Sometimes I have the ability to see into the future. I see Future Me, deciding at the last minute to make mac 'n cheese for dinner. (Because mac 'n cheese is what I make at the last minute.) Future Me is in a hurry. She's a little frazzled. She grabs the box from the pantry and rushes to the stove. While she is trying to do a thousand other …
Archives for May 2015
Less.
Continuing my Saturday challenge of doing Two Things at some point in a busy day, I decided to tackle my Junk Drawers. Remember them? I decluttered them long ago, in this post where I first came up with my two decluttering questions. They needed re-decluttering. Oh boy, did they. My clue that it was time was not so subtle. When you …
063 Creating Storage Space Podcast
Mentioned in this Podcast: Finding Storage Space in My House Subscribe by Email Daily Deslobification BlogCast Master Bedroom's Recent Disaster Avoid drinking from measuring cups this summer!! Check out DrinkBands. (Click on SLOB in the red bar at the top of the page for a special podcast listeners discount!) …
Using an Awkward Pause to Finish Laundry Day
It was 2:48. I needed to be at my kid’s school by 3:00. The school is five minutes away. It was officially an awkward pause in my day. What could I possibly accomplish in seven minutes? But it was a Monday, and Monday is Laundry Day. And I was rocking Laundry Day on that particular Monday. Really. When Laundry Day is consistent and I’m …
Someone Has to Teach Them
Like almost every mother since the beginning of time, I found myself thinking, "How did my son not see that huge mess??" My 13yo recently had a highly brag-worthy modeling job. The back of his head will appear on the cover of my mother's book that will release in September. That's the bigtime, y'all. Anyway, with the money he earned, he …
The Next Saturday: Decluttering Two (Or Three) More Things
It was the next Saturday. I had another small pocket of unclaimed time, and I decided to try my Two Things strategy again. This time, I followed my Visibility Rule the way it's supposed to be followed. Don't declutter something guests will never see. Declutter something out in the open that I've stopped seeing. Like this: My …
062 Layers of a Clean House Podcast
Posts mentioned in this podcast: Layers of a Clean House Hit or Miss Genetics 28 Days to Hope for Your Home (e-book now retired: For detailed guides, check out my books: How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind and Decluttering at the Speed of Life.) Connect with me on Social Media See all my podcasts here. This episode's …
More Ideas for Containing Stuffed Animals
I started to title this, "More Ideas for Stuffed Animal Storage" but stopped myself. It's not about storing. It's about containing. By "it" I mean the way I have to think about my home to keep it from getting out of control. Storing means finding a place (or many places) to put things. Containing means designating a space, and letting that …
How Many Do I Need? Not that many.
I think about this question. I get asked this question. But any decluttering progress I've made has NOT been because I had an answer to this question. The best answer is simply, "Less." I need less. Or fewer. Whichever is grammatically correct for the situation. Less refers to something that can't be counted. Fewer is used when there …
