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Become Your Best Version Before 2025 - Day 17

Decluttering Your Life

Hey Goddesses! If you joined us yesterday for our digital detox conversation, you might've noticed something, when we put our phones down, we suddenly see all the actual stuff around us! Isn't it wild how one type of decluttering naturally leads to another?

Life gets busy, messy even, and it’s easy to let the clutter pile up. But here’s the thing: decluttering isn’t just about tidying up your closet (though that’s part of it). It’s about clearing space in your life, your physical space, your calendar, even your mind, so you can breathe a little easier.

Let's make this super simple and actually doable. No pressure to transform your entire life overnight, just small, friendly steps that make a real difference.

Here's what really works (and I know because I've struggled with this too!):

Start with just 10 minutes. Pick a tiny spot that's been bugging you, maybe that coffee table where everything seems to land, or your bathroom counter. Don't think too hard about it! Just grab a trash bag for garbage and a box for donations, and ask yourself: "Do I actually use this? Does it make my daily life better?"

Got clothes you haven't worn in forever? Instead of feeling guilty about them, think about how happy they could make someone else! Those jeans that don't fit quite right anymore could be someone else's perfect pair.

Feeling like your mind is as cluttered as your space? Try this: before bed tonight, grab a notebook and write down everything that’s swirling around in your head. It doesn’t have to be pretty or organized, just get it all out. You’ll wake up feeling lighter, trust me.

Here's a super helpful trick: the "maybe box." Not sure about something? Pop it in a box, put today's date on it, and tuck it away for three months. If you haven't missed it by then, it's probably safe to let it go.

Sometimes, it’s not your physical space that’s cluttered, it’s your time. Take a quick look at your schedule for the week. Is there something you said yes to that you really wish you hadn’t? Give yourself permission to reschedule, delegate, or just cancel it altogether. Your time is valuable.

The best part? Once you clear even a tiny space, you'll feel this amazing sense of lightness. It's like taking a deep breath of fresh air. And that feeling? It's totally addictive (in the best way!).

Want to get started? Here's an easy-peasy way:

Look around the room you're in right now

Spot three things that you definitely don't need

Let them go (recycle, donate, trash, whatever fits)

That's it! You've already started!

To keep the clutter from creeping back in, try this: for every new thing you bring into your life (a purchase, a commitment, etc.), let one thing go.

Every time you let go of something you don't need, you're making more room for the good things in life, like calm mornings where you can actually find your keys, or a cozy evening at home where you're not staring at piles of stuff that need sorting.

What’s one area of your life you’re excited to declutter? Share it with me in the comments or message me, I’d love to hear about it.

See you tomorrow for Day 18!

♡ ☆:.｡ Keep glowing, babes! ♡ ☆:.｡ With love, Goddess Inner Glow.

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A Beginners Guide on Minimalism, in a Consumer-Driven Society

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Stay on your toes, like they're cold ice cubes below (did you vibe to that line!! Don't you think I'll be an awesome rap artiste..... just kidding) I've been watching too much rap battles lately. Back to our topic 👇

Minimalism sounds great, but how do you embrace it when everything around you promotes more stuff? Let's try easy steps to simplify your life, shall we?

What is Minimalism?

For starters, it isn’t about owning the least, it’s about focusing on what adds value to your life and cutting out the excess. It’s intentional living, choosing to keep what serves a purpose or brings you joy, and letting go of the rest.

But you might say, “I love a lot of stuff”.....let's start here.

Step 1: Find Your “Why”

Before you start, ask yourself why you want to embrace minimalism. Is it to reduce stress, save money, or gain more time? Understanding your reason will help you stay motivated through the process.

Step 2: Start Small

Don’t overwhelm yourself by trying to declutter your entire house at once. Begin with one area, a drawer, a closet, or your desk. Hold each item and ask:

• Do I use this regularly?

• Does it improve my life?

If the answer is no, let it go. Donate, sell, or recycle what you no longer need.

Step 3: Adopt the One-In-One-Out Rule

For every new item you bring into your life, remove an old one. This rule prevents clutter from creeping back in and encourages mindful purchasing.

Step 4: Curb Impulse Shopping

Honestly, we live in a world filled with sales and promotions, it’s easy to make impulse purchases. Before buying, ask yourself; Do I really need this? Can I wait 30 days? Trust me, you'll often find that you don’t need it as much as you thought.

Step 5: Focus on Experiences, Not Things

Minimalism shifts your focus from possessions to experiences. Instead of buying more stuff, invest in experiences like a trip, a new hobby, or a memorable day with loved ones. These moments often bring more lasting joy than material things.

Step 6: Set Boundaries with Shopping

Consumer culture thrives on getting you to buy more. Set boundaries by unsubscribing from retail newsletters, limiting online shopping, or setting a spending cap. These small shifts keep you in control.

Minimalism Doesn't Just Happen Automatically

Minimalism isn’t a one-time event. It’s an ongoing process of choosing what matters. By starting small, you can build habits that simplify your life and reduce stress. Minimalism looks different for everyone, so find your rhythm, stay mindful, and remember it’s about making space for what truly matters.

I'll be talking about the digital aspect of Minimalism very soon. Stay frosty!

Signing out, kad

References

Becker, Joshua. The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own

Kondo, Marie. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up

Millburn, Joshua & Nicodemus, Ryan. The Minimalists: Live a Meaningful Life

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The Ultimate Year-End Reset: Things to Complete Before 2025

As the final days of 2024 draw near, there’s something magical about the idea of starting fresh. The new year holds promise, but stepping into 2025 with clarity, purpose, and energy means taking a moment to pause, reflect, and reset. If you want to make the most of these last weeks, here’s your ultimate guide to wrapping up the year right. 1. Reflect on the Year Gone By Take a moment to sit…

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Timeless Tips to Declutter Your Life Right Now

TABLE OF CONTENTS Timeless Tips to Declutter Your Life Right Now Introduction How do you make time to declutter your life with so much going on? The first thing I find helps me the most is when my mind feels cluttered with a myriad of thoughts and emotions, journaling helps me declutter what’s jamming up my thoughts and keeping me stressed. Yet, decluttering your life can seem like a daunting…

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Make the Universe Work for You: 5 Ways to Attract Positive and Uplifting Experiences

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For those with home related New Years Resolutions:

I’ve been a disabled homemaker for 5 years now so I wanted to share the resources that have helped me take our home from complete chaos to reasonably functional and enjoyable.

If you’re not functioning...

If you’re constantly tripping over things and getting injured, eating food that makes you sick, dealing with pests in the home, and struggling to complete basic tasks like feeding, clothing, and bathing yourself, then you should start with...

KC Davis aka StruggleCare aka DomesticBlisters

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Podcast

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I recommend KC Davis’s stuff with a big heaping dose of “keep what works and leave what doesn’t.” She’s one of the few people I’ve seen talking about compassionate care focused on maintaining a level of personal functioning rather than maintaining a home. Her stuff has been very helpful to me during some very challenging times. 

I think her some of her best work is probably her videos on the 5 step tidying process, the ones on setting up bedside hygiene and food kits, and the ones on dealing with DOOM (Didn’t Organize Only Moved) boxes. 

That being said she has a tendency to use neurotype as a shield for not reckoning with other dynamics in a situation (gendered, narcissism, etc) when asked for advice by viewers which can lead to this “all people with neurodivergence are good” vibe which I find off putting (especially as an autistic person). I mention it because her bleh stuff was all I was coming across and I missed out on her good stuff for a while. It’s worth picking through though. 

Her book is a little better on the whole. 

If you’re functioning but still very overwhelmed...

If you can complete your daily activities of living pretty regularly but you’re still losing papers you need, rebuying items you didn’t realize you had, or looking around your home at a mess that feels impossible to clean, then check out...

Dana K White aka A Slob Comes Clean

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I love Dana K. White’s stuff. Honestly, I recommend her to every level on this list but I think she probably shines brightest in this category. 

Her 5 step decluttering process is pure fucking gold. It’s a decluttering process that doesn’t rely on feelings at all - really helpful for those with trauma or alexthymia generally. She has multiple videos explaining it and even more where you can watch her go step by step with someone over the course of an hour and make a huge dent in some very overwhelming mess. Its the process I’ve used to go through over 50 moving boxes to declutter so we could fit in this much smaller space we moved to in April. 

Her day to day cleaning advice is also excellent. Her concept of dishes math has really helped me make decisions about what chores to focus on when I’m low energy. Her 14 Days to Opening Your Front Door series is amazing if you’re having to host for a given occasion but your home is a wreck. 

If you’re not painfully overwhelmed by your stuff but there’s still a lot of friction in your home...

If your stuff doesn’t overwhelm you but your home still doesn’t feel that good to be in, you’re still not finding things when you need to or it’s taking you a long time to find them, you create homes for things but they look terrible or they never seem to stick, then you’d love...

Cassandra Aarssen aka Clutterbug

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Books

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Podcast

Clutterbug types were kind of a game changer for me. It’s what really opened my eyes to why the systems that worked for me did not work for my partner. She is a Bee - lots of small categories that are all very visible - and I am a ladybug - big bucket categories that aren’t visible. When I reorganized our space according to the compromise between our types, Butterfly - big categories and very visible - all of a sudden the systems just worked so much better. There were many fewer fights sparked by things not getting put away or not being able to find things. So I really recommend her videos on the different types and examples of each. 

Quick word of warning, she does have regular videos about diet and exercise that I personally find pretty triggering to my disordered eating habits so I’m not subscribed to her and just check her channels every now and then so it’s easier to skip over videos where that might be a topic she talks about. 

Cliff Tan aka Dear Modern

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YouTube

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Book

Cliff Tan’s work is the most recent of these resources that I’ve come across but holy shit I cannot recommend it enough. 

Because my parents didn’t originally intend on my partner using the room she wound up using, there’s simply not space to keep some of the furniture and items in there anywhere else. Meaning she just kind of has to keep a fair bit of junk in there. But after watching (read: binging) the Dear Modern YouTube channel and seeing him completely change spaces by moving furniture around, I redid my partners room over the course of about 2 hours and it’s a completely different room. Way more comfortable and she’s already mentioned she’s getting much better sleep. 

So I really really recommend his stuff. Sometimes what you really need isn’t new stuff but just rearranging what you already have. 

If you’re pretty content with your home but want to streamline the process of caring for it...

If your home is pretty functional but regular tidying, deep cleaning, and maintenance tasks specifically keep falling through the cracks, then you might like...

FlyLady System

Website

The Secret Slob - YouTube

Diane in Denmark - YouTube

There are lots of systems out there for house keeping but I’ve yet to try or see one that seems to do better than FlyLady for me. Since with my illness my energy varies wildly, I don’t necessarily do things when her system recommends but I do them according to the priority her system ascribes to them as I’m able. 

FlyLady is a notoriously convoluted website so I really recommend learning from a secondhand source. The Secret Slob and Diane in Denmark are my favorites. 

Maintenance Lists

This Old House

There a lots of maintenance lists out there and honestly finding one and doing what you can is better than nothing. I personally like the ones from This Old House because they’re broken up into annual, seasonal, monthly, and some weekly tasks - which are essentially priority categories, similar to FlyLady. I’ve linked the winter one here but there are many others to pick through depending on what you want to work on. 

Bonus: Paper Clutter

My System

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This is what I’ve arrived at after years of experimentation. It’s an amalgam of a few different ideas from different systems in one place. I keep mind on my fridge but put yours where ever you’re dumping paper anyways. If you’re in a room or live in a car/backpack - I have ideas on how to organize it for those in this post too. 

Sunday Basket

YouTube Video

The Minimal Mom’s Video

She’s in Her Apron Video

Need something a little more robust? The Sunday Basket is probably be best version of a paper (and other stuff) system I’ve seen. Got something that needs dealt with? Chuck it in the Sunday Basket. The creator also has videos on long term paper storage ideas if that’s something you need as well. But her videos usually run an hour long so I recommend starting with either the Minimal Mom’s video or She’s in Her Apron’s video. 

Bonus: Digital Clutter

PARA System/Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte

YouTube Channel

Website

Book

Essential Video

The branding on this system can be very productivity tech wonk which is off putting to me but when I finally started hearing what was at the core of it and applying it - my digital life was changed. I’ve linked my absolute favorite video he’s done here. Ignore the bit about it being the last in the series, most of us are already using some note app and if you like it you can always go back and watch the rest. But just applying what’s in that video to your digital systems will make things easier to find. 

Hope this helps someone out there! 

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thanks for 6 wonderful years on caratblr! <3 you can follow my culture & arts sideblog @ghalghai if you're into that (or if you just want to stay in touch). love, madi

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dear everyone ! its finally done - i am halfwhat finished with moving blogs . though there are still some tweaks in my carrd i have to do , i am confident enough to archive this place thats been amelias home for the past seven years ( what a wild idea ) . i will not follow people first , as i want to leave the choice to you , if you want to keep in touch with me , keep our plots or maybe even start new new ones . this is an all fresh start for me i desperately need to get back in the swing of writing and there will be no hard feelings towards those who decide not to continue our interactions . i am forever grateful for this experience , for every single one of you and those who want to continue what we had . my url remains the same , so it should be easy to find your way there ! ! i will have a queue running on this blog to make sure no one who is interested missed the moving thing , but other than that : THATS IT . see you on the other side ! ! take care and much love .

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Minimalism takes the weight off of yourself both literally and figuratively.

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Digital Minimalism: Tips to Organize Your Online Life for Better Focus

Image Credit: Kad

We talk a lot about decluttering (organizing) our physical space, but what about our digital lives?

Why Does it Matter?

In our hyper-connected world, it’s easy to fall into the trap of digital overload. Research shows that constant multitasking and interruptions can reduce productivity and lead to burnout. By practicing digital minimalism, you’re giving yourself the gift of focus and mental clarity, allowing you to be more present and engaged in whatever you do......(Get what I mean?)

What is Digital Minimalism?

Basically, this is about getting rid of the tools, apps, and platforms that don't add value to your life, while intentionally choosing the ones that do. It’s not about ditching technology altogether but using it more mindfully.

Quick Tips to Simplify Your Digital Life

1. Unsubscribe Ruthlessly

Got an inbox full of newsletters you never read? Go on an unsubscribe spree. Limit the emails you receive to only what’s essential or inspiring. Tools like Unroll.me can help declutter your inbox in minutes.

2. Turn Off Non-Essential Notifications

Notifications are designed to grab your attention, but they often just disrupt your flow. Turn off alerts for apps that aren’t crucial. Trust me, you don’t need a ping every time someone likes your post.

3. Limit Social Media Time

Set-specific times to check social media rather than mindlessly scrolling throughout the day. Apps like Screen Time or Digital Wellbeing can help monitor and limit your usage. You’d be surprised at how much time you free up.

4. Organize Your Apps

Delete apps you don’t use. For the ones you do need, organize them into folders based on categories like work, fitness, or entertainment. Keep your home screen clean and uncluttered.

5. Declutter Your Files

Your computer’s desktop or phone’s photo gallery can quickly become a digital mess. Set aside time to delete old files and organize your documents into clear folders. You’ll thank yourself later when you can easily find what you need.

Take Control of Your Digital Life

Don't you want to live more intentionally? By reducing digital clutter, you can enhance your focus, reduce stress, and improve your overall well-being. Take small steps today, and before you know it, you’ll feel more in control of your online life.

By the way, your brain will thank you.

Signing out, kad

References

Why Digital Minimalism Matters in a Connected World

Zen Habits: Digital Decluttering

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We will never have the time to complete every task we need at home, socially, at school or work. This means that we will be in a perpetual state of procrastination if we don't change our mindset and decide to take control of what is within our reach in our lives.

Kai M. Jordan, Organize Your Home In A Year Or Less! (Happy Decluttered Life Book 4)

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Clear Your Energy | Gratitude and Abundance Enhance Your Mental Clarity w Sonic Energy Cleansing Waves

May is mental health awareness month, this weekend as we remember ones who have passed on, take time with yourself to consciously clear energy, no longer serving a purpose, in your life or contribute to a positive mental attitude

Use this playlist for your sonic bath ..

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Mindful Minimalism: How to Declutter Your Life and Mind for a Fresh Start

Ready to declutter your life and mind? 🧘‍♀️ Discover the art of #MindfulMinimalism and learn how to create space for what truly matters—starting with small, simple steps! 🌱 Less stuff, more life. #DeclutterYourLife #Minimalism #Voguegenics #LessIsMore

Ready for a breath of fresh air in your life? I’m not talking about taking a stroll in the park (though that wouldn’t hurt). I’m talking about clearing out the clutter—from your living room to your headspace—and embracing a lifestyle that doesn’t make you feel like you’re drowning in stuff. Welcome to the world of mindful minimalism, where less really is more. But don’t worry, I’m not about to…