Midlife Edit

Did you know the average household contains 300,000 items? No wonder it feels like a monumental task to deal with: we are drowning in stuff, and no one more so than today’s midlifers. Their kids have left behind all their sentimental childhood stuff, compounded by dealing with the heirlooms from their own parents—where do you start?This book is not about minimalism or achieving some magazine-worthy home; it will help you change your mindsets about stuff so you can save sentimental things without drowning in them.Author, professional organizer and decluttering coach Carrie Powell shares her step-by-step secrets to achieving freedom from stuff, so you are set up for success in senior years.

Carrie Powell is a professional organizer and decluttering coach. As a midlifer and almost-empty nester, she draws on her personal experience and those of hundreds of clients to inform her approach to midlife decluttering. She has been witness (and coach!) to countless transformations that have changed lives for the better.Organizing and coaching is a career she found in midlife, after spending 30 years in Fashion Merchandising at Nordstrom. Even though her own home is organized, a pandemic-fueled decluttering frenzy led to a newfound appreciation for the art of curating a lifetime of possessions and its impact on the next life’s chapter. Her coaching is rooted in habits, shifting mindsets and building muscle that breaks down overwhelm.