I help busy moms who feel buried by “too much stuff” and “not enough time” create calmer homes with simple, realistic steps. No guilt, no perfection - just doable progress that brings peace back into your day.
💿 Be Kind. Rewind. Declutter.
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Hey Reader, Raise your hand if you still have a shelf, cabinet, or tote full of CDs and DVDs. 🙋♀️ Now let me ask you this… When was the last time you actually listened to a CD or watched a DVD? And by the way…do you even have something that still plays them? Before you start tossing everything, though, here’s the question I want you to ask yourself: Imagine all of your streaming services suddenly stopped working for a week... what DVDs would you actually pull out and watch? Those are the ones worth keeping. I’m never going to tell you to get rid of something you genuinely use. If you pop in your favorite Christmas movie every December, keep it. If your kids still watch a handful of movies in the car, keep those too. But if you have 300 DVDs, and being truly honest with yourself, you know you’d only ever watch 15 of them…why are you storing the other 285? The same goes for CDs. Maybe there’s one album that is your absolute favorite or that burned CD of mixed songs that takes you back in time (I still love my "roommate" CD of our favorite songs from freshman year of college!) Keep it! But if the rest haven’t been played in 10 years, they may just be taking up valuable space. This Week’s 5 ThingsFind any five items from your CD or DVD collection to let go of.
Five things. That’s it. Every little bit of space you reclaim makes your home a little easier to enjoy. See you next Friday, Nicole P.S. If you are one of the rare unicorns who doesn't have any DVDs or CDs left, tell me your story how and when you finally let go of them all, I'd love to hear from you! |
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I help busy moms who feel buried by “too much stuff” and “not enough time” create calmer homes with simple, realistic steps. No guilt, no perfection - just doable progress that brings peace back into your day.
Hi Reader, It’s officially October, which means pumpkins, cozy blankets, fall candles, and Halloween decorations are probably starting to make their way out of storage. 🍂🎃 But before you put everything back out this year, let’s do a little reality check first. Because here’s the thing about seasonal decorations: just because you stored it last year doesn’t mean you have to put it back out this year. The easiest way to declutter seasonal items is right as you pull them out. Here are some ideas...
Hi Reader, After last week’s adventure in the underwear drawer, I figured we might as well keep going with the small stuff. This week: socks. And if your house is anything like mine, you probably have at least a few socks that have been living a very uncertain life. You know the ones. In our house they've lovingly earned the name, lone bros. One sock with no matching partner, sitting around waiting for the other one to magically reappear. So this week’s challenge is simple: Find 5 socks to...
Hey Reader, Okay, I have a confession to make... well, actually, it’s not my confession. A subscriber recently sent me an email about switching her drawers from summer to winter, and she gave me permission to share part of her story anonymously. She decided to take inventory of her underwear drawer. Thirty-eight pairs. Thirty-eight. And that didn’t even include the ones waiting at the bottom of the laundry basket. But here’s the part that made me laugh: Despite having 38 pairs to choose from,...