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My Upcoming Move to Finland Is Highlighting Things I Still Need to Pare Down. Our family of five is packing up our life in Kodiak, Alaska and heading across the ocean for three years. My husband is in the Coast Guard and has been tasked with overseeing the buildout of a brand new Arctic icebreaker […]

Preparing to Move Changed My View on Decluttering 

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If you’re here, I already consider you a friend! And that’s because I really love people who want to focus on what matters in life, which certainly isn’t the endless pursuit of stuff.

The idea here isn’t perfection or rigid minimalism, rather it’s to avoid being bogged down by things that don’t bring lasting fulfillment.

I pinch myself regularly that my podcast (Paring Down), my newsletter (The L.E.S.S. Express), and my social media platforms allow me to spread this message of how to discover our most uncluttered, joyful, purpose-driven lives.

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"Decluttering isn’t about deprivation. It’s about clarity."
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