Let’s Be Frank Let’s be frank here. Decluttering is a tough job! Lots of emotions are involved during this process. Many organizational gurus will say it will take you X amount of time to declutter. PLEASE NOTE: This is a general statement to get you started. Too Many Factors Way too many factors are involved […]
As long as there are new products, there will always be clutter. Why? Because we simply haven’t learned the skill when we buy something new, something must leave our home. The Clutter No One Talks About You know the stuff. If not, let me remind you. It is the stuff laying around in your homes […]
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was a ‘Magic Pill’ that would solve the problem of ‘Clutter’ and ‘CHAOS’? I believe all of us would take it as if it were a vitamin and yet… How many of us take a daily vitamin? Example Of Taking A Daily Vitamin Sounds simple enough, doesn’t it? And yet […]
Today in my secret group of Marilyn’s Way we are practicing ‘Throw Away Thursday. Many get excited to do a project like this but at the end of the day they don’t like the results. Why? Clutter! Get It Out Of Your Home! Decluttering is like laundry. It can pile up. The clothes can be […]
As we go through the process of ‘decluttering’ we all have said this at least once in our lifetime… What Was I Thinking??? You guessed it. We all have strange things we kept at the time for more than one reason or the other. In The Beginning… When we first began to start decluttering most of […]
When I created Marilyn’s Way Dance Till You FLY! System (c) 2015 three requirements had to be part of the system. 1. SIMPLE 2. EFFECTIVE 3. DOABLE In order for it to work it also had […]
Every home has trash cans in multiple places in the home. We do it to make our lives easier. In fact if we recycle, chances are there is a recycling center set up in the home. So why don’t we have a Donation/Giveaway Box located somewhere in our home? One of the rules to keep our homes […]
Christmas will soon be over. More items will come in than go out. What does that spell? CLUTTER! CLUTTER! CLUTTER! What to do? Have a 31 Days Of Cha Cha Cha Event! It stands for ‘Throw Away’ ‘Give Away’ and ‘Put Away’. January is a great month for this event. Many will be taking down […]
It seems our homes, offices and lives are more cluttered than ever before. A recent UCLA study revealed that American families are overwhelmed by their stuff. Advertisers seem to have sold the idea that our things will save us time and money all while making our lives easier. Instead the truth is our stuff is […]
Are you a SHE? SHE stands for Sidetracked Home Executive in which the ‘Slob Sisters’ coined the phrase. Today many will use this phrase when it comes to explaining different styles of organizing. The first time I heard about a SHE was from Flylady. In fact I am a follower of Flylady. I definitely could […]