There's a certain type of "organizing" mistake that pains me more than most. It's when people mistakenly think they should be organizing their clutter. These well-intentioned souls are obedient in nature, and tend to believe that since objects have come into their possession, it is their duty to not only hold on to them, but to accomodate them properly. They approach the process of Simplifying first through the lens of organization, rather than editing. They ...

I've taken a critical stance on the whole notion of the new year, this year, it turns out. Tending to believe that the calendar is, to a large degree, arbitrary, I've tried to remind you that external timelines pale in comparison to your inner, intuitive clock. I've wanted to create content that alleviates your anxiety and diminishes the pressure that can be so common this time of year. Time continues, I've said. Life goes as ...

A primary tenent of Live Simply is the concept of elevating the everyday, i.e. relishing every opportunity to make the seemingly or would-be mundane into something beautiful and delightful. It is due to this that when one of my clients stopped me in my tracks the other day to regale me about the superiority of her dustpan, I completely appreciated her remarks. I had previously been giving the dustpan very little regard; I wasn't sweeping ...

The other day I was casually scrolling through my Pinterest feed when a nicely designed graphic on closet editing appeared. This is far from uncommon; Pinterest detects a theme to my posts (weird) and assumes I want to see pins relating to organization almost exclusively. Mostly, I ignore them because the advice they contain is helpful, if somewhat benign. But this particular pin caught my eye. It originated from a very popular website, and it was written ...

Despite the blank slate that is supposedly a new year, there's a harried, frenetic tone in the air. Do you feel it, too? Resolutions and intentions are spoken, take flight, and then whirr through the air like helicopters from the trees. The magazines feature headlines about how to be the new and improved you, though now, at least, they're cloaked in a more holistic packaging (a happy sign of the times). People are beginning new ...