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10 WAYS TO ENSURE YOU FOLLOW YOUR WEEKLY PLANNER Be aware of when you have your next contingency slot that you can move things into if you need to, and make sure you have a small reward planned for the end of the day for following it.

If you want to beat procrastination, then you need to do more than just ‘do’ your weekly planner. You need to follow your weekly planner. This is hard for a clutterholic because we’re so dominantly in-time and driven by our emotions in the moment. Yet the most successful people on this planet follow a schedule…

ROUTINE There are several secrets of success on your Clutter Clearing Journey. The most important of these is getting into a routine of simply ‘Doing the Doing’ – yet it’s usually the hardest to achieve. Many people tell me, when they start their Journey, that making time to be the minimum of a Successful Snail…

THE JOHARI WINDOW The Johari Window is a tool designed to help us understand our relationships with ourselves and others. Developed by psychologists Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingham in 1955, the model is a simple yet powerful concept for self-awareness and interpersonal communication. The concept has four quadrants, each of which represent a different aspect…

MYTH YOU MUST FEEL MOTIVATED TO DEAL WITH YOUR CLUTTER If you believe this myth then I suspect you procrastinate, avoid, and give up dealing with your clutter because you are waiting to feel motivated. Newsflash: If you only work on your Journey when you feel motivated, you will never Clear your Clutter Forever. When…

Let me guess. You open the door / cupboard / drawer / box and are faced with a pile of clutter. You instantly feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and have no idea where to start.​​ That’s how I felt when I had my clutter challenge back in 2001. I’d done precisely this on and off for 3…