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I’m talking with Jessica to come up with strategies for:
- getting into a decluttering habit and keeping momentum.
- not getting stuck on visible spaces only.
- how to not make decluttering a bigger project than it needs to be.
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--Nony
Hi! Great podcast. Just a comment about the winter coats, I had a similar situation and discovered that it ended up being easier to just make sure that I always had space in the coat closet for the winter gear. The first place I always looked for winter gear was in that coat closet. When I tried to store off-season gear somewhere else, I just ended up forgetting that I had it, and the kids grew out of it! Now I have a plastic bin that I keep in the coat closet, and if I have any winter gear that doesn’t yet fit the kids I put it in there. Everything else that currently fits just hangs on a hook! No more forgotten gear, and everybody can find what they need on that first snow day of the year.
Haha yes I have that disorder! 😂
Dana, your books and videos have helped me immensely! Keep up the excellent work. First when you decluttered your cookbooks and you came across the picnic basket; you could keep your picnic supplies in the picnic basket if you got it as a wedding present so it is meaningful to you. I realize you probably have donated it by now, but just a thought. And secondly, the container concept was a game changer for me.
This is a great idea, EngineerMom! I started storing my son’s “grow-into” clothes in giant plastic zipper storage bags (from the dollar store), sorted by size in his bedroomcloset. But, sometimes when I open up the next size’s bag, it’s not yet winter. So, keeping THOSE items in the coat closet would help me access them quickly when winter sneaks up on us! 🙂
Just found your blog and videos and I wanted to say I really appreciate your honesty and sense of humour. You are funny and get your point across beautifully.
Picking up much wisdom and feeling validated on some things I was already doing.
I stopped sorting and making piles a while back. I’d rather deal with three things fully than sort through 100 that still won’t make it to where they should be!!!