For a broader look at decluttering via selling, take a look at my previous article How To Sell Unwanted Stuff Online. This time however, I look in more detail at my two favourite powerhouses – eBay versus Marketplace. eBay eBay pros for sellers: From a tech perspective it’s finely tuned and streamlined. It has good …
Want to sell unwanted stuff online? I need to preface this by saying: it may not be worth as much as what you think. Amazon, Kmart and Aldi are great. I mean who doesn’t want a $2 forest green velour cushion or $10 mum jeans? But this race to the bottom devalues everything. People expect to …
SPACE INVADERS EPISODE 5Faye and Maddison Marriages break down all the time. Some of us drown our sorrows with gin, some jump straight onto Tinder for some dating therapy and others indulge in some cheeky hoarding of sheet sets. Faye is in category number 3. She isn’t coping after her marriage of 30 years ended …
If you have watched The Home Edit or wandered through Ikea you will know the appeal of containers. Even Marie Kondo has succumbed to the trend and now has her own collab with The Container Store. But do containers actually help us get organised? Should I put my clutter into containers? Yes and no. Containers, …
This post is going to be riddled with disclaimers: I am not a tax accountant I am not an anything accountant OK so maybe not riddled, but those are my caveats. Can I claim decluttering on tax? Yes maybe. (There, I said it)If you are a sole trader or operating a business, andIf I declutter …
As children get older, their stuff changes. Pieces get smaller. Duplo changes to Lego. Wooden trucks are replaced with remote-control helicopters. Eventually there are fewer toys and more devices and chargers. But when it’s on the floor, it’s all clutter, and getting kids to put away their stuff is exhausting. Some of us have the …
Acquiring belongings is easy. A quick scroll through Amazon or Etsy, a few hours at the shops, a Christmas. Before you know it you have armfuls of shiny new things. Letting go of stuff is the hard part. Our attachment to material objects starts early in life. We love our things, as you know if …
I started sorting my stuff by colour recently. It began with my phone. It made me feel productive during a time when everyone on social media was constructing jigsaws or learning a new cuisine. It also created long lasting calm, reignited every time I looked at my rainbow-inspired masterpieces. I moved on to the bookshelf, …
So you’ve finished the decluttering and organising process, and it was laborious. You don’t want to have to go through that again. (at least not to that extent) So… How to Stay Tidy? Now that there is a place for everything, how do you keep everything in its place? How can you prevent chaos from …
Decluttering and making decisions go hand in hand. The process of sorting, tidying and culling household items involves making constant decisions about go or stay. – Do want it? – Do I need it? – What is the definition of need, anyway? – And what if I need it later?Decluttering and making decisions about what …
