More Bigger-Buckets Organizing | Priorities for Older Declutterers - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #320
The Clutter Fairy
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Can we apply The Clutter Fairy’s “bigger-buckets” approach to paper organizing to other categories of clutter? Is there a template that older declutterers can follow to guide our focus as we work to manage the stuff we’ll leave behind? In episode #320 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores “bigger buckets” organizing strategies, prioritizing decluttering activities, and other short topics suggested by our viewers and listeners.
Show notes: https://cfhou.com/tcfw320
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:54 - Discussion of the last Weekly Tittle
00:05:33 - Topic #1: More Bigger-Buckets Organizing
00:09:30 - Topic #2: Prioritizing Decluttering Projects for Older People
00:18:13 - Topic #3: Can decluttering itself become stressful or counterproductive?
00:22:10 - Topic #4: What do you do when you’re derailed by emotionally difficult clutter items?
00:30:05 - Topic #5: All-or-nothing thinking in decluttering and organizing
00:32:35 - Topic #6: What items trip Gayle and Ed up or take more than one pass to declutter or tackle?
00:36:42 - More comments and discussion
00:51:45 - Topic #7: Where do you keep batteries?
00:55:28 - Next episode’s details
00:56:14 - Closing announcements
The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.
To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group: https://cfhou.com/meetup, follow us on Facebook: https://cfhou.com/facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list: https://cfhou.com/subscribe. You can also listen to the podcast version of our show: https://cfhou.com/podcast.
If you’d like to help support our projects, visit our Patreon page (https://cfhou.com/patreon).
11 Comments
Dana K. White's definition of clutter: "The things that keep getting out of control."
And a great definition from The Clutter Fairy: (This was about collections but I think it fits any items!)
"Collections become clutter as soon as they outgrow our systems of organization, the space allotted to them, or our capacity to enjoy them."
SO profound!
We can keep anything...but we can't keep EVERYTHING. 😊
More Bigger-Buckets Organizing | Priorities for Older Declutterers - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #320
The Clutter Fairy
3,533 views
Can we apply The Clutter Fairy’s “bigger-buckets” approach to paper organizing to other categories of clutter? Is there a template that older declutterers can follow to guide our focus as we work to manage the stuff we’ll leave behind? In episode #320 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores “bigger buckets” organizing strategies, prioritizing decluttering activities, and other short topics suggested by our viewers and listeners.
Show notes: https://cfhou.com/tcfw320
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:54 - Discussion of the last Weekly Tittle
00:05:33 - Topic #1: More Bigger-Buckets Organizing
00:09:30 - Topic #2: Prioritizing Decluttering Projects for Older People
00:18:13 - Topic #3: Can decluttering itself become stressful or counterproductive?
00:22:10 - Topic #4: What do you do when you’re derailed by emotionally difficult clutter items?
00:30:05 - Topic #5: All-or-nothing thinking in decluttering and organizing
00:32:35 - Topic #6: What items trip Gayle and Ed up or take more than one pass to declutter or tackle?
00:36:42 - More comments and discussion
00:51:45 - Topic #7: Where do you keep batteries?
00:55:28 - Next episode’s details
00:56:14 - Closing announcements
The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips.
To participate live in our weekly webcast, join our meetup group: https://cfhou.com/meetup, follow us on Facebook: https://cfhou.com/facebook, or subscribe to our mailing list: https://cfhou.com/subscribe. You can also listen to the podcast version of our show: https://cfhou.com/podcast.
If you’d like to help support our projects, visit our Patreon page (https://cfhou.com/patreon).