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Giving Tuesday used to be the perfect way to kick off the holiday season with care and gratitude…before the one-day-only chaos that was Black Friday. But Black Friday isn’t just Friday anymore. It’s expanding…from days to weeks (to nearly months!), and so is the chaos and stress that comes with it. The healthy answer to…

This time of year we tend to get a little frenzied with buying. Everywhere you look there are “must-have deals” that find a way to actually make you feel you must have them. But do you? Or do the folks on your holiday list need them? Your friends and loved ones wouldn’t want those costly…

Holiday shopping keeps sprouting up on us earlier and earlier…and especially earlier this year! Between supply-chain issues and our seemingly permanent pandemic-induced buying frenzy, stores have been sneaking out holiday isles and announcing Black Friday deals since September. But does anyone know what month it is anymore anyway! Pandemic-time has been a blur. Like all…

One of the biggest challenges I hear is finding, and maintaining, the motivation to get and stay decluttered. For some, it’s a challenge to even start. Others can start, but quickly get mired in “decision fatigue” as soon as they get rolling. Still others can declutter in a mad burst but struggle to keep it…

With Mother’s Day right around the corner we’re all thinking about how to best celebrate mom. She’s got everything, I mean everything, and you’re really struggling to find something to make her happy. Well, turns out, what moms want most is quality time with their family, and to know that they’re happy. So what better…

One product of decluttering (along with your new fabulously liveable home!) is a lot of stuff going out the door for good. When you’ve been decluttering as long as I have, you come to know a lot about keeping that stuff out of the trash bin. Check out my list of 15 things you didn’t…

I hear you out there…shuffling through piles of paperwork, looking for your tax documents and wishing you’d made that time to declutter and organize back in January so you could actually find what you are looking for today. Well, it’s never too late to start making changes so next year goes more smoothly. And bonus,…

It’s here. That long awaited sprig of hope, the beginning of the end of the pandemic – a vision of a future with hard pants, and small gatherings with friends, many you haven’t seen in over a year. This Sunday is the first official day of Spring, and this year, “hope springs eternal” has a…

Food turned science experiments. Sriracha stains. The 5 half-used jars of mustard. We tend to shove a lot of chaos into that little appliance. Our refrigerators are often cluttered, inefficient, even unhealthy. Good thing it’s National Clean your Fridge Day, the perfect chance to clear it out, clean it up and make space for what…