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    How We Define “Organized” | Answering Your Decluttering Naysayers

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    A viewer asked, “Can you define the term ‘organized’?” The dictionary definition leaves us a little cold, so we’ll suggest one that works better for our audience! We’ll also talk about how to respond to people who pooh-pooh your decluttering efforts. In episode #265 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, answers viewer and listener questions and discusses short topics suggested by our audience in our surveys and social-media channels.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free
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    Getting Honest With Yourself About What Works and What Doesn’t

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    Have you struggled with clutter for years, but keep feeling like you’re right back at square one? Maybe it’s time to take a critical look at the beliefs, assumptions, and routines that aren’t getting the job done. In episode #264 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines habits of thought and practice that keep us stuck in clutter and suggests strategies for bringing radically honest change to the work of decluttering and organizing.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free
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    The Home Office: Align Your Workspace with How You Really Work Now

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    New technologies and trends have transformed the way many of us work, but our home workspaces haven’t always kept up with the changes. One consequence is clutter that cuts into productivity and diminishes enjoyment of our homes. In episode #263 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, discusses factors that contribute to home office space clutter and offers strategies for aligning these spaces with the way we work today.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free
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    Reality Checks: What We Learn About Ourselves as We Get Organized

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    The decluttering and organizing process is a journey of self-discovery. As we peel back the layers of our lives, we learn valuable lessons about who we are in relation to our stuff. In episode #262 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, shares the reality checks and “Aha!” moments our clients and audience members have experienced as they work to declutter and organize.

    We prepared a survey to learn about our audience’s experiences related to this episode’s topic. To answer the survey, please see Survey #262: Reality Checks and “Aha!” Moments.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free
  • Cleaning supplies on wooden counter in front of pale green tile wall

    How to Organize and Store Cleaning Products, plus More Short Topics

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    How many cleaning supplies do we really need? How much is too much? And what’s the best way to organize and store cleaning products? In episode #261 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, offers strategies and best practices for organizing and storing cleaning products—plus other short topics suggested by our audience.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free

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    When It’s Time for a Change, Downsize and Declutter Your Wardrobe

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    Does your wardrobe include clothes you’ve never even gotten around to wearing? The convenience of online shopping, the proliferation of fast fashion, and the temptation of “retail therapy” have helped us stuff our dressers and closets to overflowing. In episode #260 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, discusses how to align your wardrobe with your current style—and lifestyle—and offers strategies to make your closets more useful and manageable.

    We prepared a survey to learn about our audience’s experiences related to this episode’s topic. To answer the survey, please see Survey #260: Wardrobe Malfunctions or Clutter in the Closet.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free
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    Your Home Is Not a Museum: Making Tough Choices About Collections

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    Collections become clutter as soon as they outgrow our systems of organization, the space allotted to them, or our capacity to enjoy them. It takes a careful, thoughtful approach to store and display collections and to recognize when it’s time to cut back. In episode #259 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, discusses collections—how they accumulate, why they get out of control, and what you can do to rein them in when the need arises.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free
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    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast)—canceled for June 10, 2025

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    There will be no episode of The Clutter Fairy Weekly this week because host Gayle Goddard is traveling to the NAPO board meeting. We’ll be back next week!

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free
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    Book Club: Decluttering at the Speed of Life (Dana K. White)

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    Dana K. White’s Decluttering at the Speed of Life is a real-world guide to making steady progress in decluttering your home. The book features a container-based approach to decision-making and a five-step process for reducing clutter in any area of the home. In episode #258 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, reviews Decluttering at the Speed of Life and discusses practical lessons we can learn from this enjoyable, accessible decluttering guide.

    We prepared a survey to learn about our audience’s experiences related to this episode’s topic. To answer the survey, please see Survey #258: The Container Concept, the Visibility Rule, and No-mess Decluttering.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free

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    Yours, Mine, Ours: Seeking Clarity in Our Cluttered Relationships

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)
    Online

    Clutter can interfere with our relationships, and complex relationships can make it harder to face our clutter. Managing our own stuff while navigating other people’s attitudes about our stuff—and theirs—requires patience, compassion, and understanding on all sides. In episode #257 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines the impact of clutter on relationships over time and offers strategies for bringing greater clarity and peace to our homes.

    We prepared a survey to learn about our audience’s experiences related to this episode’s topic. To answer the survey, please see Survey #257: Clutter In and Around Our Relationships.

    The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.

    Free

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