The Clutter Fairy Weekly

In episode #12 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, offers strategies for getting paper piles under control in preparation for filing tax returns. She shares advice for clearing your paper backlog and creating systems to manage paper on a day-to-day basis. The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed...

In episode #11 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, suggests rethinking the way we talk about ourselves and our clutter in order to shift our habits and behaviors. She also talks about more creative uses for zip-lock bags in organizing. The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear y...

In episode #10 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, offers tips for organizing tight spaces—stuffed closets, packed attics, and bulging basements. She also talks about a few of her favorite organizing tools and materials. The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and...

In episode #9 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, discusses alternatives to buying more stuff, such as borrowing from or sharing items with family and friends; making use of lending libraries, rental stores, and maker spaces; and adjusting our thinking about what we need to own. The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webc...

In episode #8 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, responds to viewer and listener questions about dealing with other people’s input on your organizing projects, reducing your collections, and more. The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your hom...

In episode #7 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, tackles digital clutter—the accumulation of data beyond what we can reasonably keep and manage. She talks about common sources of digital clutter to watch out for and offers strategies for getting them under control. The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast and podca...

In episode #6 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores the “clutter life-cycle”—a way of framing the psychological issues related to clutter in terms of the decision-making that happens at various phases in the life-cycle of a possession. She also responds to viewer questions and feedback and reviews the 2018 book...

In episode #5 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, examined the situations that lead us to downsize and offered guidance on key areas of our homes and lives where we can look for opportunities to downsize collections. She also responded to viewer questions and feedback and offered a Tip of the Week on “the math of down...

In episode #2 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, offered strategies for using a daily planner to keep your organizing projects moving forward. We also revisited the topics of “story-editing” and cultivating small habits, offered our Tip of the Week (“One in, one out”), and gave a quick preview of an upcoming topic: C...

In episode #3 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explored clutter-related issues that arise with aging. She suggested strategies that you and your family can adopt to ease the burden of future clutter. Gayle also addressed viewer questions about how to get started decluttering when the project seems overwhelming and...

In episode #4 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, took a deeper dive into the topic of preserving family photos, videos, and stories to pass down. She also discussed using a “white elephant” exchange to share unwanted items with people who might get more use out of them than you do, and she offered strategies to keep...

The Clutter Fairy Weekly is a live webcast designed to help you clear your clutter and make space in your home and your life for more of what you love. We meet Tuesdays at noon (U.S. Central Time) to answer your decluttering questions and to share organizing tools and techniques, success stories and “ah-hah!” moments, seasonal suggestions, and timeless tips. In this episode, Gayle Goddard, profess...