Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Book Review of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Home Organization can help create an organized home that you want to come home to. Your retreat from the craziness of life. An oasis. That personal place of peace in the midst of life. By focusing on your the way in which you want to live in your home you can put systems in place. These systems are to support you and help you succeed in your life.
But what if you home doesn’t function right? Doesn’t support you. Isn’t organized in a way that helps you get out the door on time. Or find that vital document you need for tax time?
I know what it’s like to have an organized home. On the other hand I also know what it’s like to have a home that has too much stuff. That is to say, too much clutter, too much of everything.
De-clutter! Get rid of the stuff that holds you back from a more organized life. De-cluttering and removing the stuff that holds us back is liberating.
Organizing your home to make it function better helps create a space that is relaxing and rejuvenating. Getting rid of items that we once bought, were given, or accumulated but no longer serves us or helps us is clutter.
Removing clutter brings clarity and purpose – move it on out of your life!
Join me exploring the issues surrounding our “stuff” and see how getting rid of “stuff”, be it physical items or paper clutter opens up space for new opportunities.
As we go along I’ll share the systems I have created to make my life more streamlined, and moreover, to make my home more functional.
Here you’ll find useful tips and ideas to help you feel more in control of your life and your home. We will look at de-cluttering, displaying collections, and discovering what’s meaningful to you. In addition we will explore what will support you in your journey and life.
For example, we will look at what your perfect lifestyle looks like, and moreover provide you with a roadmap to creating the home that supports the lifestyle.
Join me in my quest to make your home and mine work better through home organization – to create a home you want to come home to.
Book Review of The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K White, 2018 This is a book that is more a personal account of accumulating rather than just a book on de-cluttering. It’s not a book on organizing per se, it’s a reflection on why we accumulate. Dana has lists of…
The Clutter Connection: How Your Personality Type Determines Why You Organize the Way You Do: (Clutterbug Book) by Cassandra Aarssen. 2019 This book was an interesting read. Cassandra Aarseen asserts that everyone has a personality type that determines the way in which we organize. Visual/Hidden Organization Detail or Big Picture Systems Cas states that there…
The book focused on examining how we work and evaluating the tasks and items we surround ourselves with to see if they spark joy.
There were five ideas from Joy at Work that provided me with AHA moments. Some were obvious and are covered in many organizing books but a few were new. It’s making me reflect and think about work differently.
It’s true. It’s sad. We all die. Have you made a plan to ensure that your loved ones are able to easily wrap up your estate and give you the final send off you want?
De-Cluttering – Why do we save things? Hint: it’s all about emotion! If I could sum it up in one word why we save things I would use the word “Emotion”. Emotions, both positive and negative, can impact our lives. As a result, we save and hang on to things for both positive and negative…
Is your clutter holding you back?
Why do we have such problems with organization these days? Why do we hoard or collect things? Join me to explore the reasons why we save things.
A functional entryway will ensure you are more organized