The Art of Decluttering

By Amy Revell

What's The Art of Decluttering about?

Amy Revell is a Declutter Coach and Professional Organiser and wants you to experience freedom from clutter in your head, heart and home! Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Art of Decluttering episodes:

04.28.2024
Enough
"Enough is enough" "That's enough" "Leave good enough alone" "Close enough is good enough" It's amazing how one simple word can relate so deeply to our relationship with clutter and our satisfaction with our stuff and life in general. This week we...
04.21.2024
5 Home Truths
Todays episode focuses on 5 Home Truths about clutter and it's impact on your home and life. They're harsh... but true. They're not meant to bring any condemnation, they're for you to meditate on and find freedom in how small actions...
04.14.2024
Environmental Hazards
How can you keep yourself safe while decluttering? Even in your own home, decluttering can stir up dust or mould particulates and aggravate asthma. Naturally when you're moving items that have been in place for a long time, you'll disrupt...
04.07.2024
Time Will Tell
If you've got items you'd really LIKE to declutter but you're a bit nervous... why not give a Time Will Tell Box a go. Pop items you need just a little bit more time to decide on into a box to...
03.31.2024
Garage 101
How is your garage faring? Is it struggling under the weight of clutter and disorganisation? If your garage has become where items go to semi-retire, where tools and hobby equipment accumulate it's time to both declutter as well as set up...
03.24.2024
Home Office 101
How cluttered is your home office? Or if you don't have a home office, maybe your study nook/ spare room or wherever you keep your stationery and admin. You are definitely going to want to look at this space in...
03.17.2024
Toys 101
How is the toy situation in your home? Do you feel like it's a never-ending game of tidying up? It doesn't need to be this way! Remember when you were growing up kids had toy boxes? And now kids have toy...
03.10.2024
Living Room 101
If the kitchen is the heart of the home, the living room is the heart beat... I've found over the years that the state of a living room is a good indicator of how a home is tracking along. A...
03.03.2024
Wardrobe 101
Did you know that most people wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the time? There are a few keys to keeping your wardrobe organised. Sneak peak... "Keep what you DO wear, not what you WILL wear" Here is the Decluttering Playlist...
02.25.2024
Bedroom 101
Does your bedroom look anything like the ones you see on Instagram or Pinterest? Are your floors perfectly clear and bedside tables dust free and clutter free? No? Then this weeks challenge is for you! (And if you already have a...
02.21.2024
Bathroom 101
Bathrooms can be tricky to keep organised as they are different in every home
02.18.2024
Laundry 101
The laundry might just be my favourite spaces to organise... so functional and efficient when organised!! When your laundry is working well you see the benefits in your washing cycle, cleaning routine and you'll save both money and time. You are...
02.11.2024
Pantry 101
Reduce your food waste, save money, make meal planning easier and enjoy the beauty of your pantry being in peak form!! It's week 2 of Decluttering and Organising 101 Learn my key criteria for picking pantry storage containers and ways...
02.04.2024
Kitchen 101
Welcome to the first episode of our newest series - Decluttering and Organising 101 where over 8 weeks we'll go through each area of your home and I'll share my top organising and decluttering tips for that area. You are invited...
01.28.2024
Swedish Death Cleaning
Join me as I unpack the newest and greatest decluttering show on TV... The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning!! If you're in Australia you can watch it via SBS On Demand, you simply must - it's AWESOME. My big take...
01.21.2024
Because. Really. And
When you're decluttering and you come across something you decide to keep... sometimes it can be hard to know if you're keeping it because you do use, love or need it... or if you're working hard to convince yourself on...
01.14.2024
Opportunity Cost/ Cost Benefit Analysis
* Alright... just putting it at the top that I may use Opportunity Cost and Cost Benefit Analysis interchangeably or in the wrong context a bit today... but I know that you'll be able to follow along and see exactly...
01.07.2024
Memories
Memories. Does the Maroon 5 song come to mind? Memories play a more significant role in decluttering and organising than we often recognise. Creating Memories: ultimately the reason and motivation behind decluttering and organising is to create life memories. Whether...
12.31.2023
Replace vs Accumulate
Do you feel like your home has accumulated WAY TOO MUCH over the last few weeks? This week on the podcast, explore the difference between replacing and accumulating. When something new comes into your home, is it to replace an existing...
12.24.2023
Keeping Company
12.21.2023
Christmas Hacks
Today is a BONUS episode with my Christmas hacks! Discover my tried and true hacks for food, transport, gifts, rubbish, hungry and tired kids and so much more! You may also like to listen to these episodes: Tackling Christmas Extravagance Join our...
12.17.2023
Running Out
Does the idea of running out of something cause you untold anxiety? Could you learn to use the moment of running out to embrace making do? Or learn to live with less? I've found the most natural way to declutter is...
12.10.2023
Tackling Christmas Extravagance
How do you firmly and sensitively impose limits on others in regards to Christmas gifts. Todays episode is in response to a listen question: "My children are 3 and 5 and the only grandchildren for my and my husband’s parents. The...
12.03.2023
Renovating and Building
When you're planning to renovate or build a new house, how you tackle decluttering before you begin is critical to reducing the clutter when you move back in and for any period you need to move out of the house. Today...
11.29.2023
12 Days of Christmas
December is a prime decluttering month on your calendar… out with the old before it’s in with the new. You are invited to join my 12 Days of Christmas Declutter Challenge! Making space is such a great practice before the silly season...
11.26.2023
Making Do with Bonnie Black
The art of making do is a bit of a lost practice of common sense in our current culture. We buy gadgets that perform just one task (melon baller or rice cooker...) and in our attempt to find quicker and...
11.19.2023
Peter Walsh: Letting Go
Peter talks this week about being an advocate for people when you are invited into their homes. How Professional Organisers are there to help you achieve the life you want, and how he is committed to doing everything in his...
11.12.2023
Peter Walsh: Comparison and Happiness
Peter Walsh is an internationally recognised Declutter Guru, who has been decluttering heads, hearts and homes for over 20 years. Peter has been on our screens most recently on Space Invaders in Australia, but you'll also know him from The...
11.05.2023
Limiting Choice
When does limiting choice actually bring greater freedom? When your head is already full, too many choices or options can be incredibly overwhelming. Your capacity on any given day can be increased when you put some limits on your own choices....
10.29.2023
Location Location Location
Today's episode is not about buying property, it's about where you keep items within your home. Location of where items are kept and stored is super important when you're setting up your home. Not all locations are created equal... even...
10.22.2023
FOTO: Fear Of Throwing Out
Do you have FOTO? Fear of Throwing Out... it's a real thing! How many digital storage devices/ old tech do you have in your home purely because you are not sure if there are important documents/ photos on them? Old laptop, old...
10.15.2023
Creative Outsourcing
Outsourcing can be a bit daunting when your scope of what it means is that you need to be wealthy enough to employ someone to help you out. However today expand your mind about outsourcing in 3 different ways and...
10.08.2023
Room to Bloom
Do you need to declutter a space or room in your house so that an area in your life can bloom? Do you want space to pursue a creative project, engage in an activity that brings you joy or maybe you...
10.01.2023
Broad vs Narrow
When you're thinking about tackling an area in your home to declutter, you can use a broad or narrow approach (or a combination as is needed). Broad decluttering is about using a birds eye view and thinking in broad categories. This...
09.24.2023
Rejecting Busy
I would quite like to remove the word busy from my vocabulary. It doesn't actually reflect the way that I value my time, calendar, energy, schedule, finances and home. Busy implies rushed, frantic, distracted, unapproachable and like you are kind...
09.17.2023
Returns Box
If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time you've probably heard me talk about the 'returns box' in our house. Today I delve into what a Returns Box looks like, how we use it, what specifically...
09.10.2023
Vacuum Effect with Bonnie from Little Miss Organised
Have you ever noticed that when you clear a space in your home, you instinctively want to fill it with something else? We call this the vacuum effect. A space will draw things into it unless you set an intention...
09.03.2023
Doom Boxes
Do you have one {or multiple} doom boxes around your home full of random clutter that you're not quite sure what to do with, where to put, or you're procrastinating making decisions about the items inside? You may be surprised to...
08.27.2023
Logical Organising
How do you decide where items should live in your home? Do you put things where you think everyone else would put them? Do you put them in what you think is the 'right' place? If you're struggling to work out...
08.20.2023
Themed Decluttering
When my kids were little we had a zoo membership and used to try to visit every few weeks. The challenge was the zoo was too big for us to see everything, every time. So we created themes for each...
08.13.2023
Confirmation Bias
"Murphey's Law says as soon as I declutter this thing, I'm going to need it" "I knew it would happen that I needed this once I got rid of it, that's why I keep everything" Confirmation bias is processing information by...
08.06.2023
Deathbed Reflections
Last week I attended the funeral of a client who had become a friend. I had the privilege of visiting with her in palliative care in her final days and during our short time together she shared some reflections on...
07.30.2023
Technological Replacement
There’s no doubt the digital revolution has changed we way we store, keep and access information in our homes. If you think about all the physical ways we kept information only 30 years ago, so many have been replaced digitally…...
07.23.2023
Fresh Eyes
Whether you've lived in your home for 4 months or 40 years, stepping back and seeing your home with fresh eyes will help you make decluttering decisions from a new perspective Have you ever decided to list your house for sale...
07.16.2023
Garages
How full is your garage? Are you running out of floor space? Do you feel like the garage walls are closing in on you? Is it hard to find items in your garage? If you answered yes to any of these...
07.09.2023
Consumerism
Ever been struck by the complete opulence of consumerism? Like smacked in the face by it to the point where it makes you feel sick in the stomach? Consumerism is "a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods...
07.02.2023
Iron Anniversary
This week marks 6 years of The Art of Decluttering podcast!! To celebrate we use the traditional gift of iron (the metal, not the home appliance) to learn more about decluttering. Iron has 5 primary properties, each allows insight into...
06.25.2023
Organising with Pre-Schoolers
Do you sometimes pick up your kids from childcare or kinder and wonder how the educators managed to get 32 three year olds to tidy up, clean their own plates and put the blocks away before moving on to playing...
06.18.2023
Engaged or Entertained
A bit of a philosophical episode today - when we purchase things are they for our engagement or our entertainment? How can we be intentional in choosing engagement or entertainment to meet our needs and align with our values? Engagement requires...
06.11.2023
Object Permanence
Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget developed Object Permanence theory. Object permanence, put simply, is the ability to understand that an object continues to exist, even though it can no longer be seen, heard or touched. Think of it like out of sight,...

What's The Art of Decluttering about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Art of Decluttering episodes:

Enough

5 Home Truths

Environmental Hazards

Time Will Tell

Garage 101

Home Office 101

Toys 101

Living Room 101

Wardrobe 101

Bedroom 101

Bathroom 101

Laundry 101

Pantry 101

Kitchen 101

Swedish Death Cleaning

Because. Really. And

Opportunity Cost/ Cost Benefit Analysis

Memories

Replace vs Accumulate

Keeping Company

Christmas Hacks

Running Out

Tackling Christmas Extravagance

Renovating and Building

12 Days of Christmas

Making Do with Bonnie Black

Peter Walsh: Letting Go

Peter Walsh: Comparison and Happiness

Limiting Choice

Location Location Location

FOTO: Fear Of Throwing Out

Creative Outsourcing

Room to Bloom

Broad vs Narrow

Rejecting Busy

Returns Box

Vacuum Effect with Bonnie from Little Miss Organised

Doom Boxes

Logical Organising

Themed Decluttering

Confirmation Bias

Deathbed Reflections

Technological Replacement

Fresh Eyes

Garages

Consumerism

Iron Anniversary

Organising with Pre-Schoolers

Engaged or Entertained

Object Permanence