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Event Series The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)

Spring Into Action: Small Cleaning Projects to Refresh Your Home

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Spring in the northern hemisphere is here, bringing warmer days, longer hours of sunshine, and a sense of fresh possibilities. Let’s take advantage of an early-spring day to “spring forward” on a few household organizing tasks. In our next meeting/our next webcast/today’s webcast, we’ll shine daylight into neglected corners of our homes and offer a list of simple tasks to kick off your spring cleaning regimen.

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.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Event Series The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)

A Detour Down Memory Lane: Declutter Stuff with Sentimental Value

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Every home contains at least a few items we keep even though they serve no practical purpose and can be awkward to display and difficult to maintain. We’re talking about the sentimental stuff! Even when we want to let go, we get sidetracked down the path of memories, emotions, and long-held beliefs. In episode #141 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores sentimental clutter and offers tips for balancing sentimental value with our real-world conditions of time, space, and resources.

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.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Jigsaw puzzle with one piece left to put in place
Event Series The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)

Everything Depends on Execution: Decluttering Philosophy at Work

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In the last four episodes, we’ve explored our relationships with belongings from several different perspectives—our idea of a good life, emotional responses, habits and behaviors, and ethical principles related to stuff. In episode #138 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, reviews the elements of the “personal philosophy of decluttering” and offers practical tools to clarify decision-making.

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.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Storage units behind iron gate
Event Series The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)

A World of Complex Choices: Ethical Considerations About Clutter

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We make hundreds of decisions every week about what to buy, what to discard, where to shop, what to keep, what to give away, and who should have what we don’t want or need any more. In episode #137 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, asks ethical, social, and environmental questions that can guide and influence our relationship with stuff.

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.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Face of African elephant against blue sky
Event Series The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)

Eating an Elephant: The Power of Habits in a Decluttered Life

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Unproductive habits can lead to excessive accumulation, stagnation, and clutter. But useful habits can turn small increments of work into gigantic progress over time. In episode #136 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, discusses the role of habits in keeping us stuck in our clutter or giving us the power to make meaningful change in our homes and our lives.

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.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Purple flowers on yellow background
Event Series The Clutter Fairy Weekly (webcast series)

Holding on Tightly or Letting Go Lightly: Clutter and Emotions

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Emotions play leading roles in the habits and routines through which we acquire stuff, decide what to keep, and face the challenge of clutter buildup. In episode #135 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, unpacks positive and negative emotions that influence our choices and suggests ways to leverage emotions in managing our clutter.

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.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Tidy yellow bedroom

From Rat’s Nest to Restful Retreat: Mastering the Bedroom

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The bedroom should be a quiet, peaceful sanctuary where we recharge ourselves and enjoy intimate moments. But when clutter invades, visual distractions and mental noise can sap our energy and erode the quality of our sleep. In episode #131 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, offers tips for transforming your main bedroom from a stress-inducing mess into a tranquil refuge.

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.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Couch that is too big for room

Tight Spots, Tiny Budgets: Outfitting Dorm Rooms and Apartments

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Graduation season is about to start, and parents everywhere will be scrambling to launch their graduates into college life, often with little cash and strict space limitations. Even if college isn’t in the plans, your kids may need help establishing a space of their own. In episode #117 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, offers low-cost, space-saving suggestions for organizing starter apartments, dorm rooms, and other compact spaces.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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Spring into Decluttering: 20 Tiny Projects to Start Moving Forward

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Spring in the northern hemisphere is finally here, bringing warmer days, more sunlight, and a burst of fresh energy. Let’s take advantage of an early-spring day to “spring forward” on a few household organizing tasks. In episode #113 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, looks at often-neglected corners of our lives and shares a list of simple tasks where you can score big decluttering wins.

Join the meeting from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android by clicking this link: https://zoom.us/j/993419863.

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The Clutter Fairy Weekly: The ABCs of Clutter: An Alphabet of Organizing Ideas

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For people who struggle with stuff, clutter permeates every aspect of our lives: our space, our time, our emotions, and our relationships. In episode #76 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, we set ourselves a challenge: to identify and explain an organizing concept, issue, or tip for every letter of the alphabet.

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