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Getting unstuck

by Joyful Surroundings LLCJune 13, 2020December 27, 202110 Comments

Twenty minutes decluttering a day is the slow and steady way to lasting change but sometimes it feels like you're spinning your wheels. When you start to wonder if it's worth it, check in with yourself and see if you're…

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Getting past organizing overwhelm
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How to organize even when you’re sad

by Joyful Surroundings LLCJune 2, 2020December 27, 20217 Comments

When the world stops making sense, it's hard to concentrate on everyday tasks like decluttering. There's a giant feeling of 'why bother?' hanging over everything and a feeling of terrible impotence. Anger turns inward to depression. So, the closet is…

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Motivation to help you organize
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Organizing rules for recovering perfectionists

by Joyful Surroundings LLCMay 9, 2020December 27, 202110 Comments

Which organizing rules are you trying very hard to follow? Do they help you or do they trip you up? Check out the new rules for coping with clutter without sending yourself over the edge. O.H.I.O. is old school I…

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Decluttering food

by Joyful Surroundings LLCFebruary 22, 2020December 27, 20216 Comments

Do mealtimes routinely find you standing in front of your full pantry feeling like there's nothing to eat again? Let's play the eat it up challenge Looking at what's in your cupboards, write down a menu for tomorrow's meals. Sounds…

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Honest labeling

by Joyful Surroundings LLCFebruary 8, 2020December 27, 20214 Comments

If you're feeling overwhelmed by the clutter, consider easing into the organizing mindset by grabbing a sharpie and some blank labels. Take a look in the boxes and start making honest labels. “Wedding china I’ve never used but feel guilty…

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Fix the laundry blues

by Joyful Surroundings LLCJanuary 25, 2020December 27, 20216 Comments

On good days, there are overflowing hampers stuffed with dirty clothes and teetering piles of folded clean laundry on every counter, waiting to be put away. On bad days it feels like there's a perpetual carpet of clothes on the…

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Can’t get organized? Call in a Pro

by Joyful Surroundings LLCJanuary 18, 2020January 30, 2022Leave a comment

If you're like most people, you assume everyone else finds organizing easy. So when you look around at the clutter covering your floors (and the counters and the beds), you start getting mad with yourself. Organizing's easy, you should be…

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Get your guilt-free gift pass

by Joyful Surroundings LLCDecember 14, 2019December 27, 20212 Comments

How much of your clutter was given to you? Drawers full of unworn clothing in colors and styles that someone else picked out - pink fuzzy sweaters for people who love wearing sweats and a t-shirt. Athletic gear for people…

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Sentimental clutter
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Decluttering with a goal in mind

by Joyful Surroundings LLCNovember 9, 2019December 27, 20211 Comment

If decluttering your whole house seems way too overwhelming, consider trying to declutter your way towards something you want to access. It would take days to deal with everything that's in the room right now, but you really want to…

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Clutter math

by Joyful Surroundings LLCSeptember 28, 2019December 27, 20214 Comments

Clutter isn't always sentimental stuff you're holding onto from the past. Sometimes it's perfectly useful everyday items you unwittingly have way too many of. Like eager Eagle Scouts, many of us are trying to win the world badge for preparedness.…

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Body doubling

by Joyful Surroundings LLCSeptember 21, 2019December 27, 202111 Comments

Do you get overwhelmed when you try to declutter and organize yourself, yet find yourself effortlessly sorting, purging and categorizing when someone helps you? It's frustrating, isn't it? Why can't you just do it yourself? Take advantage of a body…

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Hopes and dreams or clutter?

by Joyful Surroundings LLCSeptember 7, 2019December 27, 20212 Comments

As you look around at the clutter that fills your space, do you feel confused and puzzled about why it's even there? Consider the idea that everything you have represents a dream. It's not just a bunch of grocery coupons,…

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You vs. stuff: Who wins?

by Joyful Surroundings LLCAugust 10, 2019December 27, 2021Leave a comment

You are as important as your stuff. It sounds obvious, but few of us live that way. When you look around, does it look like you live there or does it look like you happen to share space with a…

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Living with a packrat

by Joyful Surroundings LLCJuly 27, 2019December 27, 20214 Comments

Are you what FlyLady calls a "Born Organized" person? Do decluttering and organizing come naturally to you, so that although stuff comes in, you swiftly find a place for it and move other stuff out so that your place always…

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Chronic disorganization
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What’s behind your pantry problem?

by Joyful Surroundings LLCMarch 3, 2018December 27, 202110 Comments

If you don't have a pantry, it's tempting to think that having one will solve all your food storage problems. But until you take into account what a pantry means to each member of your family, you can containerize all…

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Therapy can be the missing piece

by Joyful Surroundings LLCOctober 28, 2015December 27, 20214 Comments

Are you just too busy to get organized or is there more to it? I had a client whose garage was completely full. The first time we met, he was quite unable to decide what to keep and what to let…

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Sentimental clutter
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Clutter free gift guide

by Joyful Surroundings LLCOctober 14, 2015December 27, 20218 Comments

If you’ve ever asked yourself what you can give that won’t just be shoved in the back of a cupboard or hastily regifted, this list of clutter free gifts ideas will totally change the way you think about gift giving. Give…

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