The Art of Decluttering

Whitney English is a connoisseur of creativity and organization. Whitney masterfully weaves the essence of beauty with practicality. With years of experience as an author, designer, and entrepreneur, she brings us a wealth of knowledge, an eye for aesthetics, and a heart for storytelling.

Declutter... Organise... Decorate! Whitney shares how to make our spaces beautiful, how to combine both form and function to create a home we ...

Anna Dearmon Kornick is a highly sought after time management coach and hosts the podcast ‘It's About Time’. Today she shares with us why time management is important (tip: it's not just so you can get more stuff done!) and how knowing a few things about how humans manage time can drastically change your relationship with time management. 

My favourite part is when she talks about a time management swiss army knife - ...

Confidence... we all want it, we all feel better when we have it, but when it comes to where you place your confidence in the world of organising your home it's easy to misplace your confidence.

Some people feel that they have confidence by keeping all their items and knowing it's in the house somewhere bring confidence... but if you can't find the item when you need it, your confidence is misplaced. However the confidence reall...

Lauren Morley is co-host of Millennial Minimalists podcast and the creator of the 20 Outfit Wardrobe, a simple system that helps women feel confident in what they wear every day. Lauren’s method eliminates closet or wardrobe overwhelm, prevents unnecessary shopping, and helps people feel confident in what they wear every day.

If decluttering and organising alone hasn't solved your overwhelm in deciding what to wear each day, Lau...

You've heard of normal maths... you've maybe even heard of girl maths, but have you heard of Decluttering Maths!?

Decluttering maths is logical, exponential and always truthful. The higher the number of items you have either in a category or in your home, the harder it is to get it organised, and harder it is to keep it organised. 

One thing I love about maths is that both sides of the equation balance out... so the oppo...

Do you wonder why you tidy up and then it feels like hours later you're back in mess? You might like to blame ENTROPY! Entropy is the second law of thermodynamics and states that everything moves towards a state of disorder.

Today I unpack how entropy affects your home, and explore the options - to surrender (I mean it's a universal law right!?), or what it takes to counteract the law to achieve your desired results.

Better H...

My dad gave me a lovely compliment today when he was over for a cup of tea and piece of banana bread - he said that my home is inviting and relaxing and 'feels like home'.

And it got me thinking about watching "With love, Meaghan" on Netflix this week and how having a home where people feel welcome and relaxed is such a beautiful goal - above having it perfect, or minimalist or styled etc. That how you feel in your home, and how...

I have a pile of text books which have been sitting in my office for the last 4 months - they are texts that we thought my youngest would need, however in the 2 years since my eldest did the exact same subjects, the school has changed the edition or publisher of the text books and require students to have a copy of the new ones. So we have 8 text books in near new condition that nobody wants. And it's a dilemna for me - I can't fin...

This week we learn about the incredible power of body doubling! Whether you're an ADHDer like me, or not, body doubling can supercharge your time management and follow through in getting any task done.

Body doubling is about having someone alongside you for motivation and accountability when you're doing a job. You might know the right thing to do, have the necessary skills and mastery to do it... but for some reason are unable ...

We're chin deep in renovations at the moment, and as I reflected on lessons I've learnt , I realised that much of what is making this project ahead of schedule and on budget are the same things that make a decluttering project successful.

As mentioned, if you are interested in my free wardrobe decluttering course, you can check it out here: https://www.theartofdecluttering.com.au/courses/wardrobe/

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Todays episode, PILE or FILE might just be the most impactful to the way you organise your home. I genuinely think this concept will be a lightbulb for many of my listeners and may indeed change the foundations of the way that you organise your home.

Pile = Horizontal = Hidden = Messy & Cluttered

File = Vertical = Visible = Tidy & Organised

As mentioned, if you are interested in some of my decluttering courses, you can check t...

Dana K White from A Slob Comes Clean is on the show today! She's an author, podcaster, youtuber and all round incredible teacher in the decluttering and cleaning space.

On the show today, Dana shares her journey of 'deslobification' and we chat about her new book, "Jesus Doesn’t Care About Your Messy House". It's a brilliant book on grace and eternity and brings a spiritual lens to decluttering and organising. Whether you're a p...

This week is our last week in the "stuff everyone can declutter" series and we're tackling food. You, like me probably have food in your fridge, freezer or pantry that is out of date or you're simply just not going to use. Having less food clutter makes meal times easier, saves you money and reduces the daily overwhelm.

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As we start the year with areas in the home that everyone can declutter, today we tackle bags.

Backpacks

Suitcases

Hiking packs

School bags

Shopping bags

Handbags... and so much more

Consider what bags you have that you no longer need or use and enjoy the space you create by decluttering your bags today

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When good bedding gets out of control it's easy for wardrobes and cupboards to be taken over - join me today as we wrangle our bedding to better manage our households.

Today I am going to tackle our families bedding to declutter items we don't need anymore, have been keeping 'just in case' or that we've stopped using. You're invited to join me as I bring everything out to sort, declutter and then store safely in underbed storage...

It's common for most homes to be a bit stuck on where to store shoes - for two reasons...

1. our homes don't generally come with any designated shoe storage
2. we have WAY too many pairs of shoes!

I encourage you today to declutter shoes which are too small, you don't wear anymore, have holes, are uncomfortable etc. And then when you see how many shoes you have left, be really intentional about how you are going to store your s...

What would 2025 look like if it was a year of less for you?

What would it look like if your house was less cluttered?

Less mess to tidy up at the end of the day?

Less dishes to wash?

Less options to deliberate over?

Less landfill

Less obligations

Less shopping

It isn't about having less for the sake of less, it's about entering into the great exchange. When you choose less, you also choose:

1. more financial freedom
2. more spare time
3. m...

Do you have one {or multiple} doom boxes around your home full of random clutter that you're not quite sure what to do with, where to put, or you're procrastinating making decisions about the items inside?

You may be surprised to find that in some situations, a doom box can actually assist your decluttering success rather than be an organising 'no-no'.

Need to have a place for decisions you need to check with someone else?

Qui...

Kick procrastination to the curb with todays organisational hack... MIGHT AS WELL.

It doesn't need motivation. It doesn't need conviction. It doesn't need perfection. It's a lazy girl way of doing things that you'll be glad you did without having to think about them in advance.

For example:

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well take out the rubbish from the car

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well take out the jeans I don't we...