I help overwhelmed moms declutter their homes, heads, and hearts. Decluttering coach and the host of top 1% globally ranked podcast Moms Overcoming Overwhelm.
The One Thing I Regret Decluttering 🙈
Decluttering Tips and Support Weekly Newsletter Vol. 6​ Dear Reader, When I started my minimalist journey in December 2014, I never imagined that I'd be podcasting, coaching, and helping moms overcome overwhelm by decluttering their homes, heads, and hearts. I just knew I wanted to be a mom, and the promise of minimalism gave me hope that simplicity could be part of my journey. You would think that after almost a decade of decluttering, I would have a lot of decluttering regrets. Most of us hold onto stuff we don't need because of fears around decluttering regret, including: "I paid so much for this! The tags are still on it." "I need to keep it just in case." "My kids might want this someday." But even though my family jokes that if it's not bolted down, I might declutter it.... I have very few decluttering regrets. The one thing? My youngest son's clothing. It seems that in Virginia, March comes in like a lion, but not always out like a lamb. So I have learned that holding onto his cold weather clothing for a few months longer is a good idea instead of decluttering them at the first sign of spring. Still, I was able to use the Minimalists' 20/20 rule and learned my lesson for the next time so I can make more intentional decisions about purchasing - and decluttering! Do you have any decluttering regrets? Hit reply and let me know! Before You Go...​ If you are a homeschooling mom (or know one) you don't want to miss the Happily Homeschooling Littles Summit which is going on now until March 4. Discover strategies that will help you simplify homeschooling, unlock meaningful teaching experiences, and keep your sanity in the process. If you're a parent of a teen, the Love to Learn 3 summit is February 26 - March 10 and if you sign up using my unique link, I'll give you a free 30-minute decluttering coaching session. Free coaching? Yes, please!! Just forward your confirmation e-mail along to me and we will get you scheduled! On this journey with you, Emily P.S. Scrolled to the end? No problem. This week on the podcast I spoke about how to avoid decluttering regrets and interviewed Certified Life + Conscious Parenting Coach Mikki Gardner about the 3 steps to declutter people-pleasing from your life. |
Decluttering Tips and Support for Overwhelmed Moms Weekly Newsletter
I help overwhelmed moms declutter their homes, heads, and hearts. Decluttering coach and the host of top 1% globally ranked podcast Moms Overcoming Overwhelm.
Decluttering Tips and Support Dear Reader, Do you feel exhausted and drained? Do you find it hard to focus when you're at home? Are you surviving on caffeine and a prayer that things will get better? Putting your hope in coffee MAY not be sustainable...just sayin'! It may be that your cluttered home is zapping your energy and focus! Perhaps you can't find what you're looking for - keys, phones, permission slips, etc. We spend 2.5 days a YEAR looking for this stuff! That's a whole lot of time...
Decluttering Tips and Support Dear Reader, I've been avoiding getting on the bathroom scale for a while now. As long as I don't step onto it, I can ignore a number that will likely make me unhappy. Sure my clothes are fitting a bit snugger than I'd like. But ignorance is bliss...right? I feel ya, Bridget Jones Not necessarily. I just read a book called Finish by Jon Acuff where he talks about the importance of data when it comes to reaching our goals. As he shares: "Data kills denial which...
Decluttering Tips and Support Dear Reader, Recently my oldest son called out to me right before he was about to go to bed: "Mom! I need you! I think I decluttered too much!" My initial thought... He showed me an Amazon box full of trinkets he had decluttered from his "treasure box" - a shoe box that is the physical boundary for all the small knick-knacks he gets from school, birthday parties, etc. He had decluttered WITHOUT prompting! I was shocked. 😮 Now mind you, this has been several years...