Lessen Your Load: Are You Beginning To Get Rid Of Stuff?
May 25, 2022
Here’s a stunning statistic: In the United States right now, there are more self-storage facilities (about 50,000) than there are McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger Kings, Starbucks, and Walmarts combined. We are clearly a nation that has more stuff than we need or are using. And whether we want to downsize our…
Neat And Tidy: Ideas To Clean Out The Clutter
January 12, 2022
Many of us have had quite a bit of downtime over the past couple of years, allowing us to think about how we live and what we might want to change when/if life returns to some level of normalcy. And while the pandemic has introduced many of us to the…
A Clean Slate: A Slew Of New Guidance On How To Declutter and Downsize
January 20, 2021
Many of us would like to grab a metaphorical broom and sweep away all of our 2020 memories. And some of us are more than ready to take a literal broom to our current lives, to rid ourselves of the clutter and chaos that have built up over these past…
Music To Your Ears: The Importance Of Music Now More Than Ever
November 11, 2020
No doubt many of us are on the hunt for entertaining distractions these days, as COVID cases pick up, outdoor social engagements drop off, and threats of quarantine once again hang in the air. While movies and books may lure you in, for many of us there’s nothing better than…
Sort It Out: What Stays And What Goes When Downsizing Or Cleaning Out A Home
August 7, 2019
Whether you’ve waived the white flag and surrendered to the need to declutter, or you face the daunting task of cleaning out the home of a deceased loved one, you likely face the difficult challenge of sorting through decades of possessions. While some of these items may have significant monetary…
Clean Sweep: Strategies For Decluttering, Downsizing And Determining What You Need
January 2, 2019
Is this the year? Will you finally begin to go through the boxes, piles, and pictures that are cluttering your cabinets and crowding your closets? While there are some mental health benefits to waxing nostalgically over long ago memories and faded photos, chances are there’s also some anxiety about the…