How much time and effort have you put into trying to declutter your home, find clarity, and enjoy more rest in your life?
Too much?
If so, I have a solution.
I have been running the Uncluttered Course consistently for six years—over 75,000 people, from all over the world, have used the 12-week course to finally breakthrough and declutter their home.
It’s one of my favorite things I’m involved in.
Do you want to know why? Because of who I created the course for.
It’s one thing to read about owning less and desire it to be true, but it can be something very different for people to apply it in their lives. In many ways, the Uncluttered Course is my greatest opportunity to help people move from reading words on a screen to actually applying the changes in their home and life.
Through weekly challenges, live webinars, motivation, inspiration, conversations, a loving 24/7 community, and opportunity to ask me specific questions, I provide the structure you need to finally declutter your home—once and for all.
To give you a sneak peek at why the Uncluttered approach has been so effective, here are 7 decluttering principles the course is built on:
1. Identify the purpose of a room and get rid of anything that doesn’t serve that purpose.
This is such an eye-opening principle. Think about it. Your bathroom doesn’t need a Peloton. Your kitchen doesn’t need a video game station. Your bedroom doesn’t need piles of boxes in the corner. Find purpose for every space, or everything will remain confused and out of balance.
2. Distinguish between decluttering and organizing.
Simply put, these things are not the same. It’s like the difference between rearranging the furniture and renovating a space. Let’s focus on decluttering (removing unneeded things from your home) and you’ll find the organizing becomes a thousand times easier.
3. Start with the easier spaces and move on to harder ones.
Overwhelm is a true mind-killer. Some people say “eat the frog” and tackle the most excruciating task first. While this may work for some, I find it’s better to get some quick wins, create momentum, and work your way up to the bigger tasks.
This approach also helps with the, “I don’t even know where to start” thinking that keeps too many of us stuck. You won’t declutter your entire home in one week, but maybe you can declutter the easiest room. And before you know it, you will declutter your entire home.
4. Choose one of three options for every object: remove it, relocate it, leave it.
Success and speed go hand-in-hand. When it comes to evaluating possessions, it’s time to be decisive and categorize each object and then move on. Rinse and repeat… moving as many items “out the door” as possible.
5. Focus on the gains, not the subtractions.
Minimizing isn’t just about getting rid of clutter. It’s about adding freedom and control back into your life. Celebrate your wins in the form of new freedom, not in the number of items you eliminate (although it can be pretty cool to keep count!).
6. You are not alone.
There is power in community and in knowing that you are not alone.
Whether you have a specific question (Have you ever gotten rid of……?) or need encouragement (I’m determined to declutter my kitchen today, send me some positive words), you’ll find a responsive and understanding community any time, day or night, 24/7.
And because everybody works on the same decluttering weekly project, the conversations are always relevant.
7. Count the “clutter cost.”
Think about your money, your energy and the days and hours of your life spent addressing clutter. All that time clutter takes away from what matters most. From this standpoint, who among us can truly “afford” to live a cluttered existence?
This course will take you through all of these points and a lot more over the course of twelve weeks.
But again, the real help comes in experiencing these ideas and challenges together in a community of like-minded people—all moving toward the same goal together.
Registration is now open until September 18 for the next Edition of Uncluttered.
It’s just $99 (USD) for lifetime access for the course—so you can take it at your own pace and pause, re-start, or return to it any time you’d like.
*If it helps, there is a 25% off discount code in the back of my book, The Minimalist Home. The book is not required for the course, but it’s usually cheaper to buy the book and use the discount than it is to pay full price. So I always try to mention that.
Pamela Stetter says
Book through Amazon not shipping until October so is there another way to get the discount code?
joshua becker says
Yeah, I see the book sold out pretty quickly after this announcement. You can find the discount code in the Kindle version, or send me an email (support@becomingminimalist.com) if you still prefer the physical book. We can get you the code a different way if you want to go that route.
Carlos Canenguez says
Hi Joshua. I think i read on facebook that theres a free subscription to simplify magazine if anyone registers.
Lori says
Missed the Sept 18 deadline. When will the next edition be offered please? Thanks.