The Clutter Fairy Weekly #76
The ABCs of Clutter: An Alphabet of Organizing Ideas
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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The Clutter Fairy Alphabet
Here’s our alphabetical list to serve as prompts for your Weekly Tittle. (You’ll need to watch the video or listen to the podcast to understand the context in which we talked about these clutter concepts.)
- A is for aspirational clutter.
- B is for bedroom.
- C is for clutter itself…and also for clarity
- D is for decision fatigue.
- E is for expiration date.
- F is for filter.
- G is for garage.
- H is for hobbies.
- I is for inheritance.
- J is for jumpstart.
- K is for keep/toss decisions.
- L is for life cycle.
- M is for maintenance.
- N is for need.
- O is for overwhelm.
- P is for paper.
- Q is for quality over quantity.
- R is for retail therapy.
- S is for sorting.
- T is for time management.
- U is for unpacking.
- V is for value.
- W is for white elephant.
- X is for X factor.
- Y is for YOU.
- Z is for zip-lock bags.
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.
T is for Tittle
There’s a festive holiday weekend coming up for our viewers and listeners in the United States, so we’re giving everyone a fairly easy assignment this week:
- Pick any one item from our alphabetical list at left or above.
- Spend 10 minutes on a decluttering task that the prompt inspires for you.
- Tell us about your accomplishment in a comment on YouTube, Facebook, down at the bottom of this page, or in person in our next webcast.
- Bonus challenge: Use the first letter of your last name as the prompt for your decluttering task.
For the full discussion of this week’s tittle, watch the Weekly Tittle segment on YouTube.
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