All that stuff...⁣

⁣The piles on the kitchen counters, the dining table, your bedside table.⁣

⁣The cords and DVD’s and books overflowing the basket in the family room.⁣

⁣The gadgets that fall out every time you open that one kitchen cabinet.⁣

⁣The boxes of stuff in your kids closet.⁣

⁣All of that stuff that you bought or received with good int...

I mean...right?⁣

⁣Prior to ruthlessly decluttering, I remember marathon cleaning sessions on the weekend. I'm talking HOURS. ⁣

⁣I would scrub away while I fumed inside about how our house was in terrible shape.⁣

⁣I would rage vacuum while I thought about all of the other things I WISHED I was doing. ⁣

⁣+taking a nap⁣

+hiking with my kids⁣

I don’t need to tell you that clutter adds stress into our lives.⁣

⁣…that it builds up slowly, and before we know it - has taken over our homes. ⁣

⁣But did you know that clutter literally stresses you out? Like physiologically stresses you out?⁣

⁣According to a 2009 UCLA study, women who perceive clutter in their home have raised levels of corti...

I saw a meme the other day that said something along the lines of “I have a messy house because I’m busy enjoying my kids”….⁣

⁣Wait.⁣

⁣What?⁣

⁣My first thought was…”so with that line of thinking…if I have a tidy and uncluttered home, I must not have time to enjoy my kids?”⁣

⁣When that is the complete OPPOSITE of reality.⁣

⁣That meme has it bac...

When I was a stay-at-home mom with my oldest, I was drowning.⁣⁣

⁣⁣Barely keeping my head above water.⁣⁣

⁣⁣Every single morning, I’d lay on the playroom floor while she played around me. Unable to motivate myself enough to get up and DO something. Then by afternoon, the reality of our house would hit and I would plop her in front of the tv and cle...

Have you ever stopped to think that maybe, just maybe, the reason you don’t have time to declutter - is because you have so much clutter taking up all your time?

Maybe we have it all backwards....

“I just don’t have enough time to declutter”.⁣

I hear this all. the. time.⁣

And I get it. Because I used to think and feel the same way.⁣

I was busy...

The idea of organizing has always appealed to me.⁣⁣

⁣⁣I would scour Pinterest for “how to organize a playroom” or “mud room organization” or “cute organized kids closet”...⁣⁣

⁣⁣I would buy all the supplies, and I’d assume within hours that the organizers “didn’t work” because I’d get it all set up - but I def. did not feel organized.⁣⁣

⁣⁣Little ...

Earlier this morning, my youngest tapped me on my leg and said “Mama? This is a goooooooood day! I Lub you very much!” And ran back to her magnatiles.⁣

⁣…..but here’s the thing.⁣

⁣Today has been nothing special.⁣

⁣We didn’t go to the zoo and get ice cream.⁣

⁣I didn’t fight Denver traffic to get to Children’s museum before the parking lot filled...

It’s not really about the dishes routine.⁣

⁣Or the laundry system.⁣

⁣Or the PM pickups or maintenance declutters.⁣

⁣It’s about knowing you have to manage your home either way.⁣

⁣You can do it the hard way, on the fly and always in a rush - stressed out.⁣

⁣Or you can have a plan. A plan that makes your home work FOR you, not the other way aroun...

"Diana, we have this opportunity for you..."

"We could really use some help with this..."

"We will meet weekly and I think you'll really grow from it..."

"Your kids should really be in swimming, but also a sport, and probably a music or art class too..."

How many times a week are you presented with something else to fill your time?

Over t...