declutterers
Mess elimination experts
Declutterers are people who remove unnecessary items from a space, or who help others do so.
Professional declutterers work as organizers and consultants, helping clients sort through possessions and decide what to keep, donate, or discard.
The term gained currency alongside the minimalism movement and home organization industry: The declutterers came in and transformed her garage in a single weekend.
Advocates of deliberate simplicity
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
- simplifiersThose who make easier
- tidiersThose who neaten areas
- purgersThose who cleanse forcibly
Marie Kondo · downsizers · essentialism · capsule wardrobe · letting go · intentional living · less is more · curators
Exhaustion from repeated choices
- sentimental attachmentEmotion-based connection to something
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- mental claritySharpness of thought
emotional release · guilt · nostalgia · anxiety reduction · catharsis · stress relief · mindfulness · intentionality
Containers for charitable goods
- storage containersVessels for holding items
- trash bagsPlastic sacks for refuse
- shelving systemsMounted horizontal storage units
- drawer dividersInserts that section compartments
vacuum bags · filing systems · baskets · clear containers · checklists · apps · timers · shredders
minimalists
Advocates of deliberate simplicity
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
- simplifiersThose who make easier
- tidiersThose who neaten areas
Marie Kondo · purgers · downsizers · essentialism · capsule wardrobe · letting go · intentional living · less is more · curators · editors
decision fatigue
Exhaustion from repeated choices
- sentimental attachmentEmotion-based connection to something
- overwhelmDefeat by excess
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
mental clarity · emotional release · guilt · nostalgia · anxiety reduction · catharsis · stress relief · mindfulness · intentionality · freedom
donation bins
Containers for charitable goods
- storage containersVessels for holding items
- trash bagsPlastic sacks for refuse
- shelving systemsMounted horizontal storage units
drawer dividers · vacuum bags · filing systems · baskets · clear containers · checklists · apps · timers · shredders · closet systems
- neat freaksneat freak, clean freak, perfectionists, perfectionist, germaphobe
- minimalistsdownsizers, Marie Kondo
- simplifierssummarizers, condensers, abridgers, reducers, compressors
declutterershoarders
Excessive keepers of things
collectors · pack rats · accumulators · gatherers · stockpilers
- decluttered spacesAreas with possessions removed