As I prepare to take some time off to spend Christmas with my family and also be ready for the biggest decluttering week of the year, I thought I'd share some of the most frantically searched posts and podcasts on the blog at this time of year. They're all about . . . guests. Because if there's anything that strikes panic in the heart of …
192: Experience Gifts Vs Stuff Gifts Podcast
I'm sharing ideas for experience-based gifts, and some things to consider when deciding to give them. Thank you to this episode's sponsors! Sponsor: PrepDish! - Get a free two week trial of this meal planning service! CanvasPeople.com is offering their popular 11 by 14 photo canvases for free this week only. You’ll pay nothing – just cover …
Help for the Person Who (Supposedly) Can’t Be Helped
One of the saddest stories I've heard in my role as Person Who Talks About Decluttering On The Internet was told to me by a life-long friend. I was about two years into my blogging journey, and she was one of the few people in my real life who knew I was telling my deslobification story to the world as Nony (short for aNONYmous). She shares …
191: Keep What You Want to Keep Podcast
Dread of getting rid of emotional stuff can be paralyzing and keep you from getting started decluttering. Don't dread that. You can totally keep whatever you want to keep. You just can't keep everything. I talk through (with my raspy-post-sickness voice) this concept and how it works when you're decluttering. Mentioned in this …
Decluttering (and Cleaning) In the Midst of Illness
I regularly hear this question: How do you manage decluttering (or cleaning) when you're sick? Or even more difficult: How do you make decluttering progress when you suffer from a chronic illness? There are two reasons why I haven't given an in-depth answer before. First, I don't suffer from chronic illness and I try to stick to sharing …
190: Things I’m Thankful I Did (A While Back) Podcast
Last week, I shared things I'm thankful I did recently. Today, I'm sharing some long term thankfulness for things I did a long time ago. When I feel warm fuzzy feelings of thankfulness over benefiting from my own actions of long ago, I remind myself that it's VERY worth my time to keep doing these kinds of things. Sponsors: CanvasPeople.com is …
189: Things I’m Thankful I Did This Week Podcast
It's Thanksgiving season here in the U.S., and being thankful is good. But today, I'm focusing my thankfulness a little differently. I'm talking about things I'm thankful I did this week. And why I'm thankful I did them. Things like laundry and dishes and a few little hacks that make my life easier and make me breathe a sigh of thankful …
Our Five Favorite Soup Recipes (Including the Best Potato Soup Recipe Ever!)
The weather in Texas is legitimately cold today. In the 30s, y'all. I think it even went below freezing last night. Yesterday, I found myself mentally calculating how many days of soup weather we'd have before it gets back to normal-for-around-here temps. Because cold weather = soup weather. Not that we can't or don't eat soup when it …
188: What About Cleaning and Decluttering?? (In the Midst of Life) Podcast
After talking about fitting in "real" life last week, I am talking this week about fitting cleaning and decluttering in around all that life I want to live. I'm also answering questions about last week's podcast from people over on Instagram. You should totally follow me there. Sponsors: For a free two week trial of …
