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30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! What's One Thing you can clear, clean or organize today? It can be letting go of one item, clearing one drawer, one item on your to-do list... Happy Organizing! xo Spring Ready to make this real? Reading about it is one thing.   Actually transforming your home and life? That takes support, guidance, and someone who believes in you completely. I'm here.   Let's do this together. ➜ See How I Can Help ➜   Join the Declutter Club

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Today's One Thing all things dental: toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, those little plastic flossing things...anything the dentist would be glad you use. If you don't have many dental-related items, maybe give their homes a good cleaning and make sure you're up on your teeth cleaning (Covid did a number on regular scheduling!). If you have a lot of dental items, gather all things dental in one place, put them into piles in categories (d

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Today's One Thing is Makeup and Self Care Items. It's a great day to look through what you have and set your Future Self up for a pleasant get-ready experience. Choose the category you're going to focus on (Lipstick? Makeup brushes? All makeup?) and gather it alllll together. Put on your Honesty Pants and choose what you truly love and wear. Toss or put in a donate box what you're not going to keep. Choose happy homes for what you're going to

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! How do you store and use your candles? Are they ready to support your in an emergency? Are they ready to help you rest and restore, refresh and re-light? I used to save candles and old wax for the some day when I might make my own candles, and I used to have candles and candle holders tucked on and around all over the place throughout my home without much rhyme or reason. I was always amazed at how often I couldn't find ANY of the gazillion m

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Today's One Thing is shower and bath supplies - any or all of them (this is your challenge after all!). Choose a category - maybe shampoo, maybe all cleansers, maybe soap...something manageable. There's also razors, lotions...anything bath or shower related you want. You can always do another category when you finish the first one - the important thing is to finish what you begin. Collect EVERYTHING in that category Choose the ones you love/u

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Today's One Thing is first aid supplies... I did logistics for Outward Bound and have been an outdoor guide for 25 years, so I'm a bit of a first aid nut (just ask my husband...he's an EMT and he still laughs at me!). The most important thing with first aid isn't necessarily what you have, but that what you have is accessible. For true emergencies you're going to call 9-1-1 (or whatever your emergency number is for your country), so it's more

Tips to travel with less hassle and more comfort. I usually LOVE to travel near and far, but I'm a bit rusty with packing and planning after being cooped up for the last two years... I do remember - not waiting until the last day to gather supplies is SO much less stressful! I feel a stab of anxiety when I'm on a trip and remember something I forgot to pack, so here are some tips for happier travels... Here's what I recommend for organizing to travel (Not recommended for the

How to manage paper clutter one pile at a time... Raise your hand if you feel like papers are breeding when you're not looking! You're not alone - thousands of papers come into our hands each year, so it's easy for them to take over if we're not diligent about managing them. Add in backlogs that build up when we deal with disease, depression or a loved one passing, and it can feel like we're drowning (I know, I've been there!) To clear all the papers can seem like a huge, ove

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Today is the day to free the shoes and turn boots into stand up citizens! Gather aaaallll of your shoes together for a little shoe party (or maybe it's a big party!) and put your Honesty Pants on to look through them. If you have a lot of shoes, put categories or colors together (dress shoes, boots, etc.), then ask your Self: do I love these? Do I wear these? Do I want these? Try them on with outfits if needed, walk around the house in them,

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Today is the day to go through mystery containers in the refrigerator and either lose them or label them. April's TidyWild Member organizing lesson is Life Begins in the Kitchen, with aaaallll my tips on kitchen organizing in connection with setting health and life goals, but today we'll keep it simple and focus on leftovers! Here's what I recommend: Take all mystery and unmarked leftover containers out of the fridge and freezer. Put on your

30 day Spring Cleaning Challenge! My Mum's closet I did this with my Mum yesterday and we were both amazed at how quickly it went! I've done this with countless clients and friends and it works like magic when you cut through the mental chatter and just do it... Here's what I recommend: 1 - Imagine what you want to feel like when you go out into the world, then picture what colors, styles and textures you're wearing. 2 - Clear off your bed 3 - Take alllll the hanging clothes

Tips to declutter all those reusable bags, Ziplocks and/or paper bags! ⭐ Choose one type of bag to clear, clean and organize so the next time you go to grab one, your inner Self will say THANK YOU!⭐ Remember: the smaller the category, the easier it is to complete. Do Ziplocks plague you? Clean ones here, unclean ones there, a box here, a few boxes there... Do you have waaaay more reusable shopping bags than you could ever use? Do you have shopping bags are pouring out of ever

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! If you’re always looking for a pen even though you know pens are everywhere, or you’re you keep coming across pens that don’t work, today’s One Thing is for you! This can be any or all types of pens: ball point, art, Sharpie, gel, highlighters… I’ve gone through 100+ pens in one sitting. I’ve done this with kids pens, art pens, my pens, writer’s pens…it works for all of them. I’ve done this for many clients, friends and myself - when I moved

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! I've been completely inspired by this Spring Cleaning Challenge, even though I'm the one putting it on! I'm pleasantly surprised...and I'm pretty sure my husband is, too. I'm right here with you, digging in and clearing out! Today's challenge is to Clear One Counter, and, as always, if this doesn't speak to you, choose your own One Thing to do that will make today better and brighter... When I say "clear one counter," I don't just mean take e

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! Don't worry, I'm not going to make you clean your fridge! If your fridge is covered in magnets, photos and who-knows-what, today is the day to free the fridge! We're going to clear off and clean the outside... 1- Take everything off 2- Wipe down the outside (see cleaning tips below) 3 - See how you feel with it clear 4 - Choose carefully what you want to go back on I recommend taking a before and after photo - this does 3 things: helps you se

If you're plagued by junk mail, unwanted catalogs and/or donation solicitations, these steps can help! First, I recommend signing up with these organizations to be removed from junk mail lists - I use all of them and love them. www.DMAChoice.org - to get off mailing and email lists. It's $2 very well spent! The United States Postal Service recommends them. Use it every 2-5 years or as junk mail starts to build up again. www.WasteFreeMail.com - use on desktops or they have a

30 Day Spring Cleaning Challenge! If you have a lot of lists around your house, here's how I reduce them and actually get to-dos done. I recommend having a pen and couple big pieces of paper and/or a journal you use regularly. But first, I have an extra challenge for you... It's time to either commit to doing these things or letting them go. Give your Future Self the gift of actually DOING your to-dos. I mean, why spend time making lists if we're not going to DO these things,

A simple tip to get unwanted items out of our living spaces. The Donation Station is one of my absolute favorite simple clutter solutions! A Donation Station is a consistent, designated, easy-to-access but out-of-the way place to put things we come across on a daily basis that we don't want-use-need-love. How many times do we walk by, move, touch or look at things we don't want in our homes, garages, cupboards and closets? These items can clutter our physical and mental space

A few minutes decluttering can bring hours of relaxation I invite you to take time today (or schedule a time) to clear around your favorite place to rest - maybe it's a couch, a bed, the dining room table, the bathtub - anywhere you want to say "aaahhh." First, stand back and look at the space as objectively as possible, as if you were in someone else's shoes. Maybe take a photo - this is a great way to literally see through a different lens. The top two things I suggest ar

The One Thing Happy Life Recipe To walk into a room, step past feeling overwhelmed and choose ONE THING to do RIGHT NOW can be absolutely transformative. And it's not as scary as it might sound. When people reach out to me for help with decluttering and organizing, they often begin with, "I feel so overwhelmed!" and "I don't know where to start!" And when I'm with a client-friend and we walk into a room full of who-knows-what, or we open a closet door and a mish-mash pops out