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September 2020
A fresh start...

The summer house

During lockdown I took a lot of panicky looks at my empty agenda, wondering if and when work would start up again, and finally, some weeks ago my efforts to keep in touch with existing clients paid off: one of my clients – let’s call her Doris – confirmed that she was ready to look into decluttering her summer house. We had planned to do this in April and then we were in no position to do so, therefore I was keen to help her out before summer was over! Since we were working out in the open it felt like a perfect point to start up again to both of us. [...]

Email maintenance

When have you last decluttered your email system? Probably you can’t even remember. Of course, you delete the occasional mail, but that’s a drop in the ocean for most people: you delete one, and 20 more come in in its place.

There are good reasons to keep emails: it seems convenient to ‘just search’, there is enough storage, you’ll never miss out on that piece of information, or you might think that some authority may at some point want some detail that only exists in an email. Let’s take a look at those. [...]

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Published books

I have published two books so far, both dealing with particular aspects of decluttering both the spaces you live in and the mindset that is associated with your living situation.

We often hear that one of the key points to success in decluttering is that "you have to do it at the right time". This is rather a vague statement, so I have set out to find a way to better pinpoint such times, to facilitate the process and increase the chances of successful decluttering.

My new book "Clutter Tides" describes my findings, how life stages and clutter phases can help determine the best time to get started, and what to consider at each phase in the process.

The book holds a lot of guidance to help you understand why you hold on to things - a.o. in the shape of thought experiments - but also lots of practical tips and tricks to help you along and get you thinking along the right lines.

first published in February 2020
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More often than not, decluttering is seen as an intervention when stuff has already accumulated, but I wonder if there isn't a way to address the reasons that lead us to accumulate things and ideas in the first place.

My first book "Promise Broken. Moving On." talks about how advertising, branding and marketing contribute to the sheer number of items that we choose to bring into our lives. Besides that, it addresses the idea that 'how' we bring things in is in part responsible for our inability to let go.

Being aware that you are being manipulated by the industry, social pressures and your own habits can be instrumental to holding back the tides of stuff that enters your life.

first published in April 2019
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