How to Manage Clutter, Clothing & Chaos in Your Home

I love to declutter. Please don’t look at my desk.

Karen (Power) Hough
Nov 4 · 7 min read
A woman in a striped shirt folds shirts and pants into three neat piles.
A woman in a striped shirt folds shirts and pants into three neat piles.
Photo by Sarah Brown on Unsplash

Updated: I have now watched the entire first season of Marie Kondo’s Netflix show (but haven’t yet read her books), and boy, does she get excited about decluttering.

Like me, Marie Kondo is a tiny little person who loves a nice, clean, organized home. Unlike me, she…

Karen (Power) Hough

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Writer, editor, blogger & total fitness nerd with an Honours BSc. in Human Kinetics. Owner of aspirational sweatpants. Personal blog: www.dammitkaren.com

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