The Stuff You Keep Putting Off (And What Happens When You Finally Don’t)

Last night I hosted a Live Decluttering Session on Zoom and it was such a clear reminder of what can actually happen in just 30 focused minutes.

Not in theory. Not in a perfectly planned, “one day I’ll get to it” kind of way. In real life.

Because when you give yourself a small container of time and one simple focus, things start to move.

Here’s what that looked like for me…

At the beginning of the year, I cleaned up my junk email and removed myself from over a dozen subscriptions. It felt great. Manageable. Lighter.

And then… there I was yesterday with 11 new ones to delete.

Not because I failed.
But because this time, I chose to expand what I was working on.

I decided to tackle two email accounts instead of one… including my personal email, which I had only touched a tiny bit before. So yes, more showed up. That’s what happens when you widen the lens.

And by the end of the session, both my junk and personal accounts were down to less than 2 unread emails!!

And I want to be really clear about something…

I never said I have my digital clutter under control.

What I do have is progress.

This isn’t about a perfect before and after.
It’s about building momentum. Staying in it. Coming back to it again and again.

That’s the lesson that really landed for me.

I don’t need to wait.

If I spend just 5–10 minutes at the end of the day clearing a little bit, I can start to really move through my work email too… and eventually get all three accounts to a simple, manageable maintenance level.

Not perfectly.
But consistently.

And it wasn’t just me.

One participant cleared a large space on her office floor that had been taken up by a box of old materials for decades. In 30 minutes, that space opened up.

Another spent the session working through a stamp collection… not to get rid of it, but to actually engage with it, enjoy it, and make intentional decisions about what to do with it.

Others tackled paper piles, drawers, surfaces, and those quiet little projects that have been sitting there for way too long.

None of it was dramatic.
All of it created movement.

This is the kind of work that gets pushed aside because it doesn’t scream for your attention. But it’s exactly the kind of work that creates relief when it’s finally done.

And if you’ve been stuck in that loop of “I don’t have time” or “this will take too long,” you’re not alone.

You don’t need hours.
You don’t need a perfect plan.

You just need a small starting point… and a little momentum.

Our next Declutter With Me: A Live 60-Minute Reset is on 4/22 at 6:30 PM ET.

You can register for that here!

So let me ask you…

What’s one thing you’ve been putting off that could shift with just 30 minutes?

And if you’re thinking… I need this now, not in a month…

Let’s talk.

Schedule a strategy call with me (Here) and we’ll figure out where to start so you can stop carrying all of this around.