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Clutterbug - Real-Life Hacks and Tips to Declutter, Organize and Clean your Home Fast

Unpacking Life: Organizing for All of Its Phases | Clutterbug Podcast #305

Clutterbug - Real-Life Hacks and Tips to Declutter, Organize and Clean your Home Fast

Clutterbug

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Education:self-improvement, Leisure:home & Garden, Leisure, Home & Garden, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Hey Clutterbugs!  Today is about decluttering tips and home organization systems to match your current season of life. If your life has changed but your home hasn’t, you’re probably feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and tempted to shop for “solutions” instead of update your systems. We’re going to talk about why your home isn’t a museum—it’s a living organism that has to evolve as you do. I walk you through the seasons of life (solo starter, early family/merging households, “city girl” single-income leveling up, school-age chaos, career sprint/burnout prevention, boomerang kids, empty nest feelings, and downsizing) and the exact shifts your home needs in each stage. We’ll cover how to identify your current “dominant energy,” how to declutter what no longer fits your life now, and how to build simple, low-friction systems so your home stops feeling like a part-time job.You’ll also hear my real talk on scarcity mindset, why “filling the space” too fast can lead to debt and clutter, how container limits protect your budget, and why every item you let go of gives you something you can’t buy: time. Plus, I’ll challenge you to declutter two guest-notice zones (bathroom + kitchen) so you can feel proud of your space immediately—especially with the holidays coming.   #clutterbug #podcast #emptynest #starterhouse #decluttering #phasesoflife #seasonsoflife #planning #future   Website: http://www.clutterbug.me YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clutterbug TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/

Transcript

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0:00.0

If your life has changed but your home hasn't, you're probably feeling stuck.

0:05.0

You need to update your system or you're going to be stuck living in the past.

0:09.4

Here's the thing.

0:10.1

Your home is not a museum.

0:12.5

It's a living organism.

0:14.5

Like as your life changes and evolves, your home needs to change and evolve too.

0:20.6

I've been getting so many submissions

0:22.1

from you as part of the Talk to Cast segment for this podcast. You're recording these stories

0:26.6

about how your life has changed and the different phases that you're in now and how your home

0:32.5

isn't reflecting that. And I find this so fascinating. I've seen this in my own life. I think back to when I started

0:38.3

this podcast, my first few episodes, like the first three in a row were all about toy organization.

0:45.2

That was the phase I was in. I was obsessed with like the kids and the clutter and all the things

0:50.7

I had to do to just manage being a mom to small kids, that was all consuming

0:57.0

during that phase of my life. And I can't even imagine that now. I don't even think we own a toy

1:01.6

today, which is so bizarre to say. The whole concept of the different phases and stages of life,

1:07.7

I actually heard from you. One of you on the Talk to Casts asked if I could do

1:13.1

more content talking about the different stages. And I don't know why I've never really

1:18.9

even thought about this before. It's so strange, probably because I feel like I've not really

1:24.0

lived all the different stages. But yeah, when I think back into how much my life,

1:30.2

not only my life, but my home and how it's changed over the years, there really is like these

1:35.5

different, you know, seasons, as Don from the Minimal Mom would say. She's so good at saying

1:41.6

that she's like, every season of your life changes, just like

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