The Best Mother’s Day Gift Ideas
This year’s Mother’s Day gift guide has so many wonderful things at all price points. It gives me great ideas for gift-giving while hoping to inspire our readers with theirs. I hope you find something for that special mom in your life.
50 Things to Toss When Moving (Or Just Because You Want to Declutter)
November 9, 2022 by Rebecca Renner for Apartment Therapy If you’re about to move, you don’t want to take everything with you—that can get heavy—and expensive. At the same time, resist the urge to toss everything out. Even if your stuff doesn’t need to travel with you, that doesn’t mean that its life is […]
A Basic Checklist for Digital Decluttering
Do you regularly declutter and organize your home? Then you should also do the same with your digital spaces. A regular digital decluttering is a boost for your productivity and well-being. It brings down the distractions and the stress, clears out a lot of unnecessary extras, and makes it easier and more pleasant for you […]
The Many Mental Benefits of Decluttering: February is “Declutter for a Cause” month
by Diane Roberts Stoler Ed.D. February 15, 2023 Psychology Today During the month of February, people are encouraged to declutter their homes and donate unused or unwanted items to charitable organizations. If you need some motivation to make room for the new holiday gifts you received, or to organize your closets, now is the […]
25 Things to Declutter in February
February in the Pacific Northwest is a cold, wet, and dreary time, and those of us who have lived here long enough have learned how to just push through it! Take your vitamin D, use your HappyLight therapy lamp—and if you are able to—book a quick jaunt to a sunny destination for a few days. […]
A Fifth Of Americans Rent Self Storage, With Millennials Overtaking Gen Xers
by Francis Chantree January 24, 2024 StorageCafe.com Overall, the numbers of US storage renters have eased a little since a year before, but they still stand at around a fifth of the population. Needing to declutter a home and to keep vehicles safe are both trending reasons for renting self storage. Interestingly, the customer […]
Realistic, Gentle “Better Me” Goals for 2024
We are not huge proponents of New Year’s resolutions—often unrealistic, unattainable measures that, if one does not achieve, makes them feel like a failure. We punish ourselves enough; let’s get away from being our worst critic. We are all about a more gentle, realistic, and individual approach that will yield better results. Instead of a […]
Ideas On What to Give Instead of “Stuff”
I truly adore buying gifts for my special people. I love to see their faces light up when they open it! In the past few years, I have been making a conscious effort to give more and more “Not Stuff” gifts. I’m not talking about the new ski boots your teen asked for, or the […]
5 Online Places to Give Away Your Stuff
Bringing a carload of items to a donations center will always be a win-win scenario. You’ve decluttered and pared down your household items, and now these still-have-life-in-them things will help out someone in need instead of ending up in a landfill. Sometimes, though, you only have a few items that need to go. Or maybe […]
Adult ADHD may take a toll on the brain. Here’s what to know.
Adult ADHD is associated with a higher risk for dementia, but medications and lifestyle changes may lower risk.