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Mom Down to Her Last 100 Items in a Goal to Clear 500 Things From Her Home Says the Hardest Part Is Not Letting Go but the Guilt

Mom Down to Her Last…

Oct 27, 20265 min read

With 100 items left in her goal to clear 500 things, this…

Woman Who Spent a Year and a Half Decluttering Her Entire Home Shares the Simple Trick to Start When You Do Not Feel Like It

Woman Who Spent a Year…

Oct 27, 20265 min read

After 18 months of decluttering her whole home, she shares the simple…

Mom of Two Little Boys Getting Rid of Over Half Her Family's Stuff Opens Up the Closet She Calls the Second Worst Spot in the House

Mom of Two Little Boys…

Oct 27, 20265 min read

On day two of getting rid of more than half her family’s…

Professional Organizer Says Stop Buying Bins and Follow Her Six Blunt Decluttering Rules Starting With If It Is Not a Heck Yes It Is a No

Professional Organizer Says Stop Buying…

Oct 27, 20265 min read

Before you buy one more storage bin, a professional organizer says follow…

Woman Decluttering Her House Before a Move Draws a Number From One Bucket and a Room From Another to Decide Ex

Woman Decluttering Her House Before…

Oct 26, 20265 min read

Most of us have said it when facing a house full of…

Day Seven of Getting an Entire House Hibernation Clean Takes a Mom Into the Closet Where Cheerios and Importan

Day Seven of Getting an…

Oct 26, 20265 min read

Every house has one room that quietly collects everything that has no…

Five Ruthless Decluttering Tricks That Go Against Everything You Have Heard Are Shared by a Woman Who Used The

Five Ruthless Decluttering Tricks That…

Oct 26, 20265 min read

There is a particular kind of attic that every family seems to…

Decluttering methods being tested in a messy room

Best and Worst Decluttering Methods…

Oct 25, 20265 min read

If you have ever read decluttering advice and thought, “That is fine…

Woman talking about letting go of sentimental items beside a box of belongings

Holding Onto Things Out of…

Oct 25, 20265 min read

Ask most people what the hardest part of decluttering is, and they…

Woman frustrated by minimalist home decor trends

Minimalist Trends That Make One…

Oct 25, 20265 min read

Minimalism was supposed to be the easy way out: fewer things, less…

About Me
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Madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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A plate of freshly baked cookies, like a homemade batch shared with neighbors.
A clear hourglass timer, standing in for a short timed burst of focus.
A weathered vintage leather suitcase on a shelf, like heirlooms found in old closets.
Reel cover of a bathroom declutter series beside glass pantry jars filled with grains
A neat stack of folded sweaters on a wooden table.
A long hallway lined with green metal storage unit doors and padlocks.
Wall art and plants displayed on simple, uncluttered shelves.
A bunch of video game cartridges lying on the ground.
An empty classroom with rows of desks and chairs.