The Art of Decluttering

Hand up if you've discovered long lost library books or school readers under a child's bed years after they bought them home and been too embarrassed to return them to the school... Hands up if you've paid a lost book fee at the library because you're sure someone broke into your house during the night, purely to steal 2 of your kids library books...Hands up if your teenager has managed in the course of 12 months to take a mint condition $100 text book and turn it into a barely recognisable collection of ripped and barely strung together pages...Today is about some hacks to help develop the love of reading along with removing the stress of losing books, ruining books or turning up to school without the books you need for the day. Whether the kids are in their first or last year of schooling there are ideas for everyone today.You may also like to listen to these episodes:Big BooksKids BooksReadingBack to SchoolReturn to SchoolJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you like me, put yourself under enormous pressure to find the 'perfect' lunch box for your kids when they first started school? Do you have parts of random lunch boxes in drawers and at the back of cupboards? Join in and question what type of lunchboxes will work best for you and your family depending on the season of life you are in.Be encouraged to think about the routine of washing/ packing lunch boxes as well as habits of unpacking bags after school and work. Maybe you can even encourage your kids that it's their responsibility to pack their own lunches (yep, I've never ever made a school lunch!)You may also like to listen to these episodes:TupperwareBack to SchoolReturn to SchoolJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you had to take a guess at home many drink bottles were rattling around your house, how many would you guess? 10? 17? More?Today I share my top tips for managing drink bottles in your house. I share some questions to ask when trying to find the right drink bottles and my favourite solutions for drink bottle storage.You may also like to listen to these episodes:TupperwareBack to SchoolReturn to SchoolJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

School uniforms - love them or hate them, if your kids go to a school that has a uniform, the start of each year can be overwhelming as you make sure that the right kids have the right size uniforms. Listen in to this episode for some tips on getting uniforms sorted, keeping track of them and learn some top tips for keeping school uniforms organised so that kids can always (or mostly!) get themselves ready for school without stress.You may also like to listen to these episodes:Return to SchoolBack to SchoolHomeschoolingSchool StartMagic Wardrobe NumberJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you dare... it's that time of the year when you pull the kids school bags from under their beds and discover if there is a liquified banana or shrivelled mandarin in there from the last week of school!! In this episode be encouraged to think about habits and routines to make school mornings less stressful and afternoons more organised.You may also like to listen to these episodes:Return to SchoolBack to SchoolHomeschoolingSchool StartJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays episode excludes NOBODY... because we ALL have an old device, old cords, chargers, adapters etc hanging around that either we are too scared to throw out because we're not 100% sure what they're for or we're keeping the device, "just in case". I challenge all of us today to gather all unused electronics, be honest about what you do and don't need and use, clear out what can be recycled through e-waste and then donate things which someone else can use. It's time to relieve ourselves of the tangled box of cord doom!Mobile Muster: https://www.mobilemuster.com.au/ is a great company in Australia who will take your old mobile phones and recycle them, Officeworks also collects them.Episodes to listen to nextMediaCords & CablesJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you have a stash of glass jars and bottles and plastic take away containers that you're keeping in the corner cupboard, under the laundry sink or in the cupboard above the fridge? Now, be honest... how many do you ACTUALLY need and use? Maybe it's time (OK... it's definitely time) to fill your recycling bin with the jars, bottles and containers that you can part with.Today be encouraged to declutter these items and also get top tips on how to organise them so you can set limits to how many you're going to keep.You may also like to listen to these episodes:ContainersTupperwareRecycling Holding ZoneJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Happy Quitters Day! Today I share an update on the diet coke experiment as well as share the world of quitters day. We explore 4 strategies for staying the course on things you don't want to quit, and what to do if you fall off the wagon.And then to celebrate quitters day declutter style, I unpack 7 things to quit in 2023. Episodes to listen to nextMicro DeclutterPerfectionismPeter WalshJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we talk all things hats and glasses... it's time to assess how many you have, what are your favourites, what are you realistically never going to wear again and can get rid of... and how best to organise them so you can find what you need when you need it.I commit to decluttering glasses that I no longer wear or aren't the right prescription and I hope you too can declutter while you listen to this episode and experience the freedom of loving the hats and glasses you are left with.Episodes to listen to nextClothingHandbagsShoesJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you had to take a guess... how many gift cards or vouchers do you currently have that are yet to be redeemed? I share in this episode how many I currently have... and I make a plan to redeem them (I've already used 2 since recording the episode).Gift cards and vouchers are great presents as they can show you know someone by what voucher you buy them but also allows freedom for the recipient to decide what they would like to spend it on. Decluttering them isn't about making space in your wallet (although it will), it's about clearing the mental load of knowing you have them and trying to remember to use them. Enjoy some activities and gifts that you've been given and make sure you use those vouchers that are sitting around your home.I also float an idea for a 'Return to Sender' amendment where if a voucher is purchased and never redeemed, after 3 years the voucher is returned to the original buyer.Episodes to listen to nextGiftsChristmas Gifts & WrapJoin our community Become a Patron – your monthly donation makes a huge difference to me being able to produce this podcast. Donations can be as little as $1 a month!Follow me on InstagramFollow me on FacebookJoin my Facebook groupLeave a review on Apple PodcastThank you to my sound engineer, Jarred from Four4ty Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.