by admin | Sep 25, 2019 | Downsizing, Keeping Stuff, Saying Goodbye To Stuff
The storage unit industry shares some staggering statistics in this article, stating there are approximately 50,000 storage facilities in the United States, with an annual income of $38 billion, (yes, BILLION with a B!) with rentable storage space of 1.7 billion...
by admin | Sep 30, 2018 | Keeping Stuff, Repurposing, Selling stuff
Sometimes clients cling to items they’re certain they will need or find a use for someday, even though that the particular item either has no practical application in their current life situation, or exists in a quantity that far exceeds probable need. However,...
by admin | Mar 31, 2016 | Clutter, Donations, Keeping Stuff, Saying Goodbye To Stuff
Do you ever get caught in the vicious clutter-creating cycle that goes something like this: You buy something you really don’t need and probably won’t use You tell yourself it was worth it because it was on sale You have no idea where to put it when you get it home/it...
by admin | Jun 1, 2015 | Clutter, Home Solutions Stuff, Keeping Stuff
Here’s an interesting NY Times article on clutter with a different spin on it. I think the author has, to a degree, taken a tongue-in-cheek approach, but I get it. Clutter and “stuff” isn’t an issue… until it is; until the stuff accumulates to the degree and in a way...
by admin | Mar 30, 2015 | Keeping Stuff, Saying Goodbye To Stuff
When looking through piles of stuff to make keep-or-go decisions, I often ask my clients, “Is it relevant to your life anymore?” Sometimes we hang on to things simply because we have the space. It’s easy to delay the decision-making process when...
by admin | Jul 16, 2013 | Keeping Stuff, Saying Goodbye To Stuff
While working with a client in her basement one day, I pulled a box out from under the stairs. The area was dusty, full of cobwebs; the box, water-stained and dilapidated. “What’s in here?” I asked. She didn’t know. The top of the box was...
