"Moose" refers to Robert Bly's description of himself

Our Memories are Not in Our Things — They are Inside of Us

Karen Caccavodecluttering, Financial Organizing, Life Lessons, Memorabilia, Possessions, Preserving Memories, Working with Seniors

It’s not an easy lesson. And I learned it the hard way…. One spring evening in London, I went to hear Robert Bly recite his poetry.  He had won the National Book Award for Poetry in the US a few years earlier in 1967, yet the audience was small.  Afterwards, we all went to the local pub for a pint. …

Saving vs Shredding -- Finding Memories on the Back of an Envelope

Finding Memories on the Back of an Envelope

Karen Caccavodecluttering, Life Lessons, Preserving Memories, Working with Clients

Clients expect me, as a financial organizer / daily money manager, to be all business, forging ahead with one goal in mind: to work with them and conquer their paperwork clutter.  But my work as a financial organizer is more nuanced.  After all, I am working with people, not just paper!  The key to success in my close-to-10-years in business …

Family Treasures — or Just Trash?

Karen Caccavodecluttering, Preserving Memories

What to do with All That “Stuff” In my last blog, “Trash or Treasure?”, I told the story of a coin bank we found in my parents’ storage unit.  Its true identity remains frustratingly elusive. But it didn’t have to be that way — if we had only known it had existed and had asked my dad about it before …