How "Would I Unpack This?" Changes Decluttering Forever (Ep 325)

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You will get rid of more in two weeks of packing than in five years of living in the same house. Not because you tried harder. Because the rules changed. Deanna Yates has moved 16 times as an adult, and number 17 is happening right now, unplanned and unwanted. In this episode she breaks down exactly what moving does to your brain, and how to steal that effect without touching a single roll of packing tape. On a normal day, everything you own is already in your home. Every item has a spot. So when you try to declutter, each thing has to argue its way OUT, and if you cannot find a good reason, it stays. That is why decluttering feels like a fight. It is why so many decisions end with "well, I…