A Professional Organizer's Answer to "Can You Recommend Storage Solutions?"
The most common question new clients ask me before I’ve even seen their space is “Can you recommend products?” For those of you who are...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Nov 4, 2021
- 4 min
A Professional Organizer’s Advice on How to Not Overspend this Holiday Season
It seems we've barely had a chance to make a dent in our Halloween candy and put away our spooky decor, and corporations have already...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Making Moves: How to Reduce Overwhelm when Packing and Moving
I’ve been thinking a lot about moving lately. It seems like everyone I know, myself included, is moving. I have helped clients who have...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- May 19, 2021
- 3 min
5 Things You’re Probably Not Doing Before You Organize
Do you ever feel like you’ve been organizing for so long but not getting anywhere? It’s highly likely that you feel lack of progress...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Spring ‘21 Trendspotting: The Pandemic Pantry
I’ve been spending a lot of time in clients’ and my own kitchen lately and I’ve noticed a trend: in most pantries, there is a shelf...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- May 5, 2021
- 3 min
Key Learnings from Searching for My Keys, A Professional Organizer Recalls
Years ago, I went to South Africa to visit one of my favorite people in the world, Cara. We had met in one of my past careers as an...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Why You Feel Like You Have Nothing To Wear, explained by a Professional Organizer
Is your closet bursting at the seams, packed to the gills, bloated beyond belief, and yet you still feel like you have nothing to wear?...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
The Clarifying Power of Decluttering: A Professional Organizer's Origin Story
What if, instead of seeing tidying up your home as a chore, you saw it as a gift to yourself? What if you saw each decluttering session...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Apr 3, 2021
- 2 min
5 Reasons Clutter Stresses You Out and Why You Should Declutter Now
Every now and then, I'll be working with a client who feels so intimidated by the thought of decluttering that they will use the logic,...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Organize Your Way to Creativity: A Professional Organizer and Writer Chat About Organized Chaos
Have you ever considered how an organized workspace and schedule can help support, rather than stifle, creativity? Oftentimes, when...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
Why It's So Darn Hard to Let Go of "Past Self Clutter", as Explained by a Professional Organizer
Past Self Clutter is a category of stuff that is tied to an old version of you. Have you ever gone through a “phase” and outgrown it?...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Feb 16, 2021
- 3 min
Sparking Fear: A Professional Organizer Explains How Scarcity Mindset Affects Decluttering
So many people (particularly those who have read Marie Kondo’s books and watched her Netflix series) feel embarrassed when they have a...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Feb 4, 2021
- 2 min
4 Tips on How to Spark Joy, Not Spread Clutter from a Professional Home Organizer
Haaaavvvveeee you met “Someone Else’s Clutter”? There are two main strains of this kind of clutter. Strain 1: Clutter that you can’t...
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Monica Lin, Clutter Coach
- Feb 3, 2021
- 2 min
A Professional Organizer Explains "Low-Key Costly Clutter"
Buyer beware of Low-key Costly Clutter. This type of clutter typically finds its way into our homes via the sales rack or somehow with...
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