Tracy is the founder and CEO of dClutterfly—an organization and decluttering company in Los Angeles, California. Which means—she has been inside of hundreds of homes and helped thousands of people with their clutter. She’s also the author of two beautiful books: My personal …
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Recently, a client of mine started talking about her den, saying it was her dumping ground and always the last place in the house to get any attention. Clearing it out had been her new year’s resolution but, a month into the new year, she’d barely touched it. She went on to …
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Every now and then, when someone hears that I wrote a book on minimalism, they’ll say, “Ugh, I want to declutter, but it’s so exhausting! I usually give up before I get very far.” I get that. Decluttering means making a thousand tiny decisions, taking a thousand steps around your house, and …
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My oldest kid is old enough to follow me on Instagram now, which is mostly WEIRD and also kind of unexpectedly fun. But the other day he looked up from Instagram with this glint in his eye and said, “There goes Mom again, talking about mindfulness and stuff while she’s over here …
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What could you live without? If you had no idea that apples could be cut with a special kitchen gadget, would you ever miss it? Have you ever lived with less than you currently have? If you're honest with yourself, are you happier now than you were then? I love to stretch my brain with …
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"Don't you think we could save some of this for later?" my husband asked. We were planning a small renovation on the home we’d just bought, and my husband wondered what we could push back—to spare ourselves the upfront cost of time and money. "Could we spread the work out over a year?" he added. I …
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