A slob comes clean

The holidays are pretty much here. I’m guessing that there are very few people who host holiday gatherings without feeling any stress at all. And if your home is messy (or worse than messy), you’re probably already experiencing panic at the thought of getting it clean and ready for the guests who will ring your […]

To declutter is hard enough. Not knowing how to get rid of clutter makes it even harder. Here's a list of ways to get rid of your clutter.

Ten Things I Can Do Today So I'll Feel Like Less of a Slob Tomorrow. Click through to get inspiration for what you can do now to chip away at the clutter! #declutter #organize

The “I have to do this before I can do that” decluttering frustration is real. This frustration used to make me question the point of even trying to declutter. Trying to clean up my house felt so complicated. My five step decluttering process helps me break through decluttering paralysis. Today, I’m sharing what the decluttering […]

Nine years ago, I wrote the very first, photo-less-at-the-time post on what was supposed to be a practice blog that no one would ever know I had created. I wanted to have a blog, but I was ashamed of the state of my home and was desperate to get it under control before I started […]

These key things helped me transition from gross slob to 95% clean person. I have a confession to make: I’m naturally […]

Well-used phrases like “the lesser of two evils” are well used for a reason. They put into words a common human struggle. Choosing between two evil (or even just unpleasant or irritating) things isn’t fun. But sometimes it happens. Neither choice in a situation makes me jump for joy. But I have to choose. Because […]

Living in a landfill overwhelmed by stuff and clutter. I love hearing from readers who have experienced real change and improvement in their homes. This story was especially good because it hits on the exact hangups I personally experienced and that I hear about from so many other readers. Pay attention to the price tag she | A Slob Comes Clean | #ASlobComesClean #Declutter

Whew. This has been (as expected) one crazy week. But that still-mostly-empty box keeps staring at me, so I’m trying to add to it a little at a time. Today, I threw in an old t-shirt. A very old t-shirt. A t-shirt that is half-of-three-decades old. Which, somehow . . . sounds more dramatic in my […]

As someone whose biggest housekeeping struggle is . . . focus . . . I’ve developed checklists that help me stay on track. When I have a list, the chances are much higher that I’ll remember where I was when I got distracted. And I’m always getting distracted. Because of this blog, I started creating […]

I made this decision a long time ago and have never regretted it. Almost never. There may have been a few times when I thought about regretting it, but then didn’t. Don’t worry! I’m NOT talking about gift bags. Of course I keep and re-use those!! I’m talking about the tissue in gift bags. I […]

MY new tactic. I’m pretty sure those why-would-anyone-do-it-another-way-when-this-way-makes-sense types have been doing this since the invention of dryers. Once upon a time, I owned quite a collection of laundry baskets. They represented my dreams of an organized laundry system that would make it possible to never have to peek around the corner to see if […]

Before we begin, allow me to address all current/former English teachers/grammar nerds. I was one of you. I have purposely chosen to use artistic license in the title of this post. “Routines as the Things Up to Which I Catch” doesn’t have the same ring to it. And now I’m questioning the pluralization of “routines.” […]

When I decluttered that back corner of our gameroom recently, I discovered a lot of things in the pile were photos or wallhangings or signs that I knew I wanted to keep but hadn’t found a place for yet. So I had to wrestle with myself a little/lot. Do I find a corner somewhere else […]

If you’re home this week while the world is taking a break from normal life, you may be decluttering. (Missed out on Day One? Click Here!) Today’s task: Deal with Procrasticlutter. Huh? Procrasticlutter (a word I just totally made up) is all the stuff you stop noticing because you know exactly what you need to […]

I used to believe there wasn’t a point in working on my house unless I had a chunk of time to spend on it, so I could really make an impact. I was wrong. Using Awkward Pauses to work on established routines has improved my house more than waiting for large chunks of time to […]

I love hearing from readers about mindset changes and personal victories. This one is great! Though, to be clear, Lisa’s the one referring to me as Guru, not me! I would say “fellow struggler who thinks about these things WAY more than the average person” would be more fitting! I love how Lisa shares the […]

Continuing my Saturday challenge of doing Two Things at some point in a busy day, I decided to tackle my Junk Drawers. Remember them? I decluttered them long ago, in this post where I first came up with my two decluttering questions. They needed re-decluttering. Oh boy, did they. My clue that it was time […]