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Declutter Your Home and Simplify Your Life

By: Sophie Largen, The Great Courses
Narrated by: Sophie Largen
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Are you feeling overwhelmed by the clutter in your life? A pile of laundry on the floor, a stack of papers on the table, or just too much stuff? You are not alone. The tough part is, you know that shoving it all out of sight isn’t enough—you need to start throwing things away. But you don’t have to become a minimalist. You just need to learn how to remove the excess, so you have more time for what is important in your life. And that’s just what this course teaches you.

Sophie Largen has made it her passion project to help motivate and encourage others by providing tips for efficient cleaning, organizing, and productivity. This practical guide will walk you through decluttering your spaces step by step. It will help you work through common pitfalls, and it will provide you with a plan for success for achieving a simplified—and more joyous—life.

Sophie starts by helping you build a road map and a schedule that are attainable for you and your family. She then shares her favorite decluttering strategies, providing exercises and asking questions to get you through challenges, such as parting with sentimental items. She then offers tools and techniques to help you maintain the organization and simplified life you’ve established.

By the end of this course, you may find yourself with new problems, like what to do with all your extra free time and that newly emptied drawer!

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Publisher's summary

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the clutter in your life? A pile of laundry on the floor, a stack of papers on the table, or just too much stuff? You are not alone. The tough part is, you know that shoving it all out of sight isn’t enough—you need to start throwing things away. But you don’t have to become a minimalist. You just need to learn how to remove the excess, so you have more time for what is important in your life. And that’s just what this course teaches you.

Sophie Largen has made it her passion project to help motivate and encourage others by providing tips for efficient cleaning, organizing, and productivity. This practical guide will walk you through decluttering your spaces step by step. It will help you work through common pitfalls, and it will provide you with a plan for success for achieving a simplified—and more joyous—life.

Sophie starts by helping you build a road map and a schedule that are attainable for you and your family. She then shares her favorite decluttering strategies, providing exercises and asking questions to get you through challenges, such as parting with sentimental items. She then offers tools and techniques to help you maintain the organization and simplified life you’ve established.

By the end of this course, you may find yourself with new problems, like what to do with all your extra free time and that newly emptied drawer!

©2023 Audible Originals, LLC (P)2023 Audible Originals, LLC

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I have listened and read many organizing/ dec littering books. They all pretty much help in some way if not just to help me focus. This one was VERY short but also VERY helpful. I love the organizational map /zones of the house and the methodical way to handle organizing and decluttering. I love that she takes us through a peaceful process and at a peaceful pace! Very doable. I love the visual Sophie painted of what life looks like when we lose the clutter. I can’t believe I am saying this but I am actually excited about doing some decluttering.

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Excellent for those under 40

Wow! What an overachiever! Great tips and outlines. I guess I’m just a clutter bug and meant to stay that way. I want a small cabin and a huge barn to store my “stuff” in. Kudos to over achievers!

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A good quick and easy refresher even for experienced organizers

The program is only about an hour but definitely covers great hi-lights in how to get organized and stay organized.

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Helpful, concise and awesome

Loved this read. Especially how useful the tips and insight were. I enjoyed the ability to work through it with the author and also by virtue of it being concise, you can refer back as needed.

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great tips for successful decluttering!

I really loved how this book helps you feel better about getting rid of things. I certainly feel at ease now instead of the typical anxiety and resistance of losing things I previously gave too much value.

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Great practical advice

Especially appreciated her suggestion of a written “roadmap” as a concrete guide to de-cluttering.
A practical way to reduce job to achievable “bites.”

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Very good guidance

This guide was effective and easy to follow. I am inspired to get started today

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Average

Nothing great, innovative or life changing. If you’re a little organised probably you’ve done most of the things suggested and even have better methods yourself. I’m probably not the target for this book.

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Just what I was looking for to begin DECLUTTERING!

Really easy to follow. Concise and clear explanations with some ideas as some recommendations. Guidelines with simple steps to start decluttering and simplifying your life and home. I will be listening to this again and again until I develop my own process and make a clutter free life and home a reality. My sincerest thanks to the author of this book.

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Short and sweet

I liked this a lot. For being just an hour long, it is packed with useful info, tips and inspiration. It is a different method than Marie Kondo, but makes sense and gives great pointers as to how to decide about the maybe items, sentimental things, etc. Really good little course, thank you Sophie & the great courses!

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