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Baby powder. It has a smell we link to content infants napping in their bassinets. However, babies are not the only use of baby powder. In fact, there are a number of uses for baby powder that have nothing whatsoever to do with a lovely child. Baby powder is composed of talc, a mineral with interesting properties. It occurs naturally in such deposits as soapstone, which has a high talc content. Talc, in its loose form, is called Talcum powder.

Minimalism is a lifestyle in which material possessions are not valued. Minimalism enthusiasts measure success not with what they own, but by their level of life satisfaction. They choose the lifestyle that benefits them the most.

Baking soda has practically been in every home because of its many uses. It is used as an ingredient in a lot of recipes, and it is versatile that it can be used as a cleaning product, odor remover, and home remedy for many things! Most people have at least one box of baking soda in their home, and almost every family knows of at least one thing that you can use it for to cure something! It has amazing properties about it that make it a universal health and beauty product.

Organization can help one to categorize the items in one's life and to determine what is and what isn't needed. A good example is going through a closet, organizing things by type, and then throwing away unneeded duplicate items. This same process can be used to declutter any area and one's life in general.

As Tina is ironing, she questions things and then her mind wonders with each item she irons. What ever happened to perma-press? Tina asks herself as she is ironing a linen pair of capris, and is having difficulty getting the wrinkles out. She goes through the history of fabrics, from perma-press, to wrinkle free, to natural fibers, to those that today need ironing, just when life should be simpler.

Nothing is more important to this planet than finding alternatives to chemicals and practices that are harming it. Sometimes it is helpful to think of the Earth as a living cell, one on which we are living. Once the cell dies, what do you think will happen to the other things inhabiting it? Not a pretty picture.

First things first, this is not a book for normal people. By that I mean those who manage to clean up after themselves easily. If you have no problems making your bed and finding your pillow, don't waste your time reading this. However if you are comfortable sleeping in a dumpster because it looks and feels like your bed; if your mother or girlfriend changes into a haz-mat suit before deciding to enter your bedroom...

In such a frenetic world, finding the time to organize your stuff often seems impossible. It's not really a priority. Yet it should be, because being organized will greatly improve your quality of life. If you're organized, you are always on time for appointments and prepared for meetings. It means you will remember special occasions and to set aside time for all your daily tasks. It means not wasting precious minutes searching for your car keys in the morning or finding your phone when it rings in the evening.

It is time to de-clutter your home and start living a stress-free life. This book aims to guide you in creating a harmonious and clutter-free home through applying easy cleaning steps, organization techniques, and de-cluttering strategies. Live a life following the minimalism philosophies: Be green, be disciplined, be clever, and be frugal.

This is NOT a book about Eminem's song. This is actually about de-cluttering the monstrosity that is your closet. Let's face it. You bought this book because you are constantly running out of something to wear even though your closet is overflowing with clothes. Maybe you can't find your winter coat or you can't remember where you packed it. Is it in the linen closet, the basement storage or in one of those mystery boxes on the top shelf of your wardrobe where you stashed all your mystery stuff? Have no fear.

There is nothing more stressful than coming home, after a long, hard day at work, to a house that is in disarray and covered in filth. Then again, people find cleaning to be such a chore because that is exactly what it is, a chore, which, by definition, is an unpleasant task.

With more and more people becoming busier, appropriating ample time to make our private space habitable is becoming more difficult. This is the reason why this author decided to come up with a practical guide to make cleaning our bedrooms easy and fun and at the same time. Every task will feel a lot easier if we approach it one at a time.

There are times in our lives when we are completely unprepared for a potential guest. Maybe the date of a visit has slipped our minds, or maybe we got a phone call saying that someone will be over sooner than expected. This can be a huge hassle if the house is still a mess! What do you do in a situation like that? For times like these, all you have to do is pull up your shirt sleeves and get ready to put in a little bit of elbow grease. This book will help you to do the rest!

Has clutter taken control of your life? This is not surprising, as each day seems to bombard us with new messages, files, tools, applications, toys, papers, deadlines, stress, and so much more. It can be quite overwhelming. Combined with our increasingly hectic schedules, it seems impossible to find the time to sort through it all.

Clutter is part of everyday life, but this does not mean you shouldn't do anything about it. To some it's normal that there are bed sheets on the floor, kitchen cupboards that are yet to be cleaned, and closets that are left in disarray. But no matter how true this is, clutter can still be annoying, disabling, and maddening.

Our homes, offices, and live are more cluttered than ever before. A recent UCLA study revealed that American families are overwhelmed by their stuff. We are sold the idea that our things will save us time and money all while making our lives easier. But the truth is our stuff is suffocating our lives. Clutter costs money. It devalues our home. It takes up valuable space - both physically and mentally. Clutter sucks our time and keeps us from doing the things we want to do.

What is minimalism? It doesn't mean living with nothing or living in poor conditions. Minimalism doesn't mean you have to be impoverished or destitute. It doesn't even mean to live with many limitations. In fact minimalism means freedom from the oppression of fitting in to a society that is living with so much covetousness.

Whether your clutter problem is just beginning to take root or has already grown to mind boggling proportions, the tips below will help you sort through it all and more importantly, help you decide what to throw and what to keep. It will also guide you as you systematically go through the clutter. However, all the suggestions below will not help if you do not take action. So stop waiting for tomorrow. Now is the time to clean and organize your home. Now is the time to restore your home to its former glory.

Imagine yourself coming home from a long day's work expecting to see your room clean and your bed inviting. However, to your dismay, upon opening your room's door, you saw your son playing with his toys scattered all over the floor and your daughter playing with her dolls on your bed. What do you think would you do? More often than not, there is this tendency to get angry at them for causing a mess.

Everybody wants a clutter-free home. Who doesn't want to come home to a clean, fresh, and organized house? It relaxes you, puts you at ease, gives you a clear perspective on things. Nobody wants clutter, and yet we all seem to come to a point where there's just too much of it that you don't know where and how to start cleaning. If too much clutter bothers you - you are not alone.