No matter what size, every home has the potential to become a clutter nightmare. Each room has its own stuff and if not properly managed that stuff will build up over time, creating chaos. Instead of a peaceful haven, the home becomes a battlefield in the war of attrition between clutter and space. Susan Wright uses short easy chapters to provide pain-free techniques for sorting and shifting through items, reclaiming and maximising storage space and parting with objects one no longer needs or wants.
The best-selling phenomenon from Japan that shows us a minimalist life is a happy life. Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert or organizing guru like Marie Kondo—he’s just a regular guy who was stressed out and constantly comparing himself to others, until one day he decided to change his life by saying goodbye to everything he didn’t absolutely need. The effects were remarkable: Sasaki gained true freedom, new focus, and a real sense of gratitude for everything around him. In Goodbye, Things Sasaki modestly shares his personal minimalist experience, offering specific tips on the minimizing process and revealing how the new minimalist movement can not only transform your space but truly enrich your life. The benefits of a minimalist life can be realized by anyone, and Sasaki’s humble vision of true happiness will open your eyes to minimalism’s potential.
The key concept for Danish Hygge is to enjoy life in peace and harmony. Whether we want to admit it or not, we are affected by our surroundings. Danish Hygge is about caring, and when we do not care for our surroundings, clutter begins to spread its way into our lives, and Hygge is no longer a possibility. The good news is that we can deliberately change this situation. When you start caring about your home and your surroundings you will find that you have much more time for fun and Hygge. Once you know what you appreciate, where your stuff is, and can understand the difference between what is good and what is bad for you to own, you will be free to enjoy the life that you truly deserve. Start now and experience the amazing feeling of freedom that comes from living in a home that reflects the best part of you!
We all have treasured possessions—a favorite pair of shoes, a much-beloved chair, an ever-expanding record collection. But sometimes, this emotional attachment to our belongings can spiral out of control and culminate into a condition called compulsive hoarding. From hobbyists and collectors to pack rats and compulsive shoppers—it is close to impossible for hoarders to relinquish their precious objects, even if it means that stuff takes over their lives and their homes. According to psychologist Dr. Robin Zasio, our fascination with hoarding stems from the fact that most of us fall somewhere on the hoarding continuum. Even though it may not regularly interfere with our everyday lives, to some degree or another, many of us hoard. The Hoarder In You provides practical advice for decluttering and organizing, including how to tame the emotional pull of acquiring additional things, make order out of chaos by getting a handle on clutter, and create an organizational system that reduces stress and anxiety. Dr. Zasio also shares some of the most serious cases of hoarding that she's encountered, and explains how we can learn from these extreme examples—no matter where we are on the hoarding continuum.
Say goodbye to clutter, reduce stress, and live simply with this easy-to-use guide to downsizing! Whether you are selling your family home, blending households into a new home, or cleaning out your aging parents' home, sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful experience. Decluttering guru Peter Walsh recently went through the process of downsizing his childhood home and dividing his late parents' family possessions. He realized that making these decisions about mementos and heirlooms creates strong emotions and can be an overwhelming chore. In Let It Go, Peter will help you turn downsizing into a rejuvenating life change with his useful tips and practical takeaways, including how to: • Understand the emotional challenges that accompany downsizing • Establish a hierarchy of mementos and collectibles • Calculate the amount of stuff you can bring into your new life • Create strategies for dividing heirlooms among family members without drama This new phase brings unexpected freedoms and opportunities, and Peter walks you through every step of the process. You’ll feel freer and happier than you ever thought possible once you Let It Go.
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The verb “declutter” has not yet made it into the Oxford English Dictionary, but its ever-increasing usage suggests that it’s only a matter of time. Articles containing tips and tricks on how to get organized cover magazine pages and pop up in TV programs and commercials, while clutter professionals and specialists referred to as “clutterologists” are just a phone call away. Everywhere the sentiment is the same: clutter is bad. In The Hoarders, Scott Herring provides an in-depth examination of how modern hoarders came into being, from their onset in the late 1930s to the present day. He finds that both the idea of organization and the role of the clutterologist are deeply ingrained in our culture, and that there is a fine line between clutter and deviance in America. Herring introduces us to Jill, whose countertops are piled high with decaying food and whose cabinets are overrun with purchases, while the fly strips hanging from her ceiling are arguably more fly than strip. When Jill spots a decomposing pumpkin about to be jettisoned, she stops, seeing in the rotting, squalid vegetable a special treasure. “I’ve never seen one quite like this before,” she says, and looks to see if any seeds remain. It is from moments like these that Herring builds his questions: What counts as an acceptable material life—and who decides? Is hoarding some sort of inherent deviation of the mind, or a recent historical phenomenon grounded in changing material cultures? Herring opts for the latter, explaining that hoarders attract attention not because they are mentally ill but because they challenge normal modes of material relations. Piled high with detailed and, at times, disturbing descriptions of uncleanliness, The Hoarders delivers a sweeping and fascinating history of hoarding that will cause us all to reconsider how we view these accumulators of clutter.
*The basis for the wonderfully funny and moving TV series developed by Amy Poehler and Scout Productions* A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming. Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go.
Simplify your life today! - Is your home filled with stuff? - Want to declutter but not sure how? - Are you longing for some space in your busy life? This practical and easy-to-read book provides an adaptable game plan to declutter your home and your life once and for all. There is guidance on how to organize your remaining things, tips on changing your consumer behavior so you can keep your house in order and an entire chapter devoted to alternatives to throwing unwanted items in the trash. It answers all your burning questions such as what minimalism is, how to deal with the emotions evoked by sentimental items and what to do if your screwdriver, bra or tax returns don’t spark joy but you feel like you have to keep them anyway! As a busy, modern mama, you know there must be more to life than stuffing clothes back into too-full closets, finding ways to cook dinner around mountains of mess on kitchen counters and stumbling on toys left all over the floor. You have heard about decluttering and know it could be an answer to your woes. Maybe you have read about it and given it a go. After all, the end result sounds so inviting. But some of the instructions sound far-fetched, abstract or just too hard. Know that you CAN embrace minimalism in the best way that suits you and your family. This book provides easy, practical tips to help you declutter in a realistic way and shows that it can take less time and be more fun than you think. Imagine how great it will be when you declutter your home and your life. There are benefits in so many areas: - A tidier house that is a breeze to keep clean - Finding everything you love and use easily in your organized home - More time to spend with your family on fun experiences and activities - Fewer arguments over toys, plus kids who create, imagine and dream - Knowing your unwanted stuff is being used by people who need and love it - Never being stuck in a consumer culture in which you buy stuff to feel good - Living your best life with the time and space to do exactly what you want to do - And, of course, jettisoning all those crumpled shirts and never ironing again! I have distilled an avalanche of advice and my learnings from a month of decluttering into simple and practical tips to help busy, modern mamas, just like you and me, to embrace minimalism in a realistic way to remain clutter-free forever. This refreshingly non-judgmental book includes tips on: - Deciding what to do with unwanted items: donate, sell, give away or trash - Reducing your consumption going forward by hiring or not purchasing at all - Embracing minimalism in other areas of your life including a digital declutter - Making decisions about kids’ artwork, old photo albums and that unsightly vase left to you by your dearly departed grandmother If you follow the suggestions in this book, your house will feel spacious, you will feel better and you will give the world the best gift of all—a mama who is calm and happy. Follow the advice in this book and find the real you—the one that you know is in there but has been drowned by all your stuff. You may not believe it now, but you will move from just coping to thriving. What’s stopping you from being the modern minimalist mama you want to be—not when the ‘time is right’, but today? Don’t wait another restless night in your overcrowded bedroom to read this book. To gain your life back, buy this book today.
Learn how to use the 2022 iPhone and iPhone Pro! Are you ready to discover an island? A Dynamic Island, that is! Then sit back and get ready to learn about the latest, and greatest, line of iPhones! Whether you are upgrading to iOS 16 or unlocking a brand new iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro, there’s a lot to unpack! From the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro to the Photonic Engine and Crash Detection now found on both phones, this guide is going to have you covered. It will also take a deep dive into all the new things added into iOS 16—like, using the new and improved lock screen, setting up a Focus, sharing photos, unsending text messages, and so much more! Inside, you'll learn: What's new to iOS 16 The differences between the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro Using an iPhone that doesn't have a Home button Using Face ID Cinematic Mode Using Dynamic Island (iPhone 14 Pro Only) Using a Focus How to use Picture-in-Picture for movies and TV shows How to add widgets to your Home screen Organizing apps with the App Library Buying, removing, rearranging, updating apps MagSafe Unsending and editing text messages Using Crash Detection Taking, editing, organizing, and sharing photos Apple Services (Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Card, iCloud, and Fitness+) Using Siri Using pre-installed apps like Notes, Calendar, Reminders, and more Making phone calls and sending messages And much, much more! Are you ready to start enjoying your new iPhone? Then let's get started! Note: This book is not endorsed by Apple, Inc and should be considered unofficial.
