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Guiding Principles for Your Philosophy of Decluttering

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The Clutter Fairy talks about how to identify the guiding principles for your own personal philosophy of decluttering.
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Yes, You Really Can Go Paperless—Mostly

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The Clutter Fairy offers tactics for reducing your paper load and working your way toward a paperless lifestyle.
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Escaping the Stacks: A Saner Approach to Books and Magazines

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The Clutter Fairy talks about bringing the book-buying impulse into line with how much you actually read and explores what to do after you've read all those literary gems.
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Crafts, Hobbies, and Sports: Get Out of What You’re No Longer Into

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The Clutter Fairy talks about how to think about changes in our interests, evaluate the debris thereof, and let go of the old to make room for new passions.
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The Rose-Colored Mirror: Clutter in the Quest for Style

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The Clutter Fairy talks about how to get control of your wardrobe without giving up your personal style. She introduces strategies to find the right fit for your space, budget, and lifestyle.
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The Allure of the Sale: Coupon-Clipping and Bargain-Hunting

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The Clutter Fairy talks about how to shift your thinking to become a more conscious shopper and resist the allure of the sale.
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Beanie Babies, Snow Globes, and Imperial Stormtroopers: Collection or Chaos?

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The Clutter Fairy talks about origins of the impulse to collect and how to get the collecting beast under control.
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Metrics and Milestones: Measuring Your Organizing Progress

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The Clutter Fairy offers suggestions on ways to measure, track, and report your decluttering progress.
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Finding Boundaries Between You & Your Stuff: Clutter and Self-image

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The Clutter Fairy talks about clutter and self-image: how the lines between you and your stuff get blurred, and how to start seeing the boundaries clearly again.
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Ain’t No Big Thing: Organizing Small Spaces

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The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for solving the special organizing problems that come with living in very small spaces.
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Motivation and momentum: keep your organizing project moving

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The Clutter Fairy offers tips for finding motivation and creating momentum on a long-term organizing project when the progress feels slow in coming.
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Organizing room by room: the guest room

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The Clutter Fairy offers a strategy for balancing the role of the guest room as a place to host visitors with all the other ways we (and our cats) use our multipurpose spaces.