I believe that bearing witness is an important part of any purging process. I’ve sat next to many people while helping them go through their things and make decisions, sometimes difficult ones, about what to keep and what to toss.…
Category: Spring Cleaning
Moving. Ugh.
I moved in January. I always find moving equal parts excitement and annoyance combined with a healthy amount of stress. It’s not just the physical effort involved to relocate my things, moving also requires addresses to be updated, plus time spent…
Clearing Clutter in Hard to Reach Places
I’m moving in early January after having lived in my current apartment for over 5 years. Even though I purge regularly, I decided to start going through all my stuff now to get rid of anything I don’t want to…
Declaring Email Bankruptcy
Last week’s posting featured the Spring Challenger, winner of the Spring Cleaning Challenge contest. I followed up with the Spring Challenger to find out how she managed to delete over 30,000 emails and how long it took her. She said…
Spring Challenger
In mid-May I posted a Spring Cleaning Challenge inviting readers to process a pile of unwanted clutter. I was inspired by my own cleaning project and I wanted to commemorate 2 years of blog postings. The winner of the Spring Cleaning Challenge…