The Clutter Fairy Weekly #283
Don’t Buy the Hype: Conscientious Shopping in the Holiday Season
As the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, marketers use every trick they know to get us to buy, buy, buy. But we can resist the noise and pressure to overspend and add to clutter if we practice thoughtful, conscientious shopping habits. In episode #283 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines the perils of shopping in the holiday season and suggests strategies for sticking to our lists and our budgets.
Content in this episode is based on the results of audience surveys.
Some content in this episode is based on results of a survey of our audience.
The next selection for The Clutter Fairy Book Club will be New Order: A Decluttering Handbook for Creative Folks (and Everyone Else) by Fay Wolf. Shop for the paperback or ebook at Bookshop.org.
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The Weekly Tittle is an exercise designed to focus your attention on a specific space, aspect, or challenge of decluttering and organizing your home. We assign a new tittle in each webcast/podcast, then check on your progress the following week.
Twinkling Holiday Lights
This week’s assignment is to reflect on how you’d like to enjoy the holiday season this year. This is a quick and easy tittle, because we know you’ll have many other things to do in the coming weeks:
- Make a list of three or four activities you cherish during the holiday season. These might include religious observations, decorating, cooking, entertaining, travel, shopping, gift-giving, family gatherings, or any aspects of the season that hold the most meaning for you.
- If you don’t celebrate any holidays at this time of year, make a list of activities you particularly enjoy doing in the fall and winter.
- Reflect on the simplest, most uncomplicated form in which you might enjoy each of the items on your list.
- Keep your simplified holiday plans in mind as the season unfolds, and resist the pressure to overfill, overspend, and overcomplicate this time of year!
For the full discussion of this week’s tittle, watch the Weekly Tittle segment on YouTube.
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