I love this story of decluttering kids' things SO much! I've been there, I know it isn't fun, but I also know the Container Concept is magic. I'm so happy to hear how it worked for this reader! You are a true miracle worker! My 9 year old son has a HUGE stuffed animal obsession. I recently finally got him talked into keeping only …
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Helping An Artist Find Her Paints with Dana’s Decluttering Method
This one makes me so happy! But I do have to clarify that you can fill your hands with things to take to their homes together to cut down on trips. Just don't set anything down, in a pile or a box. Hi Dana! I've been following you for years, and I want to thank you so much for all you do. This past weekend I went to visit my 80 year old mom, …
Using The Container Concept to Make Overwhelming Decisions
I love this story from one of you! I completely agree that when things are overwhelming, letting the container make the tough decisions is so incredibly helpful. Hi Dana, aka Nony- I’ve been following you for awhile, and loving reading your emails and books, listening to your podcasts and watching your videos- and laughing at your wonderful …
Finding Hope in the Deslobification Journey
I don't have much to say to introduce this one, other than that stories like this one make all of this crazy made-up job worthwhile. I'm so thankful for the hope I found and the hope others can find. Hi Dana, I've been mentally writing this email for the last year. :) I've known about your blog for many years and occasionally stopped by from …
A Donate Box Helps Create Good Habits – One Reader’s Experience
I loooooove this story. I experienced the same thing. As I worked on decluttering, my kids picked up the basics from me. I don’t always feel like I’m passing on my new, declutterer habits to my daughters. They like collections, and they treasure coloring pages from church and school. Then I walk into my bedroom and notice something in my …
The Steps Just WORK! Keeping The House Under Control During Sickness
I love this story! Knowing what works is such a relief. Hi Dana, We had a cold bug that went through the entire family this week. Kid ended up in the ER. Pregnant Mom had to call hubby home so he could be caregiver while I slept. And then he got sick. I woke up yesterday feeling just enough energy to do one thing. And my house is a disaster. …
A Reader Declutters and Containerizes Her Office
Home offices can turn into storage spaces for random stuff so easily! This can make them so hard to declutter. I love this story from one of you, sharing how working through the process, even in an overwhelming situation, works. If you don't know what process I'm talking about, you can check out my decluttering page for lots of links, or for a …
From Our Mailbox: 93 Shirts!
I love this story. I gasped at the shirt count, but then admitted that I have probably been in exactly this situation in the past. I especially love how she used the actual numbers to help loving shirt-givers understand that the giving needed to stop! Yay math! I just finished a purging (really, the only word that truly describes it) of …
Finding the Family Clutter Threshold
I love this post by Molly. I'm a huge fan of figuring out cleaning and organizing strategies that work for your unique family, and that's exactly what she did! As a mom to three boys the clutter threshold at our house is low, real low. I used to think my kids were the only ones who couldn’t put the blocks in the block bucket and the cars in …
