Gretchen Rubin Quotes

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

There are plenty of people out there talking about how difficult it is for some of us to just deal with all the stuff we already have, from packed closets that need organizers to storage spaces to maintenance costs, etc. Lots of people are reevaluating whether or not they need giant garages full of stuff and finding that they don't.

Quite a few books about decluttering are published in a year.

I like getting rid of things. I really do.

I'm gradually getting rid of all the things I don't need.

Effective tidying involves only three essential actions. All you need to do is take the time to examine every item you own, decide whether or not you want to keep it, then choose where to put what you keep. Designate a place for each thing.

I'm enjoying simplifying things.

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don't need by confronting each of your possessions properly.

There's a moment in one's life when you should really be de-accessorizing instead of making more collections.

I had a little house, and I sold that and moved into a condo, then sold the condo... I kept downsizing and downsizing.

I'm the absolute opposite of a hoarder.

Throwing things out is one of the most difficult and important things you ever have to do.

I am quite a hoarder, so it is important to let go of some stuff.

I'm pretty brutal about getting rid of stuff. There wasn't anything where I was like, "Oh, I miss that," because usually it's for a good reason.

Really living without clutter takes an iron will ... This involves eternal watchfulness and that oldest and most relentless of the housewife's occupations, picking up. I have a feeling that picking up will go on long after ways have been found to circumvent death and taxes.

There's no need to let your family know the details of what you throw out or donate. You can leave communal spaces to the end. The first step is to confront your own stuff.

I'm going through an evolution. I'm completely cleaning out my closet. I'm purging, because I saw that show 'Hoarders.' I had a sweatshirt from sixth grade, and I'm going, 'Why do I hold on to this?'

I live by Edith Wharton's rule to get rid of anything neither useful nor beautiful. So I put the TV out on the street.

In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.

The older I get, the less I obsess about material stuff. In fact, stuff has become the enemy. There always seems to be more of it than I have storage in my house!

I think a closet full of things would actually stress me out.

Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.

I'm not a collector. I toss things out all the time.

My mind was always very cluttered, so I took great pains to simplify my environment, because if my environment were half as cluttered as my mind, I wouldn't be able to make it from room to room.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.