I feel comfortable estimating that approximately 50% (at least) of all clutter are things that people don't know what to do with. They're vaguely aware of the fact that the item or collection of things in question requires specific disposal measures, they just don't know what those measures are. Then, instead of figuring it out, they just hold onto the stuff. For years. Decades. They move these items cross country and back again. They don't ...

I have the experience occasionally, as we all do, of being misjudged in my professional capacity. I must look younger than some people think I ought to, must appear too small to be able to lift and move heavy things, I must dress in a way that suggests I wouldn't readily crawl on my hands in knees in dirt and cobwebs if that's what it took for them to Live Simply. (I would--readily.) Most people, ...

It's Thursday again, funnily enough, and to accompany that re-run, I give you one from Landing Design. I featured them way back in the 13th year of 2000, and a recent check-in with their portfolio proves they've been designing their pants off all this time. Run by the precocious Tyler Karu, whose about page claims she mastered blueprint-reading before she mastered french kissing (it mentions nothing of snogging, that's all me), Landing Design renovates, builds new ...

Tis the season for traveling. Cheers, and happy trails. You know, there's a lot that's rawther inherently complicated, or at least involved, about travel. I mean, you have to pick the place and the time, and then there's the booking of the flight--and don't even get me started on the emotional duress that process entails--and then there's the commotion of preparing and packing. All to a good end, no doubt, but still, much effort is ...

Buckle up; I'm about to play bad cop. I want to address something today that I haven't in the past. I haven't because it's the reason cited to get organized so ubiquitously by every magazine that even I want to be all, "Blah, blah." Nevertheless, sometimes the stars align and the clients present and I decide the time is now. The time is now to talk about how much disorganization is costing you. And today, ...