Dear daughter, decluttering is important in our lives. It will help us to be better in different areas of our lives. That is why I want to give you some resources of inspiration to make it happen.
Here, are some resources that can help you to start decluttering your life.
Table of Contents
Own resources
I recommend you first read the posts in this blog, as they are meant for you.
- The benefits of decluttering: Here, I introduce you to what is decluttering and the different types of benefits that you can get from a decluttered environment (life, home, digital, etc.).
- How to declutter your home: Here I give a step-by-step guide to start decluttering your home.
- How to declutter your digital space: Here, you get tips and steps to declutter your digital space. This area is of particular importance to us these days where we do most of our things using computers and cellphones.
- Decluttering challenges and how to overcome them: As with everything else in life, you will find some challenges when you start decluttering your life. In this link, I show you some of these challenges and how to overcome them.
Books about decluttering
Yes, I know you don’t like to read books. But I’ll never stop recommending you to read books because I understand the power of doing it. We can learn a lot from reading books and then, achieve things that we thought were impossible.
Here are some books about decluttering:
- Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo.
- Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus.
- The Minimalist Way: Minimalism Strategies to Declutter Your Life and Make Room for Joy by Erica Layne.
- The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life by Joshua Becker.
- Simplicity: Essays by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus.
- Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio Sasaki: This book is a Japanese perspective on minimalism.
Websites
There are also several websites specializing in the topic of decluttering.
Here are some of them:
- The minimalists: This website belongs to the authors of two of the books I recommended before. Here they guide you on how to “streamline your life to find more happiness”. They also offer several resources including a podcast.
- Be more with less: “If you’ve been searching for a place to help you simplify your life, declutter your mind, and connect with your heart, welcome home.”
- Unclutterer: This website gives you tips on how to declutter your home and how to clean different areas of the house.
- Zen habits: “Zen Habits is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness. It has over a million readers.” This website also offers extra resources that can help you on your journey.
Podcasts
- The Minimalists Podcast: It is the podcast of the authors mentioned above. Also on YouTube.
- The Clutterbug Podcast: They offer many tips on how to declutter your life. You will also find other resources like books, printables, etc.
Videos
Here are some YouTube channels that can help you in your journey:
- https://www.youtube.com/@Clutterbug
- https://www.youtube.com/@ALLISONBICKERSTAFF
- https://www.youtube.com/@HowToGYST
Summary
There are many resources to help you declutter your life. I don’t want to give you too many that make you feel overwhelmed. These are some of them to get you started.
I’m confident that you won’t need more than these resources to get awesome results in making your life simpler, and therefore happier.
Do you find these resources helpful?
Love you, Dad.