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The clutter life-cycle | Book review: Swedish death cleaning | Packrat heritage

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The Clutter Fairy explores the “clutter life-cycle”—a way of framing the psychological issues around clutter in terms of the decision-making that happens throughout the life-cycle of a possession. She also responds to viewer feedback and reviews the 2018 book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning.
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Declutter for downsizing | White-elephant trunk | The math of downsizing

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The Clutter Fairy examines the situations that lead us to downsize and offers guidance on key areas of our homes and lives where we can look for opportunities to downsize collections. She also responds to viewer questions and feedback and offers her Tip of the Week on “the math of downsizing.”
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Preserving family history | The white elephant table | Maintaining organizing momentum

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The Clutter Fairy takes a deeper dive into the topic of preserving family photos, videos, and stories to pass down. We also discuss using a “white elephant” exchange to share unwanted items with people who might get more use out of them than you do, and offer strategies to keep moving—or get moving again—if you’re struggling to make progress on your organizing goals.
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Clutter and aging | Family photos and videos | “Where do I start?”

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The Clutter Fairy explores clutter-related issues that arise with aging and suggests strategies that you and your family can adopt to ease the burden of future clutter. We address viewer questions about how to get started decluttering when the project seems overwhelming and discuss ideas for storing and sharing precious family photos and videos.
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Organizing with a planner | Story-editing & small habits recap | “One in, one out”

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The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for using a daily planner to keep your organizing projects moving forward, revisits the topics of “story-editing” and cultivating small habits, offers our Tip of the Week (“One in, one out”), and gives a quick preview of an upcoming topic: Clutter & Aging.
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Clutter-conscious Gift-giving | Virtual organizing | Holiday gap organizing strategies

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The Clutter Fairy talks about clutter-conscious holiday gift-giving, working with clients virtually, and leveraging the holiday break to get ahead on 2020 organizing.
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Creative Reuse in Organizing on Keeping You Organized

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The Clutter Fairy’s Gayle Goddard was a guest Smead’s Keeping You Organized podcast. Gayle talked about one of her favorite ways to make your clutter someone else’s treasure: donation for creative reuse.
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The Clutter Fairy Returns to Houston Life

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The Clutter Fairy’s Gayle Goddard was a guest on the June 18, 2018, Houston Life show. Gayle shared quick tips you can use every day to get a little more organized.
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The Clutter Fairy on Houston Life

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The Clutter Fairy’s Gayle Goddard was a guest on the June 19, 2017, Houston Life show. Gayle shared common mistakes people make when they try to get organized.
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Announcing dates for 2016 Houston Clutter Coaching Meetups

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The Clutter Fairy announces dates for 2016 meetings of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup group.