01/2010)