Lauren Williams's (casualuncluttering) Blog

Homeward Pet Adoption Center is open for drop-in donations! YIPPEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's probably been true for a long time again now but I've been sooooooo going in a 1,000 different directions for 1,000 different reasons I (1) kept forgetting to look; (2) was scared to look in ca...

In tribute to one of my mentors, Anne Blumer of Solutions for You, who is retiring after an incredibly-inspiring career - another first. A client asked me to just sit in a chair. It's HARD!!!

Another professional first - helping a client find a baby snake who escaped her enclosure. Who, fortunately, turned out to just be sleeping in a very hidden spot and not escaped at all. YAY!!!

A long-long-long-term colleague, Maria Spetalnik, CPO, Conquer the Clutter, has written her second!! edition of Hoarding for Law Enforcement and Other Public Officials.Pair it with The Hoarding Handbook: A Manual for Human Service Professionals by Christiana Bratiotis, Christina Sorrentino Schmal...

Who, you ask, is Victor Gruen - NOT a J. Gordon Lippincott? In the commercialized cacophony that is the "Holiday Season" leading up to Christmas and Hanukkah, I felt compelled to learn more about the inventor of the modern shopping mall. And it was my sheer dumb luck that the Austrian Embassy in ...

Italian Wedding Bell Soup is ambrosial, one of the best soups ever simmered by humankind. Complex, toothsome, I've had it in restaurants where the balance of flavors and textures left me swooning at its perfection, and I cheerfully savor an overly-commercialized bowl from a  billion-dollar conglo...

More tall less flat. That was the closest to coherence I could get this morning, because I did NOT get enough sleep, as I did a quick pass clearing up in my bedroom. I'll explain in a minute. Organizing is not static. If it were, Organizers might be out of a job. Organizing is a life-long process...

My son is a student at Western Washington University. Proud Mom of course signs up for the newsletter. And is stunned and delighted when there is a quiet mention of a career clothing bank. Intrigued, I took a look at University of Washington. DITTO. Washington State University -score! Central Was...

I will be starting a virtual Buried in Treasures support group in January 2024. Please email me at lauren@casualuncluttering.com or call me at 425-947-3976 for details.• Does your stuff overwhelm you?• Is it kinda easy to bring it into your spaces, and kinda hard to let it go?• Do you want to thi...

So many cool clocks. So very many cool clocks. And timers. Using a clock that appeals to you can strongly enhance productivity. These are just some of my favorites:Braille clocksDiglo vibrating clocksLinear Clockworksmooas Cube TimerOwlconicSkil-Care Sensory ClockSunrise clocksTalking clocksTime ...