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7 Tips to Stay Organized When Life is Busy

February 11 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Organizing, Productivity

It is so easy to become a disorganized mess when life gets extra busy.

I know that for me, it only takes one day of not staying up on my usual organizing habits or chores and then all of the sudden it looks like a bomb hit our house and I feel completely overwhelmed by everything.

I’ve learned that even though I don’t necessarily want to prioritize organization when life gets busy, it’s usually key to maintaining my sanity during those tougher days or seasons of life.

Sometimes it’s the smallest habits in our days that make the biggest overall difference in our lives. Making small changes to your daily routine can help you stay more organized and allow you to feel more in control so that your busy schedule feels less overwhelming to you.

So today I’m going to share some habits that I’ve found to be super helpful when it comes to staying organized even when life feels a bit chaotic! [Read more…]

13 Ways to Reduce Paper Clutter

March 23 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Simple Living

Are you sick of all the stacks of bills, piles of mail, and random paperwork strewn throughout your home?

Paper clutter can easily feel like it’s overtaking your home if you don’t have strategies in place or the proper tools to help you deal with it all.

Today I’m going to share some great ways to reduce the paper clutter in your home so that you can have a streamlined way to deal with all of the paper in your life and enjoy having clean and clutter-free surfaces as a result!

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Announcing the Clutterfree Course!

January 18 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Intentional Living, Simple Living

Hi Friends!

I have a super special announcement today 🙂

I’m so excited to let you all know that my new course Clutterfree has officially launched!

Clutterfree is an 8-week online course designed to help you declutter your home, create space for more joy, and free up your mind & heart to live the life you’ve always wanted.

This course is a step-by-step guide designed to help you:

Develop a clutter-free mindset and change the way you view possessions
Clear every single piece of clutter from your home in less than 8 weeks
Create habits and strategies that will help you stay clutter-free forever

You can preview the entire class curriculum here and see everything that’s included!

By enrolling in the Clutterfree course, you are allowing me to be your personal decluttering guide so that I can walk you through the step-by-step process of decluttering every single room in your home.

This has been an idea of mine for years now and creating it was such a labor of love for me. I’ve poured countless hours, heart, and soul, into this course and am absolutely thrilled to be able to offer something like this for you all!

If you are ready to start the journey of simplifying your home and life this year, I’d love to have you join Clutterfree! 🙂

Cheers to embracing a clutter-free life, friends!

XOXO Christina

150 Things You Can Toss Out Right Now

December 19 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering

We all have some type of clutter in our lives, but knowing where to start with clearing it out can be downright overwhelming.

Today I wanted to share a quick list of 150 things you can toss out right now, to help you jump start your decluttering journey and live a more organized life!

These are all things you can either throw away or donate, depending on what the item is. If you own things that you no longer use or love, let’s get them out of your home! [Read more…]

5 Ways Decluttering Will Improve Your Life

December 5 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Simple Living

The excess clutter in our homes can be such a burden to carry.

The worst part is, we sometimes don’t even realize how much this excess is dragging us down until we finally allow ourselves to become free from it.

I’ve learned a lot over the past few years of simplifying my life and striving to live as clutter-free as possible.

And let me say…as a Mom of two with a 2-year-old and 2-month-old, it certainly hasn’t been easy trying to keep our home and lives simplified. As our children grow and require new clothes or items to accommodate their ever-evolving needs, it is definitely work to keep up with the constant flow of items coming into our home.

It’s all I can do sometimes to make sure our stuff isn’t swallowing us whole. But even though there is significant effort required in maintaining a (mostly) clutter-free home in this season of my life, I know for a fact that it’s worth it.

Living this way has improved our lives in more ways than I can count. [Read more…]

7 Helpful Habits to Keep Your Home Clean (+ Free Printable)

August 1 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Simple Living

A few weeks ago I sat at my kitchen table that was piled high with paperwork I needed to sort through and took a good look around me. There were mounds of dirty dishes, crumbs that were days old, and toys strewn everywhere.

I couldn’t help but wonder what the hell had happened. [Read more…]

5 Reasons You’re Failing at Staying Clutter-Free

May 16 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Simple Living

Unless you’re an extreme minimalist, I can guarantee that at some point in your life you have looked around your home and wondered when the heck you accumulated all of this crap.

Maybe you’ve even wondered where most of it came from or how it wound up hiding in the depths of your closets or lurking in the corners of every room.

We’ve all had our moments of feeling like we are drowning in clutter and become overwhelmed with not only how to tackle the mounds of crap we’ve accumulated, but to make sure they never creep their way back into our lives again. [Read more…]

7 Ways to be Happier in Your Current Home

April 4 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Home

If I had to guess, I would say there’s a pretty darn good chance you aren’t currently living in your dream home.

But that doesn’t mean you have to be miserable where you live, right?

Your home should be your happy place, regardless of your financial circumstances or how much square footage you have. [Read more…]

How to Keep Your Home Clutter-Free with Young Kids

February 22 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Cleaning & Decluttering, Family, Simple Living

If you are in the stage of life where you have babies or toddlers in your home, then you know firsthand just how difficult it can be to keep clutter at bay with all of the additional stuff that early parenthood has brought into your home.

I’m writing this post because I got tired of reading other blog posts and books about simplifying with kids, and realizing that none of it applied to me because we have a 19-month-old and plan to have at least one more baby. I am in what I would call the hoarding stage of parenting, where you’re constantly bringing new stuff into your home for your growing child, yet keeping everything they have already grown out of so that your next baby can use it too.

So Mamas, you are not alone if you feel like all of those other decluttering tips and tricks out there just plain old don’t apply to you in this current season of your life. [Read more…]

How to Give the Gift of Relaxation

December 22 by Christina Tiplea Filed Under: Clutter-Free Gift Ideas, Holidays

A big thank you to Nature’s Bounty® Earthly Elements™ for sponsoring this post! Their products were gifted to me for review. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.

While we all experience stress throughout the year, the holidays really seem to put us all into a frenzy.

Between the parties, buying and wrapping presents, decorating, cooking, and baking….it leaves many of us feeling a bit frazzled. So often I see my friends and family members stressed to the brink this time of year, and I’m always trying to think of how I can help them to relax a bit more and enjoy the holiday season to the fullest.

While it’s always wonderful to offer your time and lend a hand to help those who are struggling to get everything done, I also think it’s nice to gift them with items that will help remind them to take some time for themselves to just relax and be at peace. [Read more…]