In a nutshell – if you don’t know where to start but you do want to declutter the less-stuff calendar makes life easier. Do you.. Feel overwhelmed by the amount …
Weeding Wednesday
I’m not suggesting you go outside if the weather is terrible (it is here!). Can you find something indoors you can weed out? This checklist for decluttering should help you …
Maxine and Joe test the easy decluttering calendar
Maxine von Eye and Joe Papineschi are interesting folk from Brussels. They are practicing reverse hoarding, which means using up all their store cupboard ingredients and their Instagram feed …
Clean Floor Friday
There is something lovely about waking up on a Saturday morning to a clean floor. If you don’t have time to vacuum or mop, can you pick some things up? …
Free Spring Eco Actions Book for NHS Donations
I’ve teamed up with Claire from The Frugal Family to make things a bit easier. We are giving away the PDF copy of Spring into Action for donations to the …
Decluttering when you can’t leave the house
Are you spending more time than usual at home now? Have you thought it might be a perfect opportunity to declutter? It is a good time, but if you have …
Treat yourself Tuesday
There are loads of ways to treat yourself without spending any money. I have 54 of them listed here https://www.less-stuff.co.uk/frugal-self-care/ or you might want to make a self care box …
Make a Start Monday
You wouldn’t climb a mountain without a bit of training beforehand. Any big task can be broken down into tiny little actions towards it. Want to get fit? Get off …
Missing Mountain Monday
Bonjour, mes amis. Welcome to Monday morning: loved by some (but I’ve no idea who!?!) and disliked by many, including the Boomtown Rats. What have the Boomtown Rats to do …
Scary Sunday
Uh oh! Looks like there’s another Dina Day looming! Your first task this morning is a bit different from the usual. Before you read the rest of this post it’s …
Singapore Saturday
Good morning on this glorious sunny morning. Did you know that today is Singapore Saturday? It is a recently developed festival sampling the delights of this tiny country. The celebrations …
A is for Accountability – The new less-stuff group on Patreon
Patreons get exclusive content. I share different methods, tips and tricks to make life easier, live more sustainably and get things done. At the moment I’m working through the alphabet …
3 Things in Your Home That You Can Repair on Your Own
Article provided by Oscar Owens and may provide affiliate links If you’re anything like us, then one of your biggest fears is something breaking down in your home – and …
Twinkle Toes Tuesday
Well now, Less-Stuffers, I think you got off lightly yesterday! It seems that nearly everyone chose the easy option of having a Moaning Monday so, today, the whip is coming …
Thrilling Thursday
Good morning, everyone. OK, HOLD ON TO YOUR HATS, everyone because today is THRILLING THURSDAY! You all know that frisson that you have when you suddenly realise that your gentle …
Make up Monday
As it’s Monday today, we are having Make-Up Monday. Actually, it’s not just make-up but also hair care, skin care and so on. I imagine the majority of us will …
Found it Friday
A fanfare for this fantastic, fabulous, friendly, feel-good family of decluttering fairies. 🎺 I have to post today’s prompt a little early in the day because we have an early …
Think about it Thursday
Good morning, one and all! Today is Think About It Thursday. Sometimes, when we are proposing to declutter a particular area or type of item, we need to consider where …
Weightlifting Wednesday
Welcome, one and all, to this wonderful world of Weightlifting Wednesday! “What?” I hear you cry, “What has weightlifting to do with decluttering?” Allow me enlighten you. I hope the …
Tidy Table Tuesday
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a new day. In an effort to reduce both costs and waste, I was going to reuse a day. However, when I went into …
Monday Morning Moanathon
Here I am again! This time offering you a Monday Morning Moan-athon. This can be done either alone or as a communal activity. As a rough guide, I would estimate …
Special Offer Saturday
Good morning on this super, sunny Saturday and welcome to the weekend. Today Less Stuff is offering a ‘not to be missed’ bargain, making today Special Offer Saturday – in …
Fab Four Friday
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to NTW, otherwise known as Nearly The Weekend or, as we call it in The Best Group In All Of Facebook, Fab Four Friday. And, …
Worn out Wednesday
Welcome to Worn Out Wednesday. It doesn’t mean fatigue (I could do that every day!). Have you any worn or broken things that are beyond repair? If so, today’s the …
Match it up Monday
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the start of a new week. I have decluttered Bob Geldof and the rest of the Boomtown Rats so there shouldn’t be anyone complaining …
POETS Day
Hello and welcome to POETS day (Push Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday). Today’s prompt may look familiar but there’s a different emphasis. Fridge/Freezer Friday, this week, is not about what needs …
Thermal Thursday
Good morning to everyone in this The Best Group In All Of Facebook. It’s a beautiful sunny morning here in my little corner of Manchester. A wonderful ‘plus’ of having …
WIP-ing Wednesday
Good morning, Less-Stuffers, and welcome to WIP-ing Wednesday. Any knitters in the group will probably know that a WIP is a Work In Progress. (The photograph shows me Extreme Knitting …
Tick it off Tuesday
Hi, everyone. Today is Tick It Off Tuesday. I don’t know how it happens but lists of things to be done seem to appear from nowhere! I make a note …
Medical Monday
Good morning lovely Less-Stuffers (that means everyone, in case you were afraid it didn’t include you!) and welcome to Dina Day. Now, as many of you already know, I am …
Decluttering Haiku for World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day is on the 21st March and last year, in the less-stuff Facebook group we had a play around with decluttering Haiku. Haiku is supposed to be 5 …
How Decluttering Helps You Live a More Sustainable Lifestyle – Guest Post
This is a guest post from Emily who is the editor of Conservation Folks, and she’s always looking for ways to reduce daily waste. Springtime means that the weather is …
Anna’s top tips for deterring car thieves
Our wonderful Anna from the less-stuff Facebook group had her car broken into last week. “The car was right outside the house, under the bedroom window and we didn’t hear …
Who wants your old mismatched mugs?
This is a crowd sourced post with loads of amazing ideas from the less-stuff Facebook group. Heather asked “Is there anywhere that appreciates old mugs? They are clean and unchipped …
Don’t chuck out all your stuff because of bloody Marie Kondo
rant starts here…. Bloody Marie Kondo. I’ve read her books, folded t-shirts so I can’t tell which ones they are and I’ve tried, really tried to watch her recent series …
How to Keep your Kids Clutter Free
In a nutshell – keeping the clutter down when you have children around can be really hard. Here are a few tips to keep things under control. I am the …
Wardrobe Wednesday
Note this day on your calendars, it’s a rare event: a brand new Dina Day! You lucky people – ha ha. I wanted to do one a few days ago …
Why I hate Christmas, and what I’m doing about it
One of my earliest memories was of unwrapping a little record player. I must have been about two years old and I was totally confused by it. I soon worked …
Declutter your yarn stash and help breastfeeding mums
This is a call out from less-stuff Facebook group member Shel Banks who needs knitted or crocheted boobs to use as a teaching aid. Shel says: If anyone fancies making …
Why you can’t declutter and what is stopping you
You are keeping things because you think you should We will never forget our loved ones although it makes us feel more connected to own something they once had. If …
Life events can leave us ‘frozen’. How I started to unblock and declutter.
This is a guest post by Teri and I’m really honoured to have it on Less-stuff. We have tried to make this article accessible for people with cognitive impairment. You …