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The reason why most people’s want to clear their clutter can be captured in one phrase. They want to clear their clutter so they can live their Best Life. Yes, it will be great when we are not surrounded by our ‘stuff’. Yes, it will be lovely when we are not feeling overwhelmed, have more…

1. ACCEPT THAT SOME DECISIONS TAKE TIME We must not dwell on decision making or try to force it when we look at something for the first time. If we’re not sure what the decision is, it goes in the Not Sure category so our subconscious brain can gather more information from our endless filing…

MUSIC If you’re on Step 2 or beyond of your Journey, I encourage you to start playing background music when you do your Clutter Clearing Sessions. Why? Because music changes the way we understand the world in terms of our mood, our mindset, our behaviour and – specifically for our Clutter Clearing – the decisions…

When we hear the word ‘waste’, many of us imagine things ending up in a landfill site somewhere, contributing to environmental destruction. ‘I don’t want to waste x,y,z’ is a common phrase I hear people say. But what exactly do you mean when you’re worried about waste? Let’s get back to basics. The Oxford Dictionary…

UNSUPPORTIVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY Many Clutterholics don’t have supportive friends or family. They don’t understand why you can’t just get rid of everything and start again, and let’s be honest, we sometimes wonder that ourselves. Some of us have even tried that already. They focus on the negatives, they think we ‘should’ be able to…

Zoe started her Private Clutter Clearing Journey in September 2020 and completed it in May 2023. This means she’s cleared all her clutter and created the habits she needs to stay Clutter Free Forever. Success Summary: 9 rooms and areas completely clutter cleared after 18 years: Zoe found being on the Journey enabled her to…

MYTH I CAN’T LET GO OF SOMETHING THAT WAS A GIFT Many people mistakenly think that if something in their clutter was a gift, then somehow the usual rules of making realistic decisions don’t apply. For some reason, when it comes to gifts, we stop thinking about whether we NEED it and will USE it…

In 1992 Queen Elizabeth II infamously referred to that year as ‘annus horribilis’ – which means horrible year. Many of us with clutter discover there are a few years that we could describe that way, and I can directly link one of my ‘annus horribilis’ to triggering a spike in my clutter accumulation. It was…

To successfully clear your clutter Forever you need to understand that there is a difference between Want and Need. One of the many reasons why we have our clutter is because we think they’re the same thing. We may keep something simply because we want to keep it, even though we don’t need it and…

1. Notice it and Acknowledge It That immediately moves it from a biological, automatic, hormonal, limbic response that you can’t easily control to a prefrontal cortex logic and reason response which IMMEDIATELY decreases the intensity and the power that it has to create the emotional reaction e.g. anger, frustration. 2. Learn and Notice the Triggers…