Category Archives: Toys, mess and clutter

Allow Yourself Extra Time to Get Things Done in 2022

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Sandra Madeira

So often we get disappointed when we start a project and then don’t get time to finish it, or it takes longer than we think. We’re busy people, possibly juggling many projects both at home and at work, so… … … Continue reading →

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Create Categories When Making Decisions On Clutter

Posted on March 24, 2021 by Sandra Madeira

I’ve introduced categories when sorting through clutter before so it doesn’t feel like anything new; however, what I’m doing this time around seems to have the stuff flying out of the room at record speed. I think something is shifting … Continue reading →

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How Do You Know if You’re a Hoarder?

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Sandra Madeira

I’ve been listening to a podcast series called The Clutter Chronicles for a few days now and I’m on episode 22. It’s just an ongoing conversation with a person called Mary who calls herself a recovering hoarder. She spills her … Continue reading →

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A 41 Year Old Jigsaw Gave us Three Hours of Family Time

Posted on January 7, 2021 by Sandra Madeira

In an attempt to get through the stack of jigsaws taking up space in my house (so that we can see which ones we want/don’t want to keep), I got out the second jigsaw so far this year. We started … Continue reading →

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Dreaming about a decluttered room

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

Just over 3 hours ago, I walked into the spare room to do some decluttering (again) and spotted an old CD on top of a pile off other stuff that had accumulated from the last time that I was decluttering … Continue reading →

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How do you motivate yourself to tidy up?

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

At first I didn’t think that I would be able to relate to the title of this blog. After all, who could possibly need to be motivated to tidy up? I used to think that I would always feel like … Continue reading →

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Waking up feeling energised

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

After a tiring day yesterday, I had a relaxing evening and then a perfect night’s sleep. I woke up thinking that it was a week day and had to go to work. When I realised that it was Saturday I … Continue reading →

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Exercising before cleaning

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Sandra Madeira

Christmas came and went, and my job before and after that seemed to take over my life in the evenings and weekends. So much so, that I’ve neglected the house. Today I am faced with 2-3 hours to myself (as … Continue reading →

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Desk Decluttering Achieved

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Sandra Madeira

Whilst my daughters have been at school today, I’ve decluttered the whole desk including drawers. Even though we were given the desk second hand, I’d forgotten what good condition it was in and how grand it looked. I was drawn … Continue reading →

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Almost tried to reorganise whilst decluttering

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Sandra Madeira

I forgot about my blog Decluttering vs. Organising when faced with my messy desk yesterday. I was trying to organise the layout of the room and then suddenly remembered that my focus should have been on decluttering. Shame on me. … Continue reading →

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