The Clutter Fairy in the Media

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Clutter Hacks #14: Top Tip for Recovering from a Natural Disaster (YouTube Video)

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After a natural disaster, make your first priority the health and safety of your family and yourself. Take care of yourselves, because everything else is just stuff.
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Harvey and Beyond: Organize After (or Before) a Natural Disaster (YouTube Video)

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Hurricane Harvey has taught us a lot of harsh lessons about what’s at stake when a natural disaster strikes. Our lives and priorities can get turned upside-down overnight.
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Clutter to Calamity: Organize for Safety and Ease of Access (YouTube Video)

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Clutter disrupts our comfort, productivity, enjoyment, and pride in our homes. But sometimes clutter becomes a serious threat to our very health and wellbeing.
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Gayle Goddard

Hello from the Hurricane Harvey Flood Zone (YouTube Video)

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The Clutter Fairy reports in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on September 3, 2017. Many thanks to our fans for your concern and good wishes!
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Clutter Hacks #13: Top Tip for Making Your Cluttered Home Safer (YouTube Video)

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As a first step to make your cluttered home a little bit safer, clear enough space on your floors so that you can get to the exits in the event of an emergency, or so that emergency personnel can reach you if you need urgent medical attention.
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Dust Off the Welcome Mat: Organize for Entertaining (YouTube Video)

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Clutter-impaired people often let embarrassment, fear of judgment, and the physical condition of their homes stand in the way of the fun and fulfillment of entertaining.
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Clutter Hacks #12: Top Tip for Entertaining in Your Cluttered Space (YouTube Video)

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Don’t wait to entertain until your home is “perfect”! Provide the key elements of basic comfort, and remember that quality time with friends and family is the heart of successful entertaining.
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Creativity versus Clutter: Organize for Hobbies, Arts, and Crafts (YouTube Video)

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The creative drive is an essential human need to enrich and beautify our lives and the world. But clutter can steal the space, free time, and clarity we need for creative pursuits.
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The Clutter Fairy on Houston Life

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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No Room Left Behind: Organize to Reclaim Space (YouTube Video)

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The Clutter Fairy uncovers sneaky ways in which clutter erodes our free space and creates trouble spots throughout the home.
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Put a Lid on It: Organize for Cooking and Food Storage (YouTube Video)

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The Clutter Fairy talks about how to reclaim the heart of the house—the kitchen—as a welcoming place to prepare healthy meals for yourself and your family.
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Outer Space: Organize Your Garage, Patio, or Storage Shed (YouTube Video)

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It's spring—time to go outside and play! But for those of us who struggle with clutter, our “outer spaces” can become blocked with junk instead of supporting our dreams of outdoor fun and entertainment.
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Looking Good on Paper: Take Control with a Few Smart Paper Practices (YouTube Video)

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Like any clutter, paper can stand in the way of your best life. Failure to control it wastes time and effort and can lead to financial or legal trouble.
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Ready, Set, Go: Organize to Streamline Your Daily Life (YouTube Video)

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Disorganized spaces and unproductive habits can waste valuable time and keep us from getting the day off to a strong start.
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Clutter Hacks #11: Top Tip for Streamlining Your Morning Routine (YouTube Video)

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The Clutter Fairy’s best advice for streamlining the process of leaving the house to head for work: Designate "parking spaces" for your most critical items.
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Make Space for the Life You Love: Organizing Goals for 2017 (YouTube Video)

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Our stuff becomes clutter when it stands in the way of other things that we want and need, like relationships, comfort, and peace of mind.
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Uncluttered Home for the Holidays: Organizing Tips for a Joyful Season (YouTube Video)

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The Clutter Fairy offers less stressful, less cluttered solutions to holiday gift-giving, decorating, and entertaining.
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From Heirlooms to Ikea: The Role of Furniture in the (de)Cluttered Life (YouTube Video)

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We explore the intersection of furniture and clutter: optimizing furniture in home design, “right-sizing” to reduce clutter, disposing of unneeded pieces.
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Stop the Fire Hose! Preventing Clutter at the Source (YouTube Video)

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By paying careful attention to our collecting habits, we can change our behavior to cut off the “fire hose” of new clutter.
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Thinking Outside the Box: Decluttering Your Last Move…or the Next One (YouTube Video)

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Decisions postponed before, during, or after a move can steal space in our homes and our minds for months, years, or even until the next move.
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