The Clutter Fairy Weekly

For most people, a clutter problem doesn’t spring up overnight—it’s the result of long-term habits of delaying decisions, ignoring minor messes, and accumulating new stuff faster than you eliminate o…

Some of us love to shop, and stores and online retailers with stuff to sell know how to push our buttons to make the sale. But it’s easy for our spaces to get out of balance if we bring home more tha…

Sooner or later, most of us find ourselves dealing with stuff left behind by loved ones, and inherited clutter presents some big, prickly emotional challenges. In episode #91 of The Clutter Fairy Wee…

Halloween is right around the corner, and before you can say Boo!, it’ll be time to run the annual rat race from Thanksgiving to New Year. In episode #90 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, p…

A lot of conflicting factors compete in our heads as we weigh whether to keep or let go of stuff. Thoughts and feelings about price, value, beauty, and sentiment struggle against harsh realities of s…

We’re getting a break from summer heat—time to get outdoors! For those of us who struggle with clutter, outside spaces can become blocked with junk instead of supporting our outdoor aspirations. In e…

When we talk about collecting, we usually mean the deliberate accumulation of items in a narrow category, like shot glasses, postcards, or Beanie Babies. But sometimes we end up with a “collection” w…

Ancient wisdom tells us that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. But negative emotions and attitudes can make it hard to find that first step in our organizing process. In epis…

Aging forces us to shift our thinking about many aspects of our lives, including our mobility, safety, comfort, and independence. In episode #85 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, profession…

Children aren’t just small adults, and kid-related clutter presents a unique set of organizing issues. In episode #84 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of T…

Change is inevitable, and changes in our lives and our habits can turn important stuff into clutter overnight. In episode #83 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and ow…

There are critical areas of your home where clutter seems to be drawn as if by a magnet. In episode #82 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fai…

In conversations about clutter, we frequently return to the concept of creating a supportive environment—setting up conditions for success as you work toward your goals. One key condition for success…

Vacation travel means stuffing a week or two of your life into one weight-limited suitcase—or at best, into the cargo space of a car. In episode #80 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, profes…

Careful packing can save time and money and make or break your move, but how you unpack can set the tone of life in your new space for years. In episode #79 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard…

We’ve compared prioritizing projects to a juggling act, but with training and practice, decluttering can be as elegant as dancing. In episode #78 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professio…

We took the week off from our live show, but we’ve put together a bonus edition of our webcast and podcast to respond to your comments and questions. In special episode #77 of The Clutter Fairy Weekl…

For people who struggle with stuff, clutter permeates every aspect of our lives: our space, our time, our emotions, and our relationships. In episode #76 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, p…

We constantly make judgments about worth, assessing and assigning value to our lives and our stuff. But our notions of perceived value can clash with the reality of our physical surroundings. In epis…

The creative impulse is an essential human need to enrich and beautify our world. But clutter erodes the space, free time, and mental clarity we need for creative pursuits. In episode #74 of The Clut…