A Slob Comes Clean 468: Breaking Through Decluttering Plateaus (and More)
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Jul 24, 2025 Discover how to conquer decluttering plateaus with practical strategies and personal insights. Learn about navigating clutter thresholds and managing family dynamics. Tackle challenges that arise from emotional attachments and new parenting. Explore effective home organization techniques that emphasize small, achievable steps and support from others. Plus, gain tips for quick clean-ups and maintaining an organized space, ensuring that clutter doesn't overwhelm your life.
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Clutter Threshold Is Personal Capacity
- Your clutter threshold is the unique amount of stuff you can easily keep under control.
- Staying under that threshold means having less stuff, not just better storage.
Use Five-Minute Pickups As The Test
- Do five-minute pickups regularly to test whether a space is under your clutter threshold.
- If five minutes can't restore order, declutter more ruthlessly until it does.
Model Decluttering Before Asking Others
- Declutter your own and neutral stuff first to model the change for family members.
- Keep doing five-minute pickups and show the impact so others learn the value of less stuff.
