Gathering Resources

Declutter Hour #1: September 2025

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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams

What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown

Libro.fm – Your Independent Bookstore for Digital Audiobooks

BookPlayer on the App Store

This is Happiness by Niall Williams

Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

“Adam Scott” in Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Podcast, August 12, 2025)

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

Wild Dark Storm by Charlotte McConaghy

My Friends by Frederik Backman

Wolf at the Table by Adam Rapp

Declutter Hour #2: August 2025

The Tell Amy Griffin

Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall

My Friends by Frederik Backman

The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong

Everyone is Lying To You by Jo Piazza

What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown

Wild Dark Storm by Charlotte McConaghy

The Compound by Aisling Rawle

None Of This is True by Lisa Jewell

The StoryGraph – the book-tracking app that logs books you’ve read and helps you choose what to read next, providing personal recommendations

“Adam Scott” in Good Hang with Amy Poehler (Podcast, August 12, 2025)

“Why Shop? In Maine, the Library of Things Has It All (Almost)”, The New York Times

Gathering: Connections: The Importance of Close Relationships and Weak Ties

“Why You Should Send Thank-You Notes, Even Years Later” by Glenn Kramon (The New York Times)

I Want to Thank You by Gina Hamadey

Declutter Hour #1: July 2025

Rocket Money: Find & Cancel Subscriptions, Track Your Spending, Create a Budget, and more

The StoryGraph – the book-tracking app that logs books you’ve read and helps you choose what to read next, providing personal recommendations

Gathering: How to Create Your Own Personal Simplicity Challenge

The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul by Dave Bruno

Packing Party: Unpack a Simpler Life - The Minimalists

I Want to Thank You by Gina Hamadey

Gathering: Money, Money, Money

“Declutter Your Finances: Tips for a Simple Budget” by Tammy Strobel, Be More with Less

50/30/20 Budget Calculator - NerdWallet

Ellevest – Experts in women’s wealth and investment

Soulful Simplicity: How Living with Less Can Lead to So Much More by Courtney Carver

Profit First: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine by Mike Michalowicz

I Will Teach You To Be Rich: No guilt, no excuses – just a 6-week programme that works by Ramit Sethi

Nischa: Finance, Self-Development, Business (YouTube)

Rocket Money: Find & Cancel Subscriptions, Track Your Spending, Create a Budget, and more

Declutter Hour #2: June 2025

Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney

Fun for the Whole Family by Jennifer E. Smith

It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes

All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

God of the Woods by Liz Moore

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner

The StoryGraph – the book-tracking app that logs books you’ve read and helps you choose what to read next, providing personal recommendations

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

Declutter Hour #1: June 2025

The StoryGraph – the book-tracking app that logs books you’ve read and helps you choose what to read next, providing personal recommendations

It’s a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

Libro.fm – Your Independent Bookstore for Digital Audiobooks

Episode 215: Annabel Monaghan Favorites Interview — Soul & Wit

Netflix’s MINIMALISM Documentary Is Now on YouTube - The Minimalists

For info on Joshua Becker, visit Becoming Minimalist - Own less. Live more.

Gathering: The Challenges of Decluttering and Letting Go

Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Vicki Robin & Joe Dominguez

Ellevest – Experts in women’s wealth and investment

Tori Dunlap – Her First $100K | Financial Feminism & Money Education

Michelle Singletary – Finance advice and financial help from the nationally syndicated columnist

Jean Chatzky – About - HerMoney

Delyanne The Money Coach – @delyannethemoneycoach on Instagram

Kate Eckman | High-Level Humanity

Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change your Life by Byron Katie

For information on Gretchen Rubin’s Four Tendencies personality framework, visit https://gretchenrubin.com/four-tendencies/

Gathering: Five Habits to Ditch for More Ease in Your Life

Netflix’s MINIMALISM Documentary Is Now on YouTube - The Minimalists (featuring Courtney!)

Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change your Life by Byron Katie

Declutter Hour #1: May 2025

Libro.fm – Your Independent Bookstore for Digital Audiobooks

Libby App – thousands of public libraries offer free eBooks and audiobooks in Libby

Declutter Hour #2: May 2025

Shows/movies Courtney’s currently enjoying:

• Four Seasons (Netflix)
• White Lotus (HBO)
• Shrinking (Apple TV)

 The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods

“You Don’t Need More Time – You Need Less Noise: Simplify with Courtney Carver” in Clutterbug – Organize, Clean and Transform Your Home & Life (Podcast, May 5, 2025)

Declutter Hour #1: April 2025

Nuuly – a subscription clothing rental service

Meet Myquillyn Smith - Nesting Place

Password and sensitive information management systems: 1Password, LastPass, Dashlane

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Declutter Hour #2: April 2025

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

The Nap Ministry, founded in 2016 by Tricia Hersey, is an organization that examines the liberating power of naps. For more information, visit https://thenapministry.com

The Book of Boundaries: Set Healthy Limits in Relationships by Melissa Urban

Boundaries Workshop #1: September 2021 (from the TSS Library)

Boundaries Workshop #2: September 2021 (from the TSS Library)

Let’s Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart and Home by Dan Pelosi

True Biz by Sara Novic

The Fourth Wing series by Rebecca Yarros

The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Gathering: How Mindset Matters When Simplifying

The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More by Jefferson Fisher

Gathering: More on Mindset around Shopping and Stuff

Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change your Life by Byron Katie

Declutter Hour #2: March 2025

“How to Stop Buying Things You Don’t Need” by Jancee Dunn (The New York Times)

The Favorites by Layne Fargo

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

touch grass (iOS app): a clever way to reduce phone use

Gathering: Stress + Thinking About Stress

theSkimm – a digital media company “dedicated to breaking down news, trends, policies, and politics that impact women.”

Loving What Is: Four Questions that Can Change your Life by Byron Katie

The Pour Over – “exists to be a trustworthy news resource guiding people toward eternal hope.”

Global Empowerment Mission – aims to “deliver the most amount of aid, to the most amount of people in need, in the shortest amount of time and with the least amount of costs to our donors.”

“Where To Donate Stuff: The Ultimate Guide” by Courtney Carver, Be More with Less

Gathering: Stress + What To Do with 20,000 Emails

Aflame: Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer

“A break from your smartphone can reboot your mood. Here's how long you need”, NPR

Feedly – to help you take control of your news feed

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Guest Gathering with Joanna Ehman

Joanna Ehman’s Simplicity Space Handout

Clutterbug quiz link

Dana K. White – A Slob Comes Clean

Joshua Becker - YouTube

For more on Joanna, visit Practical Simplicity LLC - About

You can email questions to Joanna at: [email protected]

Declutter Hour #1: February 2025

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Bad Tourists by Caro Carver

The Telepathy Tapes podcast with Ky Dickens

Loop earplugs

Courtney’s jacket potato recipe: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/baked-potato/

Declutter Hour #2: February 2025

The Telepathy Tapes podcast with Ky Dickens

Aflame: Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer

The StoryGraph – the book-tracking app that logs books you’ve read and helps you choose what to read next, providing personal recommendations

PaperKarma® - The Stop Junk Mail App

512GB Magnetic Portable SSD (external storage for iPhone)

Courtney’s jacket potato recipe: https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/baked-potato/

Gathering: Protecting Your Peace #1

Seconds Market (@secondsmarket) on Instagram

theSkimm – a digital media company “dedicated to breaking down news, trends, policies, and politics that impact women”: www.theskimm.com

Amanda Gorman's spoken word poem "The Hill We Climb" (The last line reads: "For there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it. If only we're brave enough to be it.")

Gathering: Protecting Your Peace #2

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

The StoryGraph – the book-tracking app that logs books you’ve read and helps you choose what to read next, providing personal recommendations

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

Mayluna by Kelley McNeil

I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself: One Woman’s Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris by Glynnis MacNicol

The Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

The Wish by Nicholas Sparks

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

The Women by Kristin Hannah

If Trees Could Talk: Life Lessons from the Wisdom of the Woods by Holly Worton

Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest by Suzanne Simard

The Appeal by Janice Hallett

Declutter Hour #1: January 2025

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis

Struggle Care with KC Davis

KC Davis has also published several articles in The New York Times (available online)

Tidy Up Your Life: Make Space for What Matters Most by Tyler Moore, The Tidy Dad

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