In the Fall of 2012, I gave the invited keynote speaker at the annual international conference for ICD—the Institute of Challenging Disorganization. These are professional organizers helping clients ...

Marketing & Operations Manager Cally Biggs shares her “vacation test” for deciding what to keep. Decluttering isn’t about having less; it’s about making space for what actually matters. Experts ...

If you're about to move to a new home, there is one thing you absolutely must do: Declutter before moving. Really, this is your big chance! There is no better excuse than an upcoming move to unload ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Decluttering deserves a hearty round of applause, and perhaps ...

I'm hoping to start off 2026 with a lot less baggage.

I have four kids ranging from 8 to 18 years old. We've decluttered before, but it was usually in small bursts. I decided to do a deep declutter in an attempt to live with less, and we got rid of 44 ...

Lindsey Ellefson is Lifehacker’s Features Editor. She currently covers study and productivity hacks, as well as household and digital decluttering, and oversees the freelancers on the sex and ...

Mesha Griffith is a children's book author based in Ohio. She considers herself a minimalist and has challenged herself over the years to ditch the clutter. She posted her yearly challenge online in ...

It might not feel like spring quite yet, but we’re already having spring cleaning fantasies in which we fling open the windows and flit about with a feather duster, sweeping a winter’s worth of ...

It all started with a charging lead. Having borrowed a camping fridge from a friend I inadvertently put the lead away with our own. Looking for it, weeks later, entailed an increasingly frustrating ...