CLUTTERFREEREVOLUTION

As a professional organizer, I spend a lot of time helping clients clear out, clean up, get organized, and beautify their living spaces. Well-intentioned clients hoping not to be wasteful convince themselves that hoarding their old stuff is infinitely better than sending items to the dump. We all do it. Unsure how to dispose of our junk, we inevitably end up slaves to the stuff we care least about. Not all dumps are created equal. Communities across the country are improving

‘Storage’ is a specific concept with an ambiguous definition. Simply, it’s a means to hold something for future use. Without further description, that’s pretty vague – and when I work with my clients around their personal and professional storage systems, it shows. Clarifying what is worth storing and how has an important impact on understanding why we hold onto things in the first place. People tend to dump and cram ‘items for future use’ anywhere they can – without very muc

Sometimes I catch myself wanting things that others have. People do this. It’s called envy. The problem with fantasizing about what others have, is we tend to cherry-pick specific traits or possessions, and glorify them in isolation of the entire package. I think it’s healthy to admire, even strive to achieve and acquire what others already enjoy – but envy is a toxic irony that can leave us feeling deflated, rather than inspired to purposeful action. Sometimes I wish I had a

There is no easy way to say this to a Western audience. Our clothes — the stuff in our wardrobe right now — are the result of a reckless industry, responsible for some of the worst pollution and most horrific human rights violations on the planet. Pressured by fashion’s largest name brands, textile factories and garment manufacturers consistently cut corners to increase annual profit margins, at any cost. The modern fashion industry, currently making upwards of $3 trillion a