Why does downsizing your household goods increase satisfaction?
The year is coming to an end and in our culture this usually also means a collective need to finalise ongoing projects and tasks....
Bommi under the bed - how many toys is too many?
Does your child have a clear favourite toy or a few beloved ones that they take with them on almost every play and outing...
More is more - Why does our mind guide us to hoard and make it difficult to declutter?
I used to be this guy for whom more is more of something. Maybe a moment of joy, comfort, security, That Something. I don't...
What are commodity skills?
Goods skills are important basic skills for modern people. It is estimated that there are up to 50 000 items in Finnish homes. This means a huge...
A peaceful and inspiring home and a clutter-free everyday life
You know that feeling when he's wagging the dog, so to speak? Such a situation can arise, for example, when your home...
3x easy and effective system for decluttering and recycling children's clothes
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to keeping a busy family home tidy is the recycling of children's clothes. From a professional organiser's point of view, it's a time-suck that borders on a side hustle, so...
Three concrete tips to prevent piles of stuff
As a professional organiser, I find both my clients and myself struggling in the midst of a merchandise famine, even if we have already done the pruning and built up our merchandise skills....
Five tips from a professional organiser for the mid-term
The first time I heard the word "interregnum", I laughed a little. Now, having changed 17 times, I no longer...
Intangible gift tips and ideas
I used to be so caught up in the commodity culture that it didn't even occur to me to give something other than stuff as a gift. It's...
Toy of the Year 2023 is a cardboard box
I order food online and almost everything we need usually arrives in a cardboard box. My kids love these boxes. Someone...
Silent to do list theory
This time, I will introduce a concept that helps to visualise the actual amount of goods work. It is the concept of Fumio Sasaki's Goodbye things...
The two-cup tactic - a minimalist experiment in the kitchen
The Tactics of Two Mugs is the story of how peace and relaxation finally descended on the kitchen with a minimalist experiment. For the busiest readers...