Declutter Your Home and Simplify Your Life

By: Sophie Largen, The Great Courses

Narrated by: Sophie Largen

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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More Like an Infomercial at a Ted Talk, but Kinda Works

I’m torn on reviewing this one. On the one hand, it’s not really a college course being taught by a college professor. On the other hand, if college is going to cost so darn much, why don’t they teach you useful stuff like how to organize your sock drawer?

This is only an hour or so long and contains a lot of good ideas. I’ll probably listen to it again while decluttering. Overall, I much prefer decluttering books by Dana K White, but I do like this better than the Swedish Death Cleaning book or Japanese Joy Sparking lady.

The author does get in a few plugs for her online business, but again I’m torn. I’d rather listen to self help folks who have actually done things and worked with clients. So if great courses wants to hire a plumber or landscaper or garage mechanic to teach a course, I’d probably give it a listen.

Some tips. Nothing mind blowing

If you're like me, always looking for new strategies to lessen the clutter- you'll find this book straight to the point with only one or two new takeaways.
It is mediocre at best. Wouldn't use my credits for this, but I didn't mind the short listen since it was part of the catalog.

Super helpful

I absolutely loved this book. Very clear. Super helpful . Following by taking notes was very helpful .

Great tips in a condensed 1 hour plus

I am already routinely writing my “to do “ list in my phone at night and checking the weather in the morning. It makes more sense to check the weather the night before and lay out your clothes ahead of time. Thanks for the other tips and systems that I need to implement.

Best Decluttering Book I've Come Across

Declutter Your Home and Simplify Your Life by Sophie Largen and The Great Courses
The Great Courses series
1h 18m narrated by the author - Sophie Largen

Genre: Nonfiction, Self-Help, Stress Management, Personal Development Relationships, Parenting

Featuring: Audible Original, Organizing, Declutter, Inspiring, YouTuber, Lessons, Getting Started, From Disorganized to Organized, Minimizing, What We Can Do With Less, Sophisticated Organization Website, Decluttering Sentimental Items, Dealing With Family Members, Maintenance, Creating a Roadmap, Exercises and Tips For Effective Decluttering, Navigating the Bumps,
It's Not Just About the Things, Donations, Time Blocking, How To Keep The Clutter Away

Rating as a movie: G

Quotes: "The more you take on, the more organized you have to be, and the less time you have for frivolous things."

My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🚮

My thoughts: I was very surprised by this book. I have read tons of decluttering books but this one is short and simple and that website is gold. I'm ready to apply it.

Recommend to others: Yes! This is a great book for creating a schedule to declutter followed by maintenance habits.