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Unclutterer on the Precision Change podcast
Live now is an episode for Precision Change I recorded titled Tired of the Crap? Become an Unclutterer! with the wonderful Duff McDuffee. You can download the 22 minute podcast or listen to it by clicking on the “Play Now” link at the beginning of the article.
In the conversation, I talk about:
- How clutter doesn’t always start out as clutter.
- Why if you are in a constant state of disorganization now, you absolutely can change.
- What exactly to start on to begin uncluttering your life.
- Why getting a storage unit is almost always a bad idea.
- The machine that will finally give you a paperless office.
- A simple way to clear out kitchen clutter.
- Why uncluttering is really just about finding what makes you happy and what really matters to you.
I look forward to reading your thoughts about the podcast! This is the first time I’ve been a part of a podcast and I must admit that it was a lot of fun.
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ADDitude, Unclutterer, and chronic disorganization
Unclutterer was mentioned this month in ADDitude Magazine in an article titled Best Web Resources for Getting Organized. ADDitude Magazine is a publication for people living with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), and AADD (Adult ADD). We would like to thank the magazine for thinking of us and mentioning Unclutterer as a resource!
For those of you who aren’t personally familiar with ADHD, chronic disorganization is a common outward expression of the disorder. As a result, publications, research, and websites focused on helping people with ADHD have terrific information for anyone looking for organization strategies. For the most part, the advice is very practical and creative, and leaves me saying “I can use that.” ADDitude Magazine has a wonderful resource page if you’re interested in exploring these publications.
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Brijit: An uncluttered way to get quality information
An Unclutterer reader recently directed me to a website called Brijit (pronounced bridge-it). After doing a Google search about the site, I decided the link wasn’t spam or anything dodgy, and clicked through on the link to learn more about it.
The site, at its core, is a news aggregator. But, unlike other news aggregators, it only focuses on long-form content in magazines and newspapers. The site provides a 100 word summary of the article and a link to the original source if you decide you want to read the full work.
You can access the content on the site, or subscribe to RSS feeds. I subscribed to the “Home” feed, and I have been very impressed by the quality of the articles and their frequency (one to three a day, which is a manageable number). In addition to subscribing to topic feeds, you also can subscribe to specific news sources.
I’ve been subscribing to Brijit for three weeks now, and I feel that it is a simple, uncluttered way to stay informed. It also keeps paper out of my house, which is another benefit. I’ve found it to be a valuable resource and wanted to share it with you.
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Unclutterer in the news
Last week was a great press week for Unclutterer. If you missed these articles when they first appeared, feel welcome to check them out now:
- Thought Your House Was Messy? in the New York Times Online on Tuesday, April 2
- The Great Uncluttering: The best books, articles, and web sites for helping you organize your life in Slate on Saturday, April 5
- The Great Uncluttering: The best books, articles, and web sites for helping you organize your life was reprinted in the Washington Post on Sunday, April 6
A big welcome to anyone who may have found our website through any of these articles!
I also want to mention that over on Real Simple last week, I produced an intensive, two-part, spring cleaning series. If the warmer weather is motivating you to get active in your home, then these articles are for you.
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Introducing the Real Simple widget
On Wednesday, the amazing Unclutterer programmers launched our Real Simple Widget on our site. Have you seen it? It’s in the middle column immediately below the categories list. You have to scroll a bit, but it’s there!
If you click on the words Real Simple in the widget, they will take you to the Simply Stated: Home community. If you click on a headline, it will take you to the specific post. Two Unclutterer posts are listed at a time, with the top one being our most recent work.
I want to strongly encourage everyone to add the RSS feed to their feed readers. This way you can get our content automatically. To subscribe to the feed of only Unclutterer posts from the Real Simple site, go here. To subscribe to the whole Simply Stated: Home community, go here.
Now that the Real Simple widget is in place and we have a specific Unclutterer RSS feed, I’m planning to stop writing post notifications in our main content. So, if you want to continue to read our Unclutterer posts on the Real Simple website, you’ll want to use the widget or subscribe to the feed.
Please drop me a line in the comments if you have any questions about subscribing to the RSS feed or discover any bugs while using the widget. Also, if you want me to keep posting regular notifications for the Real Simple posts, I’d like to know that, too. Thank you to all of our readers for taking the time and effort to read us throughout the internet, we greatly appreciate it!
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Alltop.com lists Unclutterer as a top life hack blog
Alltop.com yesterday listed Unclutterer as a top life hack blog on the internet. We’re excited and humbled by our naming (currently listed as number five in the category!) and want to thank the site’s creators — Guy Kawasaki, Will Mayall, and Kathryn Henkens. The majority of the blogs listed in this category are what appear in my RSS feed program, the blogs I look to for trends and inspiration, and so we’re honored to sit with them on the site. From Alltop’s about page:
You can think of an Alltop site as a “dashboard,” “table of contents,” or even a “digital magazine rack” of the Internet. To be clear, Alltop sites are starting points — they are not destinations per se. The bottom line is that we are trying to enhance your online reading by both displaying stories from the sites that you’re already visiting and helping you discover sites that you didn’t know existed. In this way, our goal is the “cessation of Internet stagnation.”
Be sure to check out the main page of Alltop to explore other blogs considered by this group of whiz kids to be the top in their categories. They’re fun to explore if you have some extra minutes on your hands or want to take a break and relax.
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Unclutterer’s Matt in the Washington Post Express
Unclutterer writer Matt is featured in today’s Washington Post Express! The article, “Experiential Gifts Create a Can-Do Spirit,” delves into the world of experience giving. It is really terrific, and it contains many ideas for giving uncluttered experience gifts this season. Check it out!
From the article:
Even kids — apt to toss a toy aside after a week of ardor — will get more out of an activity they can enjoy all year. Matt Niemi, who dishes out organizational tips on the blog Unclutterer.com, encourages intangibles for his 18-month-old daughter, Ella. “She’s in danger of becoming super-spoiled, so we’re trying to curb the toys that come into our house,” says the Pittsburgh Web designer. “We got her a year’s pass to the zoo last year, and, hopefully, she’ll get another one this year.” (Hint, hint, grandparents.)
Also, if you missed Matt’s post on experience giving as part of our 2007 Gift Giving Guide, be sure to read it here.
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Unclutterer in latest issue of Ready Made magazine
Issue 30 of Ready Made magazine has hit the streets, and Unclutterer is pleased to announce that we are mentioned on page 64. The issue focuses on small-space living, and it contains many organization and uncluttering ideas.
Also included in the August/September magazine is an article on pages 66-67 titled “A Flash in the Can: How to Rid Yourself of Stuff that Can’t Go in the Recycling Bin” that contains advice for how to properly get rid of bulky and hazardous materials. The cover project, which features how to make artwork that does double duty as spare seating, is so uncluttered we’re sad we didn’t think of it ourselves!
Featured along with us on page 64 are Apartment Therapy and Ikea Hacker–two sites we hold in high esteem.
A big thank you to Ready Made for thinking of us, and a welcome to any new readers of our site who may have found us as a result of the article.
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