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Long Time No See!

5 December 2008

I know, I know, I’m a terrible blogger. After the move I got overwhelmed trying to set up and organize our new home. I felt bad about not having much progress to blog about, which then made me feel bad for not posting, which then… well, you get the idea. Lately (again, [...]

Perfectionism Doesn’t Help You Declutter

13 February 2008

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Photo by Mike O’Dowd I am a perfectionist. You might not believe it, after seeing the photos I posted of my most cluttered spaces, but it’s true. It is also part of the reason I have so much clutter, so many things “on the go” and so many half-finished attempts to clean things up. You’d think being [...]

Clutter Lessons from TLC’s What Not To Wear

22 January 2008

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What not to wear' class= While watching What Not to Wear reruns this weekend, it occurred to me that in addition to gutting a wardrobe to make room for a snazzy new one, their rules could be applied to clearing out an overflowing closet to make room for, well, the clothes you actually wear! Two different shows [...]

Costly Clutter – Getting Rid of your Clutter can Save you Money

13 November 2007

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Did you know that simply having excessive clutter in your house can actually cost you money? It can! Photo by Rick Audet If you’re like me, one of the “reasons” you have clutter is actually to try to save money. I put reasons in quotation marks because it’s not really a proper reason so much [...]

Compulsive Hoarding

17 October 2007

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According to the Institute of Living Anxiety Disorders Center, compulsive hoarding is thought to be a subtype of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). People are thought to have a compulsive hoarding problem when they meet all three of these criteria: They regularly keep a large number of possessions that most people would not consider [...]