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Even early on, when resources were tight, maintaining an organized, stylish, and comfortable home was always a priority. Well, all you have to do is bin everything you thought you knew about organising and follow Shira Gill's revolutionary clutter-clearing plan. I trained at, and became certified through, the Life Coach School, and I developed a professional set of coaching tools that have helped me take the work even deeper.
Gill comments on how her organizing system isn't about making everything a rainbow, the staple of The Home Edit system. She lectures about it being our responsibility to not give to Goodwill exclusively unless you know for sure that they will accept it (how would we know unless we worked or work there? Using a stick or a cuticle pusher, gently push back the cuticles and work around them using selected bits. Shira is based in Berkeley and lives with her husband, two daughters, and Mini Australian Shepard, Patches. Additionally, the more I worked with people, the more I saw that bigger issues often lurked beneath the clutter—shame, guilt, loss, trauma—and that the process of editing and organizing a home could also be an opportunity to clarify and realign with larger life goals and values.I appreciated how it was broken down by area (while got repetitive it makes sense so you can use this as a reference). Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Shira Gill is a globally recognized home organizing expert,and author with a less-is-more philosophy.
A lot of parents do not understand this and let their kids take over their entire house thinking that it is just a way of life that they have to live with instead of teaching their kids what the preschool / kindergarten class teaches them. Now, in Minimalista, Shira shares her complete toolkit for the first time, built around five key steps- Clarify, Edit, Organize, Elevate, and Maintain. After reading the reviews I thought I would be discovering something I had not already done or contemplated but it is all very obvious to me. Her Virtual Closet Makeover Program and Virtual Work Space Makeover Program sell out instantly and have garnered attention from A-list celebrities, Olympic athletes and tech entrepreneurs.Broken into small, bite-sized chunks, Minimalista makes it clear that if the process is fun and easy to follow, anyone can learn the principles of editing and organisation. As a professional home organiser with clients ranging from students to multi-millionaires, Shira Gill observed that clutter is a universal stress trigger. If you wish to make your design even shinier, additionally polish your nails with a dry cotton swab. I think most parents think they are being good parents by giving their kids more toys/entertainment type of things then they need or can take care of and it is overwhelming to the kids. Rather than imposing strict rules and limitations, Shira redefines minimalism as having the perfect amount of everything – for you – based on your personal values and the limitations of your space.
pretty easy to breeze through and a little redundant, but some points are worth making over and over. Warm, funny, and direct, Shira builds you up while helping you edit down to the best version of yourself.Natural light-filled rooms and closets are in lovely white and neutral palettes and are not jarring, nor overdone.
If you were active on Pinterest at the height of its popularity, I think you would enjoy the vibe of this book the most. Part 1 (the first 90 or so pages) was good, outlining her step by step process for decluttering and organising your home. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two daughters, and their Australian shepherd, who sheds all over their very organized home. Not all of the suggestions really applied to me but I got more out of this book than of all the others on the same subject. Guided by the dual principles of editing and organising, Shira aims to help you remove the clutter through a process that promotes sustainability, achieves lasting results and can work for anyone, regardless of their property or space.As a Marie Kondo devotee, I can say that this is actually the more practical version of her method, one that may even be more likely to spark permanent change in your home. For example, I bought a wool pottery barn rug 18 years ago and it still looks lovely to this day under my dining room table. There's even a section on how to handle the possessions when someone has passed away which was very helpful to me, as I am still downsizing and decluttering after the loss of my husband. Delicately push back the cuticles (using a cuticle pusher or a stick), then work around them using selected bits. She mocks people who have mismatched mugs and wants everyone to get rid of their microwaves (god forbid you cook food in a microwave you heathen).
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