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The Berging Reset: How to Finally Get Your Storage Closet or Garage Under Control

The Berging Reset: How to Finally Get Your Storage Closet or Garage Under Control

by Sheila Carroll | Jul 23, 2026 | Declutter and Organize Your Home, Organizing to Improve Productivity

Whether you call it a berging, a schuur, a storage closet, or a garage, summer and autumn are the easier seasons to tackle it than the middle of a grey January. You’re not fighting the weather to prop the door open, and you’ve actually got the daylight to...
What Does ‘Spark Joy’ Mean?

What Does ‘Spark Joy’ Mean?

by Sheila Carroll | Jul 16, 2026 | Declutter and Organize Your Home, Organizing to Improve Productivity

“Does X spark joy?” Sometimes when I begin working with a client and introduce the idea of asking whether something “sparks joy,” I’m met with a bit of a blank stare. Appliances, picture hooks, and a drawer of spare buttons are rarely...
Stop Carrying Your Passwords in Your Head

Stop Carrying Your Passwords in Your Head

by Sheila Carroll | Apr 20, 2026 | Decluttering After Loss, Organizing to Improve Productivity

On the small daily frustrations we stop noticing — until we remove them Two years ago I started using a password manager. When I recently checked how many accounts I’d accumulated, the number stopped me: 139. Banking apps, online shopping, social media,...
Why Organizing Doesn’t Work — Until You Declutter First

Why Organizing Doesn’t Work — Until You Declutter First

by Sheila Carroll | Mar 21, 2026 | Declutter and Organize Your Home, Organizing to Improve Productivity

Declutter first — it tackles root cause, not just symptoms If a space feels hard to manage, it’s often not a storage problem — it’s a volume problem. When things feel cluttered, it’s completely natural to think:“If I just had better storage, this would work.” So we...
Where to Recycle Electronics in Amsterdam (Plus Rotterdam, The Hague & Utrecht)

Where to Recycle Electronics in Amsterdam (Plus Rotterdam, The Hague & Utrecht)

by Sheila Carroll | Nov 17, 2025 | Declutter and Organize Your Home, Organizing to Improve Productivity

Decluttering Old Tech Moving from Canada to the Netherlands forced me to face a universal truth: nothing reveals clutter faster than weighing it.  So I gathered my abandoned phones, mystery cables, and long-forgotten Kindles — the whole “tech graveyard” — and dealt...
Tidy Entryway, Tidy Life: How to Create a Calm, Welcoming Home

Tidy Entryway, Tidy Life: How to Create a Calm, Welcoming Home

by Sheila Carroll | Nov 3, 2025 | Declutter and Organize Your Home, Moving & Downsizing, Organizing to Improve Productivity

Why tidying your entryway matters Your entryway is more than a place to kick off your shoes — it’s the mood-setter for your entire day.It’s the first space to greet you when you come home and the last one you see when you head out.When it’s calm and organized, you...
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