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Science & Breakthroughs

Soft decluttering: the low-pressure method for a tidier home

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Soft decluttering: the low-pressure method for a tidier home

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM You know the feeling: you walk toward the hall closet with good intentions, reach for the handle, and stop. The coats are in there, somewhere. So are the shoes that were trendy two seasons ago, a bag you haven’t opened in months, and something that might be an umbrella. The idea of sorting through all of it feels so big, so final, that your hand drops and you move on. That moment, when the size of a task freezes you before you’ve even started, has a name: per

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