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Calming the Clutter Chaos
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels How many times have you cleared the clutter and had a mini celebration only for the mess to come back by next week? You come home from work, go looking for that important paperwork only to have to dig through piles of God only knows what and hoping it’s there somewhere. Or perhaps your kid’s driving you mad looking for their ice-cream lego brick; you swear you saw it the other day but now there’s piles of madness everywhere you look and all motivation leaves you. Screaming and whining continues. Even as a minimalist, that kind of madness has happened to me a good…
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The Treasure Map of Minimalism
Decluttering is good for the soul. Not only does it create more space and lessen stress, sometimes you can find unexpected treasure. One of my closest friends was telling me how they were having a decluttering session, and that it made them feel so good that they were going to carry on the next day. But what they didn’t expect was to find was a soft toy that used to be cuddled by a much-loved relative who had passed. Coincidentally, during one of these sessions, my friend happened to be having a terrible day. Finding this toy brought them a lot of comfort and found a new special place in…