I often get asked this question: What do I do if the place where I would look for an item first is full? What if I take it there now, and that place where I take it is stuffed? These questions have been answered in many places throughout the blog, podcast and videos I’ve made over the years. The links below will help!
Blog Posts
The simple answer is, “When you take something to the first place where you’d look for it and there isn’t room. You make room by removing something easy. These blog posts give real life examples of how I have done this, and you can too!
How NOT to get Distracted from a Decluttering Project by Other Decluttering Projects
The One In One Out Rule the Used to Boggle My Mind
Podcast Episodes:
183: Decluttering the Whole Messy House Podcast
358: Applying the Decluttering Process to Any Situation, Eve the Ones that Seem Too Different
Video:
Live Q&A Videos:
You’ll find the question answered at timestamps listed next to the video link.
Decluttering and Home Routines: Q&A (at 36:31)
and THIS Live QA (timestamp 23:16)
and THIS ONE (timestamp 48:45)
From My Audiobook Series:
Tortoise and Hare Decluttering: The Whats, Whys, and Hows of Every Angle of Decluttering is a short audio book (available on Amazon) which dives into common decluttering struggles such as:
- resisting my “Take It There Now” strategy
- having a “project mentality” when it comes to decluttering
- creating more clutter while decluttering
Additional Resources:
5 Step No Mess Decluttering Video Course