Start by looking inward.

It’s so much easier to see clutter when it’s someone else’s stuff! And when it’s someone else’s stuff, it’s always way easier to say, “Get rid of it!”

That’s not how decluttering works. For each of these processes to have a long-lasting effect, we have to start with one thing: Respect. Respect for someone’s attachment, their history and even their bandwidth for big projects like organizing. We are all different, and while our differences make the world go round, it can also make us go ten rounds with the ones we love about an overstuffed closet. 

Long lasting success starts with being realistic. Systems should make sense within the context of your daily life. This doesn’t always mean ending up with instagram-worthy visions of symmetrical shelves and rows of bins exactly two and a half inches apart. Lasting results means having a deeper understanding what we hold on to and what keeps us from taking steps to put things in their place. Perhaps our things don’t have a place.

Your household may be made up of different personalities, different histories and different ways of operating. In the end, my goal is to bring all of that together toward a singular, happy vision. I want to ensure that we don’t just make things picture perfect, but perfect for the way you live your life.