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I spent Friday afternoon with the amazing early childhood educators at the Cornell Child Care Center leading a training on Self-Care through Transitions. We explored how we carry burdens and small steps for treating ourselves with kindness when navigating the extra work that comes with transitions. It was a great afternoon! Thanks for having me!

The best things in life aren't things.
And remembering this helps make it just a tiny bit easier for us to part with the clutter and items around our homes that are no longer serving us.

Thank you and Lifelong for inviting me to join yesterday's panel discussion on "Is My Stuff Worth Anything?" It was great to meet so many people thinking about and downsizing in !

Micro-decluttering tasks are quick and make a difference. Especially if they are in high-traffic areas like ultility drawers, medicine cabinets, and entrance ways– anywhere you have multiple touchpoint each day.
Small improvements will have an outsized impact and help you stay motivated to keep going!

When you are jazzed to get started on a decluttering project it can be tempting to skip right over the "reduce" step and start organizing. However, you'll end up hanging on to more to items than you need to, and perhaps using more space too. Reduce first and then start your categorizing.

Clutter ❤️ Clutter and routine tiny tidy-ups help you stay ahead of growing . Having a drawer or file where mail and papers go before they are sorted weekly is a great way to help keep surfaces clear. Baskets in each room to contain out-of-place items until they can be organized helps tame the clutter too!

Our external life, our belongings and artifacts are an extension of our internal life. What favorite things have made many moves with you over the years?

That wonderful feeling when you experience a freshly cleaned space, even a small one, is connected to . It doesn't have to be large, start small and enjoy the benefits of small change in your daily life.

The Clutter Clinic was a wonderful chance to connect with many people ready to start decluttering. If you are ready to start do yourself a favor by preparing your space first by knowing your categories and keep things organized as you go!

Winner! Winner! Door prizes are ready to go for The Clutter Clinic with on Saturday from 2-4pm at 55 Hallwoods Rd. These are some of my favorite organizing books from and !

Those piles that you Don't Organize Only Move (DOOM) are created with the intent that things will be filed and put in their place but it doesn't always go that way. And understandably, when you are pulled in too many directions and stretched too thin something has to give. The NYTimes article shines light on the recent attention and depression rooms have been getting as there is less silence around mental health and how it is impacts and part of our daily life.

Ready to do something about the ? Stop by The Clutter Clinic hosted by this SATURDAY, JANUARY 27TH 2-4 PM at 55 HALLWOODS ROAD, ITHACA, off route 13, opposite NYSEG and meet many local resources to help you get started! will be there to and I'd love to meet you!