Twelve years ago, the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge started with just some posts on my blog. I couldn’t have imagined...
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The 11th Annual CGO Challenge is Here!
Each year around Labor Day, I start thinking about whether or not I want to host another Clever Girl Organizing Challenge. Do I...
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The 10th Annual CGO Challenge is Here!
It’s astonishing, but 2023 will be the TENTH Annual Clever Girl Organizing Challenge. I know this, because I’ve done...
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Lessons From My Yard Sale
On Saturday, it was my birthday. I celebrated the way I bet a lot of people do: I hosted a yard sale. Okay, maybe NO ONE else...
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Lessons from a Pandemic: The Great Reevaluation
I’ve been talking about this a lot lately, and I bet you have, too. Reevaluating EVERYTHING. Home. Career. Life Choices....
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10 things I hope you get out of Marie Kondo’s “Tidying Up” (and no, “spark joy” isn’t one of them)
Marie Kondo has a new TV show that launched on Netflix on January 1. Eight episodes of the messages of her best-selling book...
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Announcing the 2019 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge!
It’s that time of year when everyone else is thinking of the holidays, and *I’m* thinking about how to help people...
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Out but where? Exit strategies for Your Evicted Items.
“How do I get rid of…?” It’s the most common question I get from people, clients, friends, family,...
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Project 333: What I learned from Courtney Carver about my clothes, and about myself.
I recently had the opportunity to go see and hear Courtney Carver, of Be More With Less. Courtney is the creator of the...
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Letting Go is Hard, Even When You Know It’s Right.
I’m in my mid-40’s. I don’t have children. I say these things to give you context on the story I’m about...
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Week 13 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: Entertainment and Media
It’s Week 13 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge, and as we begin the last 4 weeks of The Challenge, we’re...
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Getting Organized When Couples Aren’t On the Same Page
People rarely come into a relationship together and discover they’re on the exact same page in terms of being organized,...
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Week 10 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: Wining and Dining Items
It’s Week 10. TEN!!! Can you believe it? What a tremendous effort you are making to reclaim your home and your life, one...
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Week 9 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: People in Our Lives
It’s Week 9 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge, and so we begin the second half of this 16-week adventure to help you...
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Are Unfinished Projects Every Where You Look?
Projects. Projects can be a big enemy in our efforts to get organized. What’s a project? This is how I typically hear a...
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Week 8 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: All the Linens!
Welcome to Week 8! When this week is done, we are HALF OVER with this fantastic challenge, which I have heard from so many of...
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Organized vs Tidy. They’re Not the Same Thing.
I want to talk today about a simple concept: I want to pose that there is a difference between being ORGANIZED and being TIDY. ...
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Week 7 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: Heading Into the Bathroom
Six weeks down, and ten weeks ahead, we’re well into reclaiming our homes and our lives, one space at a time! We’ve...
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Fighting the “I Might Need It Some Day” Force
I know these words have crossed your mind, and maybe your lips, when you’ve been going through the piles, the stacks,...
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Week 6 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge, All the Clothes, part 3
It’s Week 6! We’re still in the area of our wardrobes, but we’re moving past the primary parts — the...
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Facing Sentimental Items While Trying to Get Organized
Sentimental keepsakes, mementos, and memorabilia. It’s one of the toughest categories that I go through with clients, and...
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Week 5 of the 2016 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: All the Clothes, Week 2
It’s Week 5. First, a shout out: You’re more than 25% done with The Challenge! Hooray! High Fives for Everyone!...
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Three Ways To Get Your Mail Under Control
You get mail. Maybe a lot of mail, maybe not. It comes 6 days a week. It can become, if left neglected, a pile, a monster....
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Gifts and Guilt: How to Let Go of Both
Gift Guilt. The struggle is real. Whenever you’re going through items to declutter, or even if you’re just dealing...
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