It's time to organize your digital life! 

I was recently featured in a Vox article about ways to declutter your digital life. Whether you're trying to figure out how to organize your phone or how to clean out your Gmail inbox, the Vox article is chock-full of super PRACTICAL strategies. You can find the full article here - Easy ways to organize your digital life, from photos to emails. 

Below are some highlights from the article, including my favorite ways to jump start your digital decluttering and get your digital life under control, fast. Consider this your digital declutter checklist.

This is a GREAT time to do a little decluttering so that you can STOP looking at clutter and START wrapping up in some cozy blankets. 

Here are 9 decluttering hacks that I recommend for quick wins with BIG impact.

I’m jazzed about a super practical and actionable article in the New York Times this week. It has videos for how to do 3 full-body workouts - and each of them is only SIX minutes long.

Now THAT’s my kinda workout.

I know what you might be thinking:

• Six minutes isn’t enough to see real change, or

• Six minutes? I feel like I can’t even get six SECONDS to myself. (Oh, I FEEL you.)

But this article is the perfect example of the “minimum effective dose”. I love this phrase, which I first discovered in Dr. Christine Carter’s book, The Sweet Spot.

I am LOVING Atomic Habits by James Clear. Today, I am excited to share one big, fantastic nugget from the book - the idea of friction.

You remember friction from physics class, right?

If there's too much friction, that ball won't roll for very long. If there is little to none, that ball will keep rolling, and rolling, and rolling.

When it comes to having more ease and flow in our days, understanding the role of friction is KEY.

Here's how it works:

I do this work because I want to help people live simpler, more joyful lives.

So when I come across a product or company that is doing just that, I CANNOT wait to tell everyone about it.

(Ad nauseum. To the point where people are crossing the street when they see me around town.)

So today, my friends, I want to tell you about something that is sparking some major joy for me - my new toilet paper.

Yes, toilet paper. And it’s made by a company called Who Gives a Crap.

Hysterical, right?

Happy New Year! I LOVE this time of year because it feels like a fresh, clean slate. BUT, I often fall into the trap of trying to do TOO much. Can you relate?

Ryan Holiday’s new book, Stillness is the Key, has a whole chapter dedicated to “limiting our inputs”. Holiday says, “it’s very difficult to think or act clearly (to say nothing of being happy) when we are drowning in information.”

Right?!?!

Never-ending news. Unlimited podcasts. SO MANY books. Endless emails, mail, and catalogs. Text chains galore.

Don’t panic! It’s just the holidays.

I’m here to help you map out a season with less stress and more joy. And I’ve even got a handy worksheet to help.

One of my absolute favorite tools to teach is the 4Ds, and the holidays are the perfect time to teach it. The 4Ds were pioneered by legendary professional organizer Julie Morgenstern in her book Time Management from the Inside Out, and they are MAGIC.

It’s going to be a short and sweet one this week because this month has been BONKERS! (I’m already 3 days behind schedule on posting, but who’s counting?)

If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen that the joy sparks have been flying up in New York City. I am now officially a KonMari instructor, training the next cohorts of aspiring KonMari consultants. I’m feeling some major ripple effects in motion, as these lovely people prepare to spread out across the world and help so many people create lives that spark joy. Check out all the action!

These days, there is a lot of important work to do.

There are wrongs to be made right.

There are children to raise into kind human beings.

There are lives to be improved.

There is beauty to be created.

We don't have time to be bogged down with physical and emotional clutter.

We don't have time to be surrounded by things, people, and activities that drain us.

You’re in line at your favorite store. In your hands, you’ve got a scented candle, a pair of sunglasses, and a mug with a cute inspirational saying. (You should have gotten a cart.)

You’ve also got a shirt that you’re worried might be a little too baggy, or not quite the right color, but it should be fine.

An announcement comes over the loudspeaker that the registers are down and will not be up again for 30 minutes.

Would you wait?

I’m an Obliger.

According to Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies framework, that means I need external accountability to get practically anything done.

In fact, it took some major external accountability to complete my own KonMari journey.

Three years ago, I was a member of the first class of trainees to begin the KonMari certification in New York. And of course, as part of the certification, I was required to complete the KonMari process in my own home first.

About a year ago, I started asking myself a question that gave me dramatically more clarity (and joy!) in my work and life.

The question was:

Is it fun and easy?

Why did I start asking this question?

Because I was overwhelmed by the "shoulds."

I have ALWAYS have been overwhelmed by those blasted shoulds, but I felt particularly overwhelmed as a new entrepreneur. Suddenly, I, alone, had to dictate how I would spend my precious time.

Sometimes, we are just tired. We might be getting sick. We might have little ones who aren't sleeping through the night. We might have a major work project going on.

Whatever the reason, it’s frustrating to feel zapped of energy, especially when there is still so much to do. (Just ask that adorable, fuzzy koala.)

Being tired is especially problematic when we want our homes to be tidy, but after a long day of parenting or commuting or care-giving, we can't muster up the energy to spend even 5 minutes getting things back to where they should be.