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I have said this many times: “Your surroundings contribute to how you feel in your space”. When you shape your dwelling, it shapes you. And you have the power to shape it well. [...]

As I have written before, I never set out to be a minimalist per se. As a professional organizer, who always thought I was living like a minimalist solely because I never had too much stuff in my [...]

Clutter. It is all the stuff you have that doesn’t have a home that is in the wrong spot. Often that wrong spot is on a counter, a table, a bed, or the floor. Those flat surfaces – [...]

“If you want to change the word start off by making your bed.” – Admiral William H. McRaven Make your bed. It is one of the best things you can do create a life you love. There are a [...]

You might think much time is needed to tackle your most cluttered spaces. You might even think the task is too difficult to do. Clutter does that. By definition, clutter is confused or disordered [...]

You, like many of my clients might feel like living a simple life is elusive and that living with ease can’t be fully created. You might have even tried to build habits for a simpler life [...]

I am asked all the time about where to start in getting organized or living healthy and well. It all feels quiet confusing and chaotic – unnecessarily so. Simple is the answer to living [...]

I subscribed to a handful of carefully selected blogs that offer me ways to live simply. And I choose to read only those few because I know my limit and what I can digest. I realized early on in [...]

When I was 30 I was promoted to the job of assistant dean at a college just outside of Boston. One of my colleagues, in advising me on how to successfully manage the layers of the job said, be [...]