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Spring Cleaning

Spring is a great time to start clearing your house of unused and unwanted items. Here are some popular titles to help you on your journey towards a life with less clutter.

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo

Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you'll never have to do it again. 

  

 Sink Reflections by Marla Cilley

The FlyLady system helps you create doable housekeeping routines and break down overwhelming chores into manageable missions that will restore peace to your home--and your psyche.

 

 Clutter Busting by Brooks Palmer

In this insightful book, Palmer shows how to get rid of the things in our lives that no longer serve us. By tossing out these unneeded items, we are also eliminating their negative influences, freeing up energy, and unlocking our potential. 

 

 Throw Out Fifty Things by Gail Blanke

Gail Blanke offers inspiring ways to clear away the debris of your life -both physical and mental - to help you find peace, energy and a better vision of who you are.  

  

Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute Tips for Decluttering and Refreshing Your Home and Your Life by Donna Smallin

 Organizing and cleaning expert Donna Smallin shows you how to enjoy the happy, healthy, inviting home you long for with hundreds of time-saving tips and solutions to your clutter and cleaning problems.

 
 Clutterfree With Kids by Joshua Becker

Children add joy, purpose, and meaning to our lives. They also add clutter. As parents, balancing life and managing clutter may appear impossible. Written as a helpful resource manual for parents, this book offerse a new perspective and fresh approach to overcoming clutter. 

 

 Unstuff Your Life!: Kick the Clutter Habit and Completely Organize Your Life for Good by Andrew J. Mellen

Built on the principle that we must distinguish ourselves from our possessions, this book starts with truly achievable goals and works toward the nightmare projects everyone tries hard to avoid.

  

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