Category Archives: Decluttering

Decluttering

But It Was So Expensive!

Posted on January 7, 2022 By Katrina
A few years ago one of my co-workers came to my office to ask a question, and I noticed she was pulling at her sleeves.   “Is there something wrong with your sweater?” I asked. “No,” she said, “It’s just that it’s made of angora, and angora makes me itch.” “Do you think you mi...
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Decluttering

A Problem for Another Day

Posted on February 5, 2020 By Katrina
Margaret was a small business owner who worked and saw clients in her home office. She generally kept the space clean and inviting, but she wasn’t happy with how her set up was working and hired me to help fix it. Much of what we did to improve Margaret’s office was simple: rearranging furni...
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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...
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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 […...
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Decluttering

“I Might Need It Someday”

Posted on June 13, 2019 By Katrina
One of the most common excuses we have for keeping things we don’t use is that we “might need it someday.” Someday it might be useful to have this costume jewelry. Someday I might need this half-used box of crayons. Someday I’ll have a problem that can only be solved by eight sets of takeout...
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Decluttering

Ask An Organizer: Monsters Under the Bed

Posted on May 16, 2019 By Katrina
Every once in a while I’ll find myself on an online forum with people asking for help decluttering. This is a question I answered a while back that I thought might resonate with others. If you have an organizing or decluttering question you’d like answered, send it to me at katrina@katrinaconsul...
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