by cacluttercoach | Mar 31, 2023 | Storage Tips
In my experience, the “Books” category, which is the second overall category in the KonMari method, is often one of the most challenging. When I worked my way through the process myself, I really had to dig deep to confront the reasons I had held onto...
by cacluttercoach | Jan 16, 2022 | Storage Tips
With the holiday season wrapping up, many people are putting away their festive decor and storing it for next year. Figuring out how to store your decorations in a way that keeps them safe and accessible for next year can be difficult. The good news is, you don’t have...
by cacluttercoach | Sep 27, 2020 | Netflix Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, The Home Edit
In 2019, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo debuted on Netflix and exposed a whole new audience to Marie Kondo’s method of tidying and decluttering, the KonMari Method™. Although the show did not depict any KonMari consultants working directly with the individuals or...
by cacluttercoach | Jan 1, 2019 | KonMari Method, Netflix Tidying Up with Marie Kondo
Happy New Year! If, like me, you have already watched all 8 episodes of the new Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, or if you have even watched one of them, you might already have questions. Do people really store their tupperware that way? Why do most of the...
by cacluttercoach | Oct 3, 2018 | KonMari Method, Papers
I’m often asked for tips for taming paper clutter, and there are many ways to manage paper once it comes in, but my biggest tip for taming paper clutter is to eliminate it at the source. In other words, the less paper you can keep from entering your home in the...
by cacluttercoach | Sep 24, 2018 | KonMari Method
As my clients work their way through the KonMari process, category by category, they are often amazed by the “collections” of items that they discover that they never realized they had: a lifetime supply of bathroom cleaner, enough Kleenex packets to last...
by cacluttercoach | Sep 16, 2018 | Four Tendencies, KonMari Method
In this final post in this series, we’ll focus on the fourth of the tendencies in Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies framework: the Rebel. Gretchen Rubin describes a Rebel’s mantra as “you can’t make me and neither can I.” In other...
by cacluttercoach | Sep 10, 2018 | Four Tendencies, KonMari Method
The previous two posts in this series discussed how Obligers and Questioners can help themselves implement the KonMari method. This post focuses on the third tendency in Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies framework: Upholders. Upholders readily meet both inner and...
by cacluttercoach | Jul 29, 2018 | Four Tendencies, KonMari Method
The previous post in this series discussed how Obligers can help themselves to be successful in implementing the KonMari method. In this post, we’ll focus on the second tendency in Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies framework: the Questioner. Questioners...
by cacluttercoach | Jul 22, 2018 | Four Tendencies, KonMari Method
In my last post, I summarized the Four Tendencies, a framework used by happiness expert Gretchen Rubin to describe the four basic ways that people respond to inner and outer expectations. This time, we will focus on the most common tendency: the Obliger. Obligers meet...
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