Simplify your life posts by Rita Wilkins. Rita is a renowned expert in decluttering and minimalism, empowering individuals to simplify their lives through practical tips and resources, while also captivating audiences as a professional speaker and author.

7 Proven Methods to Personalize and Expedite Your Decluttering Journey

You are on the right track! You’ve experienced the benefits of decluttering. You are committed to living a simple life with less, but you’re looking for ways to refine and improve the decluttering process so it’s sustainable. Read this article from Forbes by Joshua Becker: The Top 9 Expert Strategies To Declutter Your Home How [...]

By |2024-04-23T11:22:01+00:00April 23rd, 2024|decluttering tips, Emotional Clutter, home downsizing in 60s, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, minimalism and decluttering, minimalism checklists, Minimalist Essentials, personal growth, simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on 7 Proven Methods to Personalize and Expedite Your Decluttering Journey
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Consumerism vs. Minimalism My Personal Journey to Owning Less

Have you ever wished that your life was not so busy, so stressful, so complicated? That there would be times where you could just sit back, relax, and enjoy a cup of hot tea with your best friend? There was a time in my life that I longed for that, but it seemed like a [...]

By |2024-03-05T08:25:36+00:00March 5th, 2024|8 Decluttering Methods., baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, decluttering tips, Emotional Clutter, engage in yourlife, home downsizing in 60s, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, living in smaller spaces, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplify your life|Comments Off on Consumerism vs. Minimalism My Personal Journey to Owning Less
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5 Ways A Minimalist Lifestyle Will Change You and Your Life Forever

The journey to becoming a minimalist doesn’t happen overnight. It can take years of self-discovery. It’s a journey that requires deep courage and commitment, sometimes painful introspection to confront old beliefs and self-sabotaging habits. The journey will help you discover what matters most to you, so you can weed out anything that doesn’t align with [...]

By |2023-11-14T00:41:23+00:00October 24th, 2023|baby boomer downsizing, challenges of downsizing, checklists to downsize, decluttering tips, how to declutter, minimalism, minimalism and decluttering, minimalism checklists, Minimalist Decluttering, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on 5 Ways A Minimalist Lifestyle Will Change You and Your Life Forever
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The Downsizing Designer’s 10 Favorite Home Organizing Solutions

For the first time, I would like to focus on actual products that I have used myself and strongly recommend. They will help you get organized and stay organized once you’ve decluttered a particular space. If you read my blogs, you know that I don’t normally encourage you to buy more because my primary focus [...]

By |2023-08-08T09:29:02+00:00August 8th, 2023|Baby Boomers, bucket list, challenges of downsizing, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, freedom, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, lifestyle, minimalism, minimalism and decluttering, Minimalist Decluttering, simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on The Downsizing Designer’s 10 Favorite Home Organizing Solutions
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5 Years Later: What I Discovered When I Decluttered and Downsized

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer It was a little over 5 years ago when I downsized from my 5000-square-foot home in the country and move to an 867-square-foot condo in Philadelphia. I gave away 95% of my belongings. I can honestly say I have no regrets and I’ve never been happier. In the process, [...]

By |2023-07-17T08:28:45+00:00October 26th, 2022|Aging in place, baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, challenges of downsizing, checklists to downsize, decluttering tips, downsizing, downsizing after retirement, downsizing checklists, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, how to downsize, minimalism, minimalism and decluttering, minimalism checklists, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplify your life|Comments Off on 5 Years Later: What I Discovered When I Decluttered and Downsized
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A Minimalist Home: 6 Minimalist Decluttering Tips for Curating Your Home

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer Perhaps you are one of the lucky ones. You’ve already downsized to a smaller, more manageable home and in the process, you got rid of a lot of the things that you no longer wanted, needed, or used. Like all of those boxes in the basement or attic that [...]

By |2022-10-19T12:04:11+00:00October 19th, 2022|8 Decluttering Methods., baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, challenges of downsizing, checklists to downsize, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing checklists, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips, engage in yourlife, Holiday Decorating, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, how to downsize, how to utilize space in your house, minimalism and decluttering, minimalism checklists, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on A Minimalist Home: 6 Minimalist Decluttering Tips for Curating Your Home
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Learn About Minimalism At Your Own Pace 

Do You Want to Learn More About Minimalism And Decluttering?  If you’re interested in a minimalist lifestyle and minimalist design but have no idea how to start making use of minimalist ideas if your life, you’re not alone. To live a minimalist lifestyle, you will likely need to declutter your home, which can be a [...]

By |2022-09-17T04:42:37+00:00September 16th, 2022|8 Decluttering Methods., decluttering tips, design ideas, design trends, downsizing after retirement, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, how to downsize, how to utilize space in your house, living in smaller spaces, minimalism, minimalism and decluttering, personal growth, redecorating tips, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplify your life|Comments Off on Learn About Minimalism At Your Own Pace 
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3 Best Ways to Cure Clutter Creep and Chaos

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer Have you ever listened to what your clutter is trying to tell you? You know… that clutter that’s everywhere! Your kitchen counter, your dining room table, your bathroom countertops. Every time you think you’ve cleaned it off and decluttered, it sneaks back in to haunt you! All of that [...]

By |2022-09-06T10:49:17+00:00September 6th, 2022|challenges of downsizing, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips, engage in yourlife, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, redecorating tips, retirement, simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on 3 Best Ways to Cure Clutter Creep and Chaos
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Transform Your Home and Your Life: Downsize and Declutter Like a Minimalist

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer The pandemic taught us many things, perhaps one of the most important lessons: Stand back and look at your life through a new lens. Rethink what matters most, what’s essential, and what’s not. During the pandemic, many people chose to declutter their homes by removing those things that took [...]

By |2023-10-23T18:31:18+00:00August 24th, 2022|baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, challenges of downsizing, decluttering tips, downsizing, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips, engage in yourlife, lifestyle, minimalism, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on Transform Your Home and Your Life: Downsize and Declutter Like a Minimalist
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Minimalist Living: What is Clutter Blindness?

By Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer Have you ever gotten so used to seeing something that you don’t even notice it anymore? The boots and snow shovels from last winter that still sit in your mudroom. The old winter coats that no longer fit but take up room in your hall closet. The kid’s trophies [...]

By |2022-08-09T12:55:14+00:00August 9th, 2022|Aging in place, baby boomer downsizing, Baby Boomers, challenges of downsizing, decluttering tips, downsizing after retirement, downsizing for baby boomers, downsizing in your 70s, downsizing tips, engage in yourlife, how do i get rid of stuff, how to declutter, how to downsize, how to utilize space in your house, living in smaller spaces, Rita Wilkins The Downsizing Designer., simplicity, simplify your life|Comments Off on Minimalist Living: What is Clutter Blindness?
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