Product Description

Begun in the late 1990s, the simplicity movement is growing faster than ever, as more people discover the sense of release and freedom that comes from clearing out unwanted items and straightening out chaotic homes and workplaces. Unclutter Your Life addresses visible clutter - jammed-full garages, messy desks, closets of old clothes - and exposes other kinds of "clutter" one may not see, such as unfinished taxes, stressful noise, environmental irritants, emotions such as guilt and worry, and even toxic relationships. These are obstacles in people's lives as surely as piles of newspapers or packed attics. Written in a lively and entertaining manner, the book combines expert perspectives with stories and insights of ordinary people to help readers learn to let go of any possession they no longer really use or want; tackle difficult clutter issues such as what to do with gifts, heirlooms, paper, books, and clothing; attack invisible clutter with action and clarity; and make more room in their lives for beauty, spontaneity, and adventure.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #337594 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 182 pages

Customer Reviews

This is an essential purchase!
Make room for happier times, a positive flow of activity and better relationships in your life after reading Unclutter Your Life: Transforming Your Physical, Mental and Emotional Space. There are tons of books, newspaper articles and entire magazines devoted to living a simpler, cleaner more streamlined life. (Unfortunately, you might have tons of those literary masterpieces already piled on your dining room table and kitchen counters.)

This book will help you address the issues that are keeping you from living the life you were meant to enjoy, not by telling you to clear out the old clothes from your closet (or on your bedroom floor) but to touch on the issues that create these blocks to your bliss. Furthermore, it will also help you identify the toxic relationships that are also cluttering up your psyche.

So much of the clutter problem is a spiritual issue, and Katherine Gibson hits it on target, better than anything else I've read on the subject before.

Highly recommended.

A more conceptual look at uncluttering
Not to be a grinch, but I would like to underline that this is a book of ESSAYS and rather simple advice often found in organizing articles and books. The essays are gently humorous or insightful, as you will see from glancing around in the book (function above), and the writing is nice enough. But answers to real quandaries are best found in other books, for example the surprisingly good "Conquering Chronic Disorganization" by Judith Kolberg.

Gets You Thinking and Cleaning!
While reading each chapter, I couldn't wait to get started on "cleaning" the "clutter" that is in my way physically and mentally. It got me thinking and motivated to get rid of that "stuff" I've been hanging onto "just-in-case" I ever needed it again. At the end of each chapter, there are some very helpful tips for cleaning our clutter; they are easy to reference again and again when you need that little extra motivation.