One purple tree in a forest of green

Guilt-free Task Management: Make Your To-do List Work for You

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The Clutter Fairy explores sources of task-management resistance and talks about redesigning your to-do list as a tool for success instead of a catalog of failures.
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A Kind, Forgiving, Charitable, Pleasant Time: Declutter Via Donation

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The Clutter Fairy suggests ways to lighten the clutter load during the giving season through donations to friends, family, neighbors, and charitable causes.
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Stop the Fire Hose! Prevent Clutter at the Source

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The Clutter Fairy suggests simple and subtle habit changes that will make a big difference in your clutter landscape.
Preparations for moving

Decluttering Before a Move and More Tips from Porch.com

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The Clutter Fairy’s tips for decluttering before a move were included in a helpful home-organizing article at Porch.com. Thanks to Rocia Espinoza for including my ideas!
Craft project supplies

Expert Tips on Organizing the Home from Redfin Blog

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The Clutter Fairy’s advice on craft room organizing was included along with tips from 11 other NAPO colleagues in a Redfin blog article about organizing your home! Read Organize Your Home Like Never Before With These 12 Tips.
Holiday string of lights on rough wooden wall

Embrace Your Reason for the Season: Decluttering Holiday Preparations

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The Clutter Fairy suggests lightening your load and brightening your life by focusing holiday preparations on what the season means to you.

Holding On and Letting Go: Ownership, Gift-Giving, and Value

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The Clutter Fairy talks about ownership, gift-giving, and how our judgments of value impact our decision-making about what we keep and what we’re willing to let go.

Money, Money, Money: The Problem with Monetary Value

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The Clutter Fairy discusses definitions of value and factors that complicate our thinking about monetary value as it relates to the decluttering process.
Rose-tinted collage of eyeglasses in various styles

Looking Through Rose-colored Glasses: Sentimentality and Clutter

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The Clutter Fairy examines the rationalizations we use to hold on to things and suggests an approach to decision-making that balances sentimental value with our real-world conditions of time, space, and resources.
Suzanne Goddard’s patio, North Carolina

Clear Your Clutter, Love Your Life: Organize for Positive Change

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The Clutter Fairy suggests how the decluttering process can serve as a release from bad feelings and a trigger for brightening your emotional landscape.
White doily designs on lavender background

Just What IS Clutter, Anyway?

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The Clutter Fairy explores the many criteria by which we may identify and categorize clutter for ourselves and the people with whom we share our spaces.
Jigsaw puzzle with one piece left to place

A Decluttering Philosophy: Putting it All Together

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The Clutter Fairy looks for practical approaches to reduce the clutter coming in and to deal effectively with the stuff we already have.