by Trisha Childers | Jan 22, 2020 | Home on Purpose
What is clutter? Any item that does not serve a valid purpose. The most elementary guideline for decluttering is to delete all items that haven’t been used in the last year. On the surface it makes perfect sense. If it’s not being used, why keep it, right?...
by Trisha Childers | Jan 10, 2020 | Home on Purpose
About a year and a half ago, I was working with a client named Sarah. She is a stay at-home mom of a toddler and a preschooler, and she runs a little side business out of her home. She definitely had a full schedule! Sarah’s house was not large enough for either a...
by Trisha Childers | Nov 22, 2019 | Home on Purpose
Did you know that most garages are totally disorganized and filled with clutter and unnecessary extras? If you have ever apologized for the state of your garage (or basement, or attic, or that closet you hope nobody looks inside), you are definitely not alone! Most of...
by Trisha Childers | Sep 3, 2019 | Home on Purpose
When I first moved to Hawaii, my son was 1 year old and my daughter was 2½. Those kids had a lot of energy! It was already difficult to keep up with them, plus I was busy unpacking boxes and setting up our new house. To make matters worse, I was woefully out of...
by Trisha Childers | Aug 15, 2019 | Home on Purpose
Once upon a time, two families went on a beach vacation together. The two families were the same in almost every way. They each had two children of the same ages, and they had matching rooms in the same hotel just across the hall from each other. They even brought...
