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 supplied. I printed articles thrice per week and made them freely obtainable to anybody who subscribed by e-mail. (You continue to can, by the best way.)
However an internet site constructed on one-off articles has its limits. It turns into a stream of consciousness—matters shared in no explicit order, merely based mostly on what I used to be studying, fascinated by, or eager to articulate on the time.
The articles have been useful—and nonetheless are—however now, simply 30 wanting 1,000 posts, they are often troublesome to navigate. I began receiving increasingly more emails asking, “Do you might have any articles about _____?” And infrequently, I did—they have been simply buried in the Archives.
So in 2016, I printed The Extra of Much less: Discovering the Life You Need Underneath Every little thing You Personal. 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 bought, 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 supply all the pieces a e book, weblog submit, or YouTube video can’t: construction, accountability, weekly challenges, a supportive neighborhood, and a possibility 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 means: “I could 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 might I do to assist individuals personal much less?
I mapped out your complete 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 wish to assist them take their subsequent step.
That course of led me to a realization: As a lot as I really 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 wish to undergo the method alone. They don’t wish to determine it out on-line.
They need in-person assist. One-on-one. Of their precise house.
Generally 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 clarify to somebody that the purpose isn’t higher group—it’s proudly owning much less.
The world wants extra Skilled Declutterers.
So over the previous two years, I’ve been coaching each professionals and passionate people in my method to decluttering and minimalism.
Throughout our dwell skilled trainings, I work immediately with contributors—instructing the best strategies I’ve discovered to assist individuals personal much less and dwell extra.
Right this moment, practically 100 people have accomplished the coaching. They dwell all around the world and are outfitted to return into your private home (or work nearly) to stroll with you step-by-step by means of the method.
If you happen to’re in search of private help that will help you declutter, they’re obtainable and able to serve. Here’s a web site the place you could find their info.
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—to 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 advice. I’ve educated them personally. They’ve confirmed their understanding of my strategies. And I consider they might help you.
If you happen to want the assistance, attain out. Proudly owning much less is value it.
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PS: If you happen to’re an expert organizer—and even simply somebody obsessed with serving to others personal much less—I’d love to show you. I supply this coaching thrice per 12 months. If you happen to’d like extra info or wish to be notified the subsequent time registration opens, join right here.
