Katrina, Author at Katrina Consults

When Life Maintenance Collides with Life Events

Posted on January 8, 2020 By Katrina

I recently worked with a client on her home office. She explained that the space used to work quite well for her – she could pay her bills, invoice clients, do her writing, etc. It was perfect. Then she got caught up in a legal dispute, needed surgery that limited her mobility for months, and ...

Minimalism

Minimalism as Another Thing to Sell to Us

Posted on November 27, 2019 By Katrina

Earlier this year, writer Grace Lee released a video essay called “Kondo-Culture: The Fall of the House of Stuff.” It’s a fascinating dive into how marketing and societal expectations effect our relationships with our homes and belongings, and how even the lack of something can be sold to you ...

Organization

Why I’m the Last Organizational Product You’ll Buy

Posted on October 23, 2019 By Katrina

I think a lot of people assume one of the main things I do is recommend specific organizational products to my clients. While I certainly can make purchasing suggestions, I rarely need to because most of my clients have plenty of organizational products and furniture pieces in their homes already. T...

Decluttering

Time Adds Value – But Mostly in Our Minds

Posted on October 16, 2019 By Katrina

The longer you have something, the more valuable it feels. It doesn’t matter why you’ve had it, how much you’ve needed it, or if it’s actually increased in value since the beginning. Time itself makes objects feel like they are worth more than they are, despite the fact that time is also the...

Decluttering, Minimalism, My Story

The #WearItAllChallenge – Fall Edition

Posted on October 1, 2019 By Katrina

Earlier this year my friends and I created the #WearItAllChallenge, beginning with #WearItAllJuly. The goal of the challenge is to wear a completely different outfit every day for an entire month. I love this challenge because everyone learns something different from it, and what they learn is often...

Decluttering, Digital

Inbox Zero: Unsubscribe

Posted on September 18, 2019 By Katrina

When I teach classes on helping people get to and maintain Inbox Zero, I will sometimes get a lot of pushback on unsubscribing from things. Here are a few of the most common excuses I hear and why you should ignore them. 1. They’ll just add me back again later Yes, its true that sometimes [&hellip...

Decluttering

Why ‘Spark Joy’ Works, and When It Doesn’t

Posted on September 4, 2019 By Katrina

The popularity of Marie Kondo’s Netflix show “Tidying Up” has exposed more people to her ideas than ever. Because Kondo has such a clear, codified message and a confident way of expressing it, I find that many are happy to take her tactics at face value. Those that don’t tend to ridicule her...

My Story

On Journals & Journaling

Posted on August 21, 2019 By Katrina

A few years ago I started to acknowledge that I had a lot of unfinished journals and notebooks. Specifically, I had a number of blank journals, a collection of nearly-full ones, several half-full ones, and too many with only a few pages of ambitious thoughts. I used to carry a journal with me everyw...

Decluttering, My Story

The #WearItAllJuly Challenge

Posted on August 13, 2019 By Katrina

On July 1st I posted a picture of myself on Instagram with the following description: Can you wear entirely different clothes every day for a month? My friends and I are challenging each other to do this, not only to put on things we don’t wear that often, but to learn what we really use […...

Digital

Inbox Zero #1: Defining the Problem

Posted on July 24, 2019 By Katrina

The most common kind of digital clutter I help people with is email inbox management. Most people don’t even realize that this is an area where change is possible. They assume that email just is what it is and will always be a source of worry and stress. But it doesn’t have to be. You […]...

When Life Maintenance Collides with Life Events

Minimalism as Another Thing to Sell to Us

Why I’m the Last Organizational Product You’ll Buy

Time Adds Value – But Mostly in Our Minds

The #WearItAllChallenge – Fall Edition

Inbox Zero: Unsubscribe

Why ‘Spark Joy’ Works, and When It Doesn’t

On Journals & Journaling

The #WearItAllJuly Challenge

Inbox Zero #1: Defining the Problem

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