Maybe it's time to motivate yourself to get rid of the stuff you don't want. This book takes you through the practical motivations and methods to get unwanted stuff out of your home, including specific instructions for each room in your home. Considering that our outward surroundings often reflect our inner state of mind, there's also a chapter on getting rid of emotional baggage.
Living Simply Improve Your Life with Less Clutter is a collection of articles dealing with getting rid of clutter, most of which originally appeared on the Living Simply Site of BellaOnline.
Contents
Living Simply
What is Clutter?
Reduce Stress by Simplifying Your Life
What is the Problem with Clutter?
Why Does Clutter Happen?
How to Get Rid of Stuff You Don't Want
Decluttering and Organizing a Whole House
How to Motivate Yourself to Get Rid of Clutter
How to use Freecycle
Simplify Your Kitchen and Reduce Kitchen Clutter
Bedroom Storage of Sanctuary?
How to Declutter a Closet
How to Tidy a Child's Bedroom Age 6 and Under
How to Tidy a Child's Bedroom Age 7 to 12
How to Tidy a Teenager's Bedroom
Children, Teenagers and Bedrooms Advice for Moms
A Simple Way to Improve Your Bathroom
Organizing Your Home Office Clutter
Organizing and Reducing Book Clutter
Email Clutter Organize Your Inbox
How to Declutter Your Garage and Get it Organized
How to Organize a Garage Sale
How to Empty Your Storage Space of Clutter
Simple Recycling Tips
Getting Rid of Emotional Baggage
Mom, Look After Yourself!
How to Enjoy Life More
How to Live with Less and Spend Less
Appendix 1: Recommended Anti-Clutter and Organizing Books
Appendix 2: Time management How Do You Do All That You Do?
About the Author
Tina Razzell is a happily married mom. Originally from England, she now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
As the children arrived, so did the clutter. It took a drastic move across continents for her to realize that she didn't need all her possessions and that less is better. She's been getting rid of stuff and helping others to do so ever since.
Her first book is titled Homeschooling Boys Gaining Maximum Success from Minimum Cooperation. This is her second book, and her first on the subject of getting rid of clutter.