"Dejunk Yourself" Course Week One: Learn from My Mother

Welcome to Dejunk Yourself, an 8-week course dedicated to decluttering EVERYTHING.

This is a paid subscriber-only course. Free subscribers - I won’t normally send teasers but because this is the first week of a new course I wanted to give you a little taste. If you want to read beyond the synopsis, subscribe here with a 7-day trial, free e-book, simple living courses, and weekly waste-reducing recipes for $5 a month / $50 a year ⬇

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So why have I started our 8-week courses with one on “dejunking” yourself (aka decluttering)?

One, curated possession ownership feeds a simple life. It’s hard to live simply and sustainably when your stuff overwhelms you.

Two, decluttering is freaking hard. Pretty much everything in modern life is conspiring against even the most earnest of decluttering intentions. It wants you to buy more, to hoard more, to fill your life with more because that’s what makes the modern world go around. Thus, the more decluttering information you can arm yourself with the better.

With Dejunk Yourself, we’re going to take eight weeks to focus on as many areas of your life as we can. We’re going to figure out how to decide what gets thrown out, how to tackle what may feel insurmountable, and how to offload your junk sustainably and ethically with as little friction as possible. We’re talking practical, actionable steps here.

There will be (optional) homework as well as some useful resources.

Here’s a rundown of what to expect over the next 8 weeks:

• Week 1 - Listen to my mother. Practical tips and tricks to start getting rid of your stuff.

• Week 2 - A capsule wardrobe without the capsule. How to figure out the age-old problem of clothing.

• Week 3 - Dejunking out the best room in the house. Otherwise known as your kitchen.

• Week 4 - Emptying the drawers. Because they’re too easy to fill with Just In Case items

• Week 5 - Mid-course mindset. How to keep fighting the good fight when everything around you says it’s dumb.

• Week 5 - Misc spaces. We’re talking gardens, garages, offices, cars, attics, and more.

• Week 7 - Kids = crap. Not a slight on your kid - more a comment on how much stuff comes with their existence (and what to do about that).

• Week 8 - Stop the re-buy impulse. How to break the buying habit to stop you from re-junking yourself.

Free subscribers, this is where I leave you. Paid subscribers, read on…

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