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The Clutter Fairy Weekly

Gayle Goddard and Ed Gumnick

291 episodes

10 hours ago

As New Year’s Eve approaches, we spend moments of self-reflection and inspiration coming up with ambitious goals for next year. We set them…and then get distracted and leave them by the curb. In special episode #287 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explains reasons that New Year’s resolutions fail more often than they succeed and suggests more effective ways to frame the changes you want to make in your life. ...

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As New Year’s Eve approaches, we spend moments of self-reflection and inspiration coming up with ambitious goals for next year. We set them…and then get distracted and leave them by the curb. In special episode #287 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explains reasons that New Year’s resolutions fail more often than they succeed and suggests more effective ways to frame the changes you want to make in your life. ...

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Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/291)

The Clutter Fairy Weekly

Commitments You’ll Love to Keep: Reframe New Year’s Resolutions - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #287

As New Year’s Eve approaches, we spend moments of self-reflection and inspiration coming up with ambitious goals for next year. We set them…and then get distracted and leave them by the curb. In special episode #287 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explains reasons that New Year’s resolutions fail more often than they succeed and suggests more effective ways to frame the changes you want to make in your life. ...

1 week ago

5 minutes

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Season’s Greetings from The Clutter Fairy Family to You and Yours! - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #286

Season’s greetings from The Clutter Fairy family to you and yours! In special episode #286 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, thanks our clients, patrons, friends, family, viewers, and listeners for your generous support this year and wishes you a joyous and peaceful holiday season filled with all that your heart desires! The text of this message and other show notes can be found at https://cfhou.com/tcfw286. ...

2 weeks ago

2 minutes

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Celebrate Wins | Set Boundaries on Stuff | Declutter Subscriptions - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #285

What are your favorite ways to celebrate decluttering wins? What boundaries does the Clutter Fairy set on her own stuff? How do we declutter our subscriptions? In episode #285 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, answers these and other viewer and listener questions and discusses short topics suggested by our audience in our surveys and social-media channels. Show notes: https://cfhou.com/tcfw285 The Clutter Fair...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 4 minutes

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A Matter of Taste: Declutter Decor to Fit Your Evolving Style - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #284

Some of us collect art and decor for our homes as if we’re curating a museum, never discarding any precious object that ever caught our fancy for a moment. But decorative items that are out of step with our current taste and style easily turn to clutter. In episode #284 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, identifies behaviors that lead to decor clutter and suggests strategies to streamline the stuff that gives yo...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Don’t Buy the Hype: Conscientious Shopping in the Holiday Season - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #283

As the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, marketers use every trick they know to get us to buy, buy, buy. But we can resist the noise and pressure to overspend and add to clutter if we practice thoughtful, conscientious shopping habits. In episode #283 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines the perils of shopping in the holiday season and suggests strategies for sticking to our lists and our bud...

1 month ago

57 minutes

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Helping Hands: How to Ask for Decluttering Support (or Offer Yours) - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #282

The work of decluttering and organizing can be too overwhelming for one person to tackle. So we ask for help. But assistants who aren’t sensitive to our goals, priorities, and emotional needs can create as many problems as they solve. In episode #282 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, gives advice on asking for help with your decluttering projects or offering your support or assistance to others who need it. Sh...

1 month ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Clear the Deck: Organize to Prepare for Injury, Illness, Disability - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #281

Sooner or later, most households will experience health or mobility issues of some kind. An injury, illness, or age-related loss of mobility will often exacerbate existing clutter problems. In episode #281 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores steps we can take to plan ahead for changes and accommodations that injury, illness, or disability can necessitate in our homes. Show notes: https://cfhou.com/tcfw2...

1 month ago

54 minutes

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Being Grateful for What We Have (or Don’t): Gratitude and Clutter - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #280

It’s easy to get swept up and carried away by the excitement of the holiday season. But as we prepare for this busy time of family, fun, and celebration, let’s reflect on our feelings of gratitude and how they impact the way we accumulate, manage, and dispose of our stuff. In episode #280 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examines the role of gratitude in our decision-making and in the work of decluttering and ...

1 month ago

59 minutes

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Learn from the Past | Clutter on the Go | Default Capsule Wardrobes - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #279

What did we do differently at times in our lives when we were less cluttered? What’s good advice for staying organized and decluttered while traveling? Is it still a “capsule wardrobe” if you just happen to wear only a small number of items? In episode #279 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, reflects on what we can learn from our less-cluttered past and takes up other short topics suggested by our audience. Show...

1 month ago

57 minutes

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Service Solutions: When Doing All the Work Yourself Is Too Much - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #278

Decluttering and organizing is time-consuming, emotionally challenging, and sometimes physically demanding work. If you find that can’t get it all done yourself even with the help of family and friends, consider hiring service providers to assist with the toughest chores. In episode #278 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores services you can contract to help lighten the burden of decluttering work. Show n...

2 months ago

59 minutes

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Value Versus Values: How We Think About What Our Stuff Is Worth - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #277

Our perceptions of the value of our stuff can cloud our judgment about what really supports the life we want to be living—and what doesn’t. But a focus on our values helps us ground our decluttering decisions in a better understanding of ourselves. In episode #277 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores value-based patterns of thinking that lead to clutter and offers strategies for re-evaluating what we real...

2 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Book Club: ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life (Kolberg/Nadeau) - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #276

People with ADHD often struggle to declutter and organize because of challenges with time management, planning, and executive function. ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life seeks to address these challenges with advice written specifically for an ADHD audience. In episode #276 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, reviews ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life and discusses lessons we can take from this organiz...

2 months ago

1 hour

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From Chaotic Hiding Place to Peaceful Retreat: The Primary Bedroom - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #275

The main bedroom should be a quiet, peaceful sanctuary where we recharge ourselves and enjoy intimate moments. But when clutter invades, visual distractions and mental noise can drain our energy and diminish the quality of our sleep. In episode #275 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, offers strategies for transforming your primary bedroom from a stress-inducing mess into a tranquil refuge. Show notes: https://...

3 months ago

58 minutes

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More ABCs of Clutter: Another Alphabet of Organizing Suggestions - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #274

Clutter insinuates itself into every part of our lives: our space, our time, our emotions, our relationships. From boxes moldering in the Attic to the Zester lurking in a kitchen drawer, we must examine our lives to discard the stuff we no longer need, love, or use. In episode #274 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, we set ourselves another alphabet challenge: to identify and discuss an organizing concept, issue...

3 months ago

56 minutes

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Clutter Hacks: Five-minute Maintenance Habits to Make a Big Impact - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #273

Clearing clutter is really two jobs: reducing the backlog of accumulated stuff and cultivating habits to keep the mess from getting worse. The more effectively you handle ongoing maintenance, the more energy you’ll have to devote to the backlog project. In episode #273 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, suggests a dozen five-minute maintenance tasks as the foundation for a clutter-prevention workflow. Show note...

3 months ago

56 minutes

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Creative-output Clutter | Learning to Live in Decluttered Space - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #272

What are we supposed to do with art and craft projects after we’ve finished them? How can chronically cluttered people learn to be comfortable in a decluttered space? It’s time for another “Ask Us Anything” episode! In episode #272 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, answers viewer and listener questions and discusses short topics suggested by our audience in our surveys and social-media channels. Show notes: ht...

3 months ago

1 hour

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Clutter-friendly Ways to Give, Receive, Downsize, and Regift Gifts - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #271

We often endow items we receive as gifts with a special status in our decluttering decision-making. But even gifts become clutter if we don’t love, need, or use them! In episode #271 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores the complex issues of decluttering gifts and offers clutter-conscious approaches to giving, receiving, downsizing, and regifting gifts. Show notes: https://cfhou.com/tcfw271 The Clutter F...

3 months ago

57 minutes

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A Houseful of Limitless Potential: Clutter and the Creative Mind - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #270

Do your efforts to declutter conflict with your calling to live a brilliant, original, and creative life? For artists, craftspeople, and hobbyists, the stuff in our homes can stimulate our imaginations at the same time it stands in the way of our freedom to create. In episode #270 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores how our stuff can both inspire and stifle creativity and offers strategies for making spa...

4 months ago

1 hour 1 minute

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Partners in Clutter: Organizing With (or in Spite of) Other People - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #269

Other people can be valuable companions in our decluttering and organizing journeys, or they can interfere with our best efforts. We have to be careful and mindful about who gets a say in our decision-making. In episode #269 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, discusses people who influence our organizing process and offers strategies for working with—or around—those whose choices impact the clutter in our lives....

4 months ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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Not Getting Any Younger: Age as a Factor in Clutter (continued) - The Clutter Fairy Weekly #268

The effects of aging can add significant challenges to the work of managing our clutter. But decluttering and organizing our spaces yields lots of benefits for older people, such as greater ease of movement, improved safety, and increased mental clarity. In episode #268 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, continues our discussion of ways in which aging complicates our organizing efforts and the many benefits of r...

4 months ago

59 minutes