The JJs Declutter Podcast

Julie Weisgerber and Janis Kosmala
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The big question is this: How can we stop procrastinating, take control of clutter (and cleaning) in a way that really sticks, and avoid feeling overwhelmed along the way? We created The JJs Declutter Podcast because, as professional decluttering coaches, we know that organizing your home doesn’t have to be an endless, stressful chore. Our mission is to share practical, real-world solutions that make keeping your spaces tidy a whole lot easier. And yes, we sprinkle in some humor too! Each episode is designed to inspire, give you quick wins, and help you build a clutter-free lifestyle, so your home can feel peaceful, functional, and yours again. Join us for a little laughter and a lot of learning. Let’s dive in!

  1. 3d ago

    💀🚪 Skeletons in the Closet: What's REALLY Hiding Behind That Door? (S4E7)

    Send us Fan Mail 💀🚪 Skeletons in the Closet: What's REALLY Hiding Behind That Door? (S4E7) Julie has a confession:  there are skeletons in her closet.  Before Janis could call a priest (or the police), the truth came out.  A broken umbrella, a bread maker used exactly once, three mystery cords, and a coat that last fit during the Clinton administration. Not a crime scene. An archaeological dig. In honor of Halloween, we're going skeleton hunting.  We're opening hall closets, spare room closets, linen closets, kids' closets, and those mysterious little doors you open six inches, get bonked on the foot, and quietly close again.  Some closets aren't storage. They're witness protection programs for household items. 🧠 Why We Keep the Skeletons "But it was expensive!" That money's gone. Your closet doesn't issue refunds or store credit."I might need it someday." Someday lives somewhere between Tuesday and never."It was a gift." The gift was the giving. You don't owe the object lifetime housing."It still works… mostly." If it needs jiggling, smacking, and a pep talk, it may be time.🚪 The Closet Tour Hall Closet: This is home base for CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome). It holds the umbrella that handed in its resignation, shoes begging to be released, and a bag of bags big enough to supply a small nation.Spare Room Closet: Also known as the Museum of Things We Meant to Use. Exhibits include Julie's backup egg system and the DOOM pile (Didn't Organize, Only Moved).Linen Closet: Sheets that outlived their bed, towels with the absorbency of a paper plate, and one Hilton souvenir we will not discuss.  (Tip: animal shelters often welcome old towels!)Kids' Closets: Outgrown 3T treasures for the little ones. For grown kids who moved out years ago, it's Mom's free storage unit, complete with trophies, yearbooks, and one box marked "important."📦 Keep or LETS-GO Keep what you use. Everything else gets a LETS-GO sort: LE: Lives ElsewhereT: Trash or recycleS: Sentimental (set it aside so it doesn't derail the closet!)GO: Goes Out (donate, sell, or return to its rightful owner)💛 What Are We Really Keeping? Sometimes we're holding onto guilt, fear, or obligation.  Sometimes it's an earlier chapter of our lives.  Letting go of an object doesn't erase the memory. Your closet just needs to work for the life you're living now, not for 1997. Especially if 1997 includes shoulder pads. 🎯 This Week's Challenge Pick ONE closet. Set a timer for a #DeclutteringDozen, which is just 12 minutes, and go skeleton hunting.  Look for anything broken, worn out, the wrong size, missing pieces, unused for years, or belonging to someone else.  Keep it to Small Doable Doses, so no hallway-blocking MESSessary Middle!  Then pop into the ABC Declutter Facebook Community and tell us the strangest thing you found. (We're betting on a VCR. With tapes. One labeled "do not tape over.") 🎧 Listen & Connect 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/ ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/ 👥 Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity 🌐 Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/ ✉️ Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and ~ as always ~ Keep Decluttering!  #TheJJsDeclutterPodcast #ABCDeclutter #ABCDeclutterWithJJ #DeclutteringDozen #KeepOrLetsGo #ClutterCrushersClub #SkeletonsInTheCloset #HalloweenDeclutter #ClosetCleanout #HallCloset #LinenCloset #SpareRoomCloset #KidsCloset #DeclutterYourHome #DeclutteringTips #HomeOrganization #IntentionalLiving #LetItGo #SimpleLiving #DeclutterChallenge #DeclutterCommunity #SmallDoableDoses #ProgressNotPerfection #DeclutterPodcast #OrganizingTips Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    💀🚪 Skeletons in the Closet: What's REALLY Hiding Behind That Door? (S4E7)

  2. Oct 6

    The Senior Moving Checklist: What We'd Keep… and What We'd LETS-GO - (a magazine moments episode) s4e6

    Send us Fan Mail It's a Magazine Moment!  Julie and Janis wrap up the Right-Sizing series by digging into a complete senior downsizing checklist from the Senior Transitions Group.  It was written for adult children stepping in to move a parent, whether for health, safety, or a house that's simply too big. It lays out six phases over three months, with 11 to 12 items per phase. (That's a lot of checkboxes. We counted. Then we needed a nap.)  So we're sharing what we agree with, what made us say "Wait… what?", and the part we loved most: the room-by-room sorting guide. 🤔 Where We Raised an Eyebrow Changing addresses with doctors and pharmacies three months before the move? Janis, who works in a doctor's office, explains why that can send bills and mail-order meds somewhere your parent doesn't even live yet.  Make the list early, and make the changes closer to moving day. And a house fully sorted one month before the move? In a perfect world, sure. In the real world, you're lucky if it's done the night before the truck shows up. 😅 ✅ Where We Said "Yes!" Get the floor plan early.  Their four-category sorting system lines up nicely with our Keep or LETS-GO system, though we'd still give sentimental items their own pile.  Pack a first-night box with meds, toiletries, pajamas, chargers, and reading glasses. Make the bed first so the new space feels livable.  Plus, Julie shares a sneaky-but-effective "selling" strategy from a friend that made everyone happy. 💛 Moving a Parent Is Different Setting up familiar surroundings matters, especially with memory challenges.  Julie shares stories from moving her own parents into assisted living, including getting their favorite chairs professionally cleaned (just sayin'!) and the surprise "taco bed" that nearly knocked over her brother-in-law. 🏠 The Room-by-Room Guide Kitchen: A few mugs, plates, and a coffee maker. Let go of the duplicates and the big-crowd serving dishes.Living Room: One comfy chair, a side table, the TV, and a lamp. China cabinets need not apply.Bedroom: A bed that fits, nightstands, and familiar bedding.Bathroom: Toiletries in current use, two sets of towels, and a non-slip mat. Double-check those grab bars!Garage, Basement & Attic: Decades of stuff, mostly staying behind. Keep a small toolbox and a few treasured holiday pieces.Paperwork: Keep tax returns, legal documents, insurance, and medical records. Shred the rest, and keep important directives accessible.🎯 This Week's Challenge Start your "Who Needs Our New Address?" list: banks, doctors, pharmacy, insurance, and subscriptions. Just don't send it yet!  Then share one item that surprised you in the ABC Declutter Facebook Community. 📖 Want the full checklist?  https://seniors-transitions.com/resources/downsizing-checklist  🔗 Connect With The JJs 🌐 Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/ 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/ 👥 Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity 📧 Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com #️⃣ Hashtags (25) #TheJJsDeclutterPodcast #ABCDeclutter #TheJJs #KeepDecluttering #declutteringdozen #KeepOrLETSGO #SeniorMoving #MovingChecklist #HelpingAgingParents #AssistedLiving #SeniorDownsizing #RightSizing #FirstNightBox #MagazineMoment #CaregiverTips #Decluttering #DeclutterYourHome #RoomByRoom #IntentionalLiving #SimpleLiving #HomeOrganization #DeclutterCommunity #ClutterCrushers #SmallDoableDoses #SandwichGeneration Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    The Senior Moving Checklist: What We'd Keep… and What We'd LETS-GO - (a magazine moments episode) s4e6

  3. Sep 29

    Moving Day Tips (part 5/5 right-sizing series) s4e5

    Send us Fan Mail  🚚 Three Projects in a Trench Coat: Your Moving Day Survival Guide  The truck is finally here!  After talking through why you're moving, whether it's time, what comes with you, and how to make those decisions without losing your mind, Julie and Janis tackle the big day itself.  As Janis puts it, a move after 60 isn't one project. It's three projects wearing a trench coat, pretending to be one.  So we're unbuttoning that trench coat and breaking the whole thing into five manageable phases. No exploding heads allowed. 😅  📐 Phase 1: Before You Decide Start with the NEW home, not the old stuff. Get the floor plan. Measure the rooms, the closets, the doorways (yes, especially the doorways!), and your furniture.  "It'll probably fit" is not a measurement. It's a prayer whispered to the moving gods, and the moving gods do not care about your feelings.  🗂️ Phase 2: Declutter A quick Keep or LETS-GO refresher: keep what you use, love, and truly need, and release the duplicates and "somedays." Sentimental items get intentional, not rushed.  📅 Phase 3: Prepare This is not a weekend project!  Work backward from moving day, tackle one area at a time in Small Doable Doses, and build in margin for the unexpected.  Assemble your moving team, and please don't make your adult kids your unpaid moving company. (Julie speaks from experience.)  Plus: the client who tagged furniture two years early, Janis's life-saving "pre-move the toilet paper" tip, and why a dishwasher-sized box of hardcovers isn't a box. It's a crime scene.  💪 Protect Your Body (Not Optional!) Dollies, real breaks, water, and hired help for the heavy stuff. Nobody in the history of moving has ever said, "The dresser was so worth it."  📬 The Paperwork That Sneaks Up on You Address changes, mail-forwarding timing, and emergency contacts. Julie shares a hospital story that proves why these matter.  📦 Phase 4: Moving Day Keys, pets, snacks, essentials that ride with you, and a plan for where you're sleeping night one.  🏡 Phase 5: Settling In Bed, bathroom, kitchen, clothing, essentials.  Functional first, beautiful later. Your throw pillows can wait; your toothbrush cannot.  And give yourself grace for the emotional ups and downs.  💛 The Big Idea:  Don't move your old life into your new home.  Move the life you want into your new home.  🎯 This Week's Challenge Grab a tape measure! Measure your three biggest furniture pieces, and put a piece of tape on anything that won't be making the move someday. Then pop into the ABC Declutter Facebook Community and tell us what got tagged!  Feeling angst about an upcoming move? Reach out. We'd love to help make your transition easier.  🔗 Connect With The JJs 🌐 Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/ 🎙️ Podcast: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/ 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/ 👥 Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity 📧 Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com  #TheJJsDeclutterPodcast #ABCDeclutter #TheJJs #KeepDecluttering #declutteringdozen #KeepOrLETSGO  #MovingDay #MovingTips #MovingAfter60 #SeniorMoving #Downsizing #RightSizing #MovingChecklist #PackingTips #NewHome  #Decluttering #DeclutterYourHome #IntentionalLiving #SimpleLiving #HomeOrganization #OrganizedHome #DeclutterCommunity #ClutterCrushers #SmallDoableDoses #MovingWithGrace   Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    Moving Day Tips (part 5/5 right-sizing series) s4e5

  4. Sep 22

    How To Do It (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 4 of 5) s4e4

    Send us Fan Mail ⏱️ Knowing What to Keep vs. Actually Doing the Sorting: Two Very Different Skills  Episode 4 of the Right-Sizing series shifts from what to keep to how on earth you actually get through the sorting process without collapsing around hour three.  Julie and Janis open with the classic mistake: pulling everything out of a closet at once, turning a manageable afternoon into a bed-floor-and-hallway disaster, and somehow ending up cross-legged on the floor holding a sweater from the Clinton administration.  The fix is refreshingly familiar territory for longtime listeners: work in small, defined areas — one drawer, one shelf — and start with the easy stuff (broken, expired, duplicate, forgotten) before you ever touch the sentimental box.  Save the emotionally expensive decisions for once you've built momentum, not for your first 20 minutes.  The JJs also break down the two main organizing approaches: A)  by category (gathering all your towels, all your holiday decor, all your Tupperware from across the house to see just how much you actually own)  B) versus by room (for the satisfaction of walking into a finished space) —  With the honest reminder that neither is more "correct."  Use whatever works for your brain.  Then comes the real heart of the episode: pacing and decision fatigue.  The Decluttering Dozen (12-minute timer, work until it goes off, stop) gets an upgrade with the "doom-busting session" — stacking a few 12-minute rounds together with a wrap-up buffer.  The golden rule is knowing when to stop before exhaustion turns every decision into "maybe I'll keep it," quietly refilling your donation pile back into your keep pile.  For anyone working toward an actual move, Julie and Janis lay out four simple stages  — Decide, Distribute, Prepare, Move —  with one hard rule: the moving truck is for transporting decisions you've already made, never for making them.  ✅ This Week's Challenge  Pick one small area — a drawer, a shelf, one section of a closet.  Set a 12-minute timer, #thedeclutteringdozen, start with the easy stuff, and stop when the timer goes off (or sooner, if decision fatigue hits first).  Share your doom-busting session wins in the ABC Declutter Facebook Community!  Next time: Moving Day itself — the final episode of the Right-Sizing Your Life series.  📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj  📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/  📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity  🖥️ Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/  🎙️ Podcast Website: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/  ✉️ Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com   #ABCDeclutter #TheJJsDeclutterPodcast #DeclutteringDozen #SmallDoableDoses #RightSizingYourLife #ClutterCrushersClub #DeclutterWithJJ #DoomBusting  #HowToDeclutter #DecisionFatigue #DeclutterByCategory #DeclutterByRoom #MovingStages #SortingSystem #DeclutterMomentum  #DeclutterYourLife #IntentionalLiving #SimplifyYourLife #DeclutterCommunity #LifeTransitions #GetOrganized #MovingPrep  #OrganizingTips #DeclutterMindset #MovingTips #HomeOrganization #DeclutterPodcast #SeniorMoving #TimerDeclutter   Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    How To Do It (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 4 of 5) s4e4

  5. Sep 15

    What Goes With Me? (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 3 of 5) S4E3

    Send us Fan Mail 📦 Turns Out You Own Enough to Furnish 3 Houses  Episode 3 of the Right-Sizing series tackles the question that hits the moment a floor plan starts looking real:     okay, but what actually comes with me?  Julie and Janis flip the whole mindset here — instead of starting with "what do I have to get rid of" (hello, deprivation mode), start with "what do I want to take with me."  Same process, radically different feeling.  The JJs work through the categories that trip everybody up:  - things you use daily (easy),  - things you use occasionally like the good china or the camping gear (not automatically clutter),  - and the infamous "Someday" pile — including Janis's very relatable confession about apparently being prepared, at all times, to host 24 people for dinner.  Cue Julie's imaginary "Grandma's Vase Rejection Form," which might be the funniest bit in the whole series so far.  Then it's on to the harder stuff — sentimental items (you can love the memory without keeping the object, and there's no rulebook saying you have to choose one or the other),  - the "but I paid good money for this" trap,  - and the classic "I'm keeping this for my kids" situation, which really does require actually asking your kids instead of deciding for them.  - Furniture gets the measuring-tape treatment,  - clothing gets an honest look at what you actually wear versus what you wish you wore,  - and yes — the garage finally gets its moment, revealing all the decisions that quietly went into retirement out there.  The JJs wrap with a genuinely useful decision framework — a set of guiding questions (do I love it, do I use it, would I choose it again today) and a deliberately un-guilty "I'm Not Sure Yet" category, with one important rule: it's a parking space, not a destination.  ✅ This Week's Challenge  Pick one room — just one. Imagine you're moving tomorrow and ask: what would I absolutely want to take with me? Start there, not with what you're getting rid of. Then look at what's left and ask why you're keeping it. Share your "I'm Not Sure Yet" pile discoveries in the ABC Declutter Facebook Community!  Next time: how to actually let go of what doesn't come with you — selling, donating, and making the process feel less like erasing your life and more like closing one chapter to enjoy the next.  📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj  📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/  📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity  🖥️ Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/  🎙️ Podcast Website: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/  ✉️ Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com  Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    What Goes With Me? (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 3 of 5) S4E3

  6. Sep 8

    10 Reasons to Right-Size Your Life (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 2 of 5) s4e2

    Send us Fan Mail  🏡 Spoiler: Granite Countertops Should Not Be Making Your Life Decisions  Episode 2 of the Right-Sizing series picks up where Episode 1 left off, and it's time to talk about the M-word: moving.  Not because a TV show said everyone over 60 needs a condo, and not because a granite countertop is judging you (though Julie has notes about vinegar and granite).  Julie and Janis walk through 10 genuinely realistic reasons people decide it's time to right-size — and then flip it around with 5 things to actually think about when choosing what's next.  The reasons run the gamut:  - the house has become more maintenance than joy, unused rooms have quietly turned into storage units (hello, Clutter Purgatory),  - the monthly expenses no longer make sense,  - you just want life to be simpler,  - or your body's sending memos your house hasn't read yet.  Add in wanting to be closer to family,  retirement reshuffling your priorities,  craving real community,  wanting to unlock home equity — and the big one,  reason #10: making the move on your own terms, before a crisis makes it for you.  Then comes the practical half — because falling in love with a kitchen and forgetting to ask "how far is the nearest grocery store" is a real and common trap.  The five things that matter:  1. location and lifestyle (including the surprisingly important "what if I stop driving" question),  2. accessibility for the long haul,  3. total cost of living (not just the sticker price),  4. right-sized space for how you actually live now,  5. and community and support.  Janis's "Tuesday morning test" — imagining a random weekday in the new place — might be the most useful five seconds of house-hunting advice in the whole episode.  The big question to carry forward: are you choosing a home for the life you have, or the life you want to create next?  ✅ This Week's Challenge  Make two lists:  1. what you love about your current home, and  2. what's become difficult, inconvenient, or unnecessary. Be honest — the second list often reveals more than any real estate website ever could.  Share your lists (or your favorite item on either one!) in the ABC Declutter with JJ Facebook Community.  Next time: the big question of what actually comes with you when you move — furniture, treasures, collections, and the things that have basically established legal residency in the garage.  📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj  📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/  📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity  🖥️ Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/  🎙️ Podcast Website: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/  ✉️ Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com  Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    10 Reasons to Right-Size Your Life (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 2 of 5) s4e2

  7. Sep 1

    WHY to Right-Size Your Life (part 1/5) s4e1

    Send us Fan Mail  Welcome to Season 4!   S4E1: Why to Right-Size Your Life (Right-Sizing Your Life, Part 1 of 5) 📦 **New Season, New Series: Say Goodbye to "Downsizing" Dread** Season 4 kicks off with a brand-new 5-part series, *Right-Sizing Your Life* — and Julie and Janis are starting with the word swap that changes everything.  Forget "downsizing," with all its smaller-house, fewer-things, sadder-life connotations.  This series is about *right-sizing*: finding the amount of space, stuff, and maintenance that actually fits the life you're living right now, not the life you used to live, not the life your neighbor's shiny new condo is living. The JJs get real about how homes quietly become time capsules. Nobody wakes up and decides to build a museum to 1998 — it happens one kept item at a time. The kids' old rooms. The dining room used twice a year. The craft supplies waiting patiently for a hobby you gave up eight years ago. And, apparently, everyone's destiny to someday own a fondue pot. But this episode goes deeper than "does it spark joy" — because a lot of what's sitting in boxes isn't clutter, it's memory.  Julie makes the case that the real question isn't always "have I used this in the last year," it's "what does this mean to me" — and from there, you get to decide whether the object stays, gets photographed, gets passed down, or gets released because you've realized you already have the memory without it. Janis also tackles the guilt trap head-on — "mom gave it to me," "someone might need it someday" — and offers a gentler reframe: it's not your job to store things for a hypothetical someday. And when it comes to the kids inheriting grandma's china? Ask first. Don't let it become someone else's garage mystery. The big idea to sit with this week: your home doesn't have to be your autobiography. Your memories live in you, not in every box in the attic. ✅ **This Week's Challenge** No decluttering yet — this week is just thinking.  Finish this sentence: *"If my home worked better for the life I'm living now, I would have more ___." * Then finish: *"The things that get in the way are ___."*  Don't solve anything yet — just notice. Share your reflections in the ABC Declutter with JJ Facebook Community! Next time: realistic reasons to actually move, and what to consider when choosing your next home. 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/ 📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity 🖥️ Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/ 🎙️ Podcast Website: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/ ✉️ Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com #ABCDeclutter #TheJJsDeclutterPodcast #DeclutteringDozen #SmallDoableDoses #RightSizingYourLife #ClutterCrushersClub #DeclutterWithJJ #RightSizing #NotDownsizing #EmotionalDecluttering #LettingGoOfStuff #FamilyHeirlooms #GuiltFreeDecluttering #HomeThatFitsYourLife #DeclutterYourLife #IntentionalLiving #SimplifyYourLife #DeclutterCommunity #LifeTransitions #GetOrganized #EmptyNest #OrganizingTips #DeclutterMindset #SentimentalItems  Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    WHY to Right-Size Your Life (part 1/5) s4e1

  8. Aug 25

    Taming the Closet Monster (Closet Chaos to Closet Confidence, Part 5 of 5)

    Send us Fan Mail 🛍️ The Grand Finale: Stopping the Chaos Before It Even Starts You've done the mindset work, survived the purge, built a closet you love, and installed the systems to keep it that way. So why do this whole thing again in two years?  Julie and Janis say the answer is simple: the closet monster doesn't grow from what's already in there, it grows from what keeps walking in the door.  Today's finale goes straight to the source: shopping. The JJs break down why we buy things we don't need, and - spoiler alert - it's not a character flaw ... it's the  sale trap (that "50% off" that talks you into spending 100% on something you didn't need), emotional shopping (boredom, stress, celebration ... the clothes were never really the point), vacation purchases (souvenir shirts that never feel the same once you're home), the sneaky duplicate problem, and online shopping's total lack of built-in pause points. The fix is refreshingly simple: three questions before any purchase.  1. Do I already own something similar?  2. Can I wear this with at least three things I already own?  3. Would I buy it at full price today?  Add a 24-hour (or one-week, for bigger purchases) waiting period,  and Julie and Janis both share very relatable recent confessions including an England souvenir that never quite fit right, and a 21-pocket vest situation that got returned same-day. Then the JJs take a well-earned lap through the whole series, from the emotional groundwork in Episode 12 through the systems built in Episode 16 and celebrating everything you've built along the way. ✅ This Week's Challenge (Series Finale Edition) For the next 30 days, before buying any clothing item, ask the three questions:  1. Do I already own something similar?  2. Can I wear it with at least 3 things I own?  3. Would I buy it at full price?  No tracking spreadsheet required, just the questions, every single time.  Share what you notice (or what you talked yourself out of buying!) in the ABC Declutter with JJ - Community Facebook group. That's a wrap on Closet Chaos to Closet Confidence!  If this series helped your closet (or your sanity), a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify goes a long way. And if you want to keep the momentum going, check out the Clutter Crushers Club for live monthly Zoom sessions at ABCDeclutter.com. 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcdeclutterwithjj  📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abcdeclutterwithjj/  📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/abcdecluttercommunity  🖥️ Website: https://www.abcdeclutter.com/  🎙️ Podcast Website: https://www.thejjsdeclutterpodcast.com/  🖥️ Email: hello@abcdeclutter.com #ABCDeclutter #TheJJsDeclutterPodcast #DeclutteringDozen #SmallDoableDoses #ClosetChaosToClosetConfidence #ClutterCrushersClub #DeclutterWithJJ #ClosetMonster #IntentionalShopping #ImpulseShopping #StopOverbuying #ShoppingHabits #EmotionalShopping #MindfulShopping #DeclutterYourLife #IntentionalLiving #MinimalistWardrobe #SimplifyYourLife #DeclutterCommunity #ConsciousConsumer #GetOrganized #OrganizingTips #DeclutterMindset #ClutterFreeCloset #WardrobeWisdom #BudgetFriendlyStyle #ShopSmart #ClosetConfidence #SeriesFinale Keep it Simple, Keep it Intentional, and - as always - Keep Decluttering!!

    Taming the Closet Monster (Closet Chaos to Closet Confidence, Part 5 of 5)
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The big question is this: How can we stop procrastinating, take control of clutter (and cleaning) in a way that really sticks, and avoid feeling overwhelmed along the way? We created The JJs Declutter Podcast because, as professional decluttering coaches, we know that organizing your home doesn’t have to be an endless, stressful chore. Our mission is to share practical, real-world solutions that make keeping your spaces tidy a whole lot easier. And yes, we sprinkle in some humor too! Each episode is designed to inspire, give you quick wins, and help you build a clutter-free lifestyle, so your home can feel peaceful, functional, and yours again. Join us for a little laughter and a lot of learning. Let’s dive in!

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  • Creator
    Julie Weisgerber and Janis Kosmala
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    98
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The JJs Declutter Podcast
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