For the previous 15 years, the driving ardour behind this web site has been easy: to encourage and assist individuals personal much less and dwell extra.
I hope, in a method or one other, it’s been useful to you in your pursuit.
At first, this weblog was the one useful resource I provided. I revealed articles 3 times per week and made them freely accessible to anybody who subscribed by electronic mail. (You still can, by the way.)
However a web site constructed on one-off articles has its limits. It turns into a stream of consciousness—subjects shared in no specific order, merely based mostly on what I used to be studying, eager about, or eager to articulate on the time.
The articles had been useful—and nonetheless are—however now, simply 30 wanting 1,000 posts, they are often tough to navigate. I began receiving increasingly emails asking, “Do you may have any articles about _____?” And sometimes, I did—they had been simply buried in the Archives.
So in 2016, I revealed The More of Less: Finding the Life You Want Under Everything You Own. The e-book laid out a simple argument for a way proudly owning much less helps us pursue larger and higher desires for our lives.
I hoped it could encourage many individuals to embrace a brand new way of life. With over 100,000 copies offered, I’d say that’s a fairly good begin.
However because the e-book and weblog gained readers, I started to note one thing.
Many individuals had examine minimalism and wished the advantages of it—however nonetheless struggled to place the ideas into follow.
So 9 years in the past, I launched an answer: The Uncluttered Course.
I created the course to offer the whole lot a e-book, weblog publish, or YouTube video can not: construction, accountability, weekly challenges, a supportive group, and a chance to ask questions and really feel heard.
The course has modified numerous lives. I nonetheless obtain emails that say, “I took your Uncluttered Course in 20xx and it modified my life.”
And I all the time reply the identical manner: “I’ll have offered inspiration and construction—however you probably did the laborious work.”
A couple of years in the past, in 2023, I sat down with a pen and paper and requested myself a brand new query: What extra may I do to assist individuals personal much less?
I mapped out your entire journey somebody would possibly undergo—from first listening to about minimalism, to decluttering their house, to constructing long-term habits that keep a clutter-free life, to ultimately inviting others into its advantages.
Irrespective of the place somebody finds themselves on that path, I need to assist them take their subsequent step.
That course of led me to a realization: As a lot as I like this weblog, the books, and the net course, there are nonetheless some individuals who want one thing extra private of their journey.
They don’t need to undergo the method alone. They don’t need to determine it out on-line.
They need in-person assist. One-on-one. Of their precise house.
Typically that’s as a result of they really feel caught. Different instances it’s as a result of they want private help. And typically, they’re simply too busy to do it on their very own.
Sadly, {many professional} organizers are targeted on organizing what we already personal—not serving to us take away what we don’t want. It may be laborious to elucidate to somebody that the purpose isn’t higher group—it’s proudly owning much less.
The world wants extra Professional Declutterers.
So over the previous two years, I’ve been coaching each professionals and passionate people in my strategy to decluttering and minimalism.
Throughout our dwell skilled trainings, I work immediately with members—instructing the best strategies I’ve discovered to assist individuals personal much less and dwell extra.
At present, practically 100 people have accomplished the coaching. They dwell everywhere in the world and are geared up to return into your house (or work nearly) to stroll with you step-by-step by the method.
When you’re in search of private help that will help you declutter, they’re accessible and able to serve. Here is a website where you can find their information.
After all, that is their livelihood. Hiring somebody for individualized help will value greater than a e-book or course designed for a bigger viewers. However when you’re caught, the funding is value it—in your house, your peace, your time, and your life.
*I don’t obtain any fee from their work.
Every of those professionals has my full suggestion. I’ve educated them personally. They’ve confirmed their understanding of my strategies. And I consider they will help you.
When you want the assistance, reach out. Proudly owning much less is value it.
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PS: When you’re knowledgeable organizer—and even simply somebody captivated with serving to others personal much less—I’d love to show you. I supply this coaching 3 times per 12 months. When you’d like extra data or need to be notified the subsequent time registration opens, sign up here.
