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Book

Making space, clutter free : the last book on decluttering you'll ever need

Call Number

  • 648.8 M4788 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2019]

Physical Description

282 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Summary

Many have repeatedly tried to break their clutter's mysterious hold, only to fail. McCubbin explains what she calls the "7 Emotional Clutter Blocks," unconscious obstacles that stand between you and financial freedom, healthy relationships, and positive outlooks. She then offers a realistic approach to managing your belongings, and helps you create an individual strategy that helps you attain your life goals. -- adapted from back cover

Contents

  • Finding the real, emotion-based problem
  • What's under the clutter? : a new approach
  • The seven emotional clutter blocks : which one(s) do you have?
  • How to listen to your clutter, room by room
  • Getting down to it
  • Before you begin : set yourself up like a pro
  • Beyond the basics : decluttering tricks of the trade
  • When the going gets tough : breaks, breath, gratitude, and friends
  • Arriving and thriving
  • Strategies and systems to organize what's left
  • Conscious consumption : how to halt the clutter creep
  • Celebrating and inhabiting your new space
  • Life's big changes
  • Downsizing : the purge of a lifetime
  • Decluttering after death and divorce.

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