My 2 year old nephew, Charlie, has a wooden wagen (being British, he calls it a trolley) that he loves to take EVERYWHERE with him. When I was visiting last week, he demanded that we take it on a hike. Lucky for us, he forgot about it in the car and we didn't have to let him drag it through the woods. Two-year-olds are fiercely independent, right? They don't want help from ANYONE thankyouverymuch. And while it's critical for toddlers to assert their independence and learn things { Read more... }

When you hear the word "limit" do you cringe and automatically feel resistance? A lot of people struggle against limits ("I don't want to pare down my collection of figurines! Don't tell me it's wrong to have this many pairs of black pants!") Setting limits and following them is a true task in itself. But this isn't what limits are about. If you've got a cluttered home, your limit is set for you by the size of your home - and you may have filled it up to the absolute max. But in that { Read more... }

I've got a large box of long fluorescent light bulbs in the basement. They have sat there for 4 years (ouch!). I keep telling myself I need to give them away or sell them (they cost quite a bit of money and they're unused!). But I always seem to file this task under "Do Later." And as you know, when it comes to clutter as well as so many other things, later never comes.   { Read more... }