In this episode Ian, Darren & March talk about how to handle clutter. We reflect on why reducing clutter matters, our own personal experiences with clutter, tips & tricks you can use, and experiments we're going to try and report back on.

Show Notes

• 1: 21 - How clutter can negatively affect your health and productivity
• 8:45 - The difference between clutter and hoarding
• 10:00 - Ian, on dealing with "I might need it one day" syndrome
• 13:15 - Darren, on minimalism and finding a happy medium
• 15:37 - March, on tidying up vs organizing
• 18:51 -Easy first steps on your path to a clutter-free environment
• 22:55 - How the KonMari method can refresh the way you approach decluttering
• 28:55 - Your neighbors' secret to buying nothing
• 34:44 - How sharing economies can reduce individual clutter
• 38:10 - Services to help you get rid of your physical clutter
• 44:08 - Closet and storage hacks you can experiment with
• 52:50 - How to prevent future clutter through your buying choices
• 56: 56 - Digital decluttering tips for your emails, files, and more
• 1:04:59 - Do we even need to organize our digital files anymore?
• 1:11:00 - March's trick for handling mounds of paper communication
• 1:15:43 - A PSA on digital clutter
• 1:17:33 -Lightning round of tricks for tidying up and being productive

• 1:23:39 - Our next experiments:

  • Ian will start a Declutter Day event on Facebook
  • March will try Ian's closet hack and BuyNothing

  Darren will digitize all his old paperwork

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