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How to Be a Minimalist: 7 Thoughts on Simplifying Your Life
Be more with less. Here are tips for minimalist living — downsizing your life, your possessions, and your schedule — from author and blogger Joshua Becker.
5 Ways to Live Small
Learn how to minimize waste while reaping more satisfaction from life.
How to Create a Capsule Wardrobe
If your wardrobe has white space in it, your life just might too.
The Living Experiment: Clutter
Feeling oppressed by your possessions? Learn how to lighten your load — and harvest some important insights in the process.
How to Declutter Your Calendar
If your busy schedule is spreading you too thin, it may be time to reevaluate your priorities.
How to Be More With Less: Q&A With Courtney Carver
Creator of Project 333, and author of Simple Ways to Be More With Less shares what she’s learned through simplifying her life — and a few tips to help you get started.
Life Outside the Box: Lauren Singer
Zero-waste advocate Lauren Singer is helping people lighten their environmental footprint — one container at a time.
Essentialism: The New Minimalism?
Sure, you can declutter to have less — but what do you truly need? How essentialism is helping one woman pare down to the good stuff.
How Less Can Be More
Our managing editor looks to clear out the clutter and start the year fresh with a renewed perspective on the stuff she keeps — starting with the linen closet.
5 Ways to Kick the Fast-Fashion Habit
Tips for shopping more responsibly.
What Triggers Emotional Shopping and How to Take Back Control
Do you have the urge to splurge? Emotion-induced shopping may seem harmless, but letting your feelings take over your wallet could end up costing you more than money.
Order Out of Chaos: Laundry–and–Mud Room Makeover
A cluttered laundry-and-mud room becomes a functional, pleasant place to be.
Order Out of Chaos: Bill Payment and Desk Organization
Minimize the stress of paying bills by creating a simple system for household paperwork.
Order Out of Chaos: The Linen Closet and Bathroom
How to arrange your bathroom and linen closet so they support a more peaceful start to the day.
The Emotional Toll of Clutter
What is your space saying about you — and what is it doing to your energy, mood and outlook on life?
How to Embrace the Wabi-Sabi Style in Your Home
Tired of trying to make your home look magazine-slick? Discover the Japanese art of wabi-sabi or “appreciating the imperfect.”
Tips for Organizing Your Digital Clutter
Here’s how to organize your desktop, laptop and mobile devices.
Clutter’s Continuity
Pilar Gerasimo on keeping up with life’s day-to-day clutter.
Clutter Clearer: Laurie Gerber
Life coach Laurie Gerber has helped hundreds of clients overcome self-defeating behaviors and clean up their emotional lives, daily habits and relationships.
Order out of Chaos: Declutter the Bedroom
Feng-shui expert Andrea Gerasimo explains how to make your bedroom a restful sanctuary.