How to deal with clutter at home

 
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If you want to know how to deal with clutter at home then first of all you need to learn about letting go. Courtney Adamo wrote an essay on this topic in my book "Still: The Slow Home". And on today's podcast, I'm sharing 7 ways to put these ideas into action in your own home.

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THIS EPISODE FOCUSES ON

  • Dealing with clutter, and letting go of stuff within your home.

  • How to deal with objects that are filled with meaning, such as photos, journals, kids art.

  • How Courtney Adamo was able to let go of her life in London, her home and children’s school, as featured in her essay in Still: The Slow Home.

  • Looking to the future, rather than the past.

  • Finding a place for personal mementoes.

  • Remembering that the object isn’t valuable, it’s the memory.

  • When everything is special, nothing is special.

  • Being honest about why you’re holding onto something.

  • Asking, “If I haven’t used this already, or done anything with it, when will I?”.

  • Focussing on you feel when you let go.

  • Sunk-cost bias - if you had to buy it again, would you?

  • Introducing small habits into your daily life.

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Podcast production: Yaga Media

 
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