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What Nobody Tells You About Decluttering in Perimenopause
What Nobody Tells You About Decluttering in Perimenopause
Your brain, your home, and your energy are all changing. Here's a gentler approach.
If you've been finding it harder to make decisions lately, harder to focus, harder to find the motivation to deal with the stuff that's been building up, and you're somewhere in your 40s or early 50s, I want to offer you some context.
Because I hear from women almost every week who are beating themselves up about this. Who feel like they used to have it more together. Who wonder what happened to the version of themselves that could power through a project and see it through.
And I want to say: your brain may genuinely be changing. And nobody is talking about it enough.
What's actually happening
During perimenopause, fluctuating hormones affect cognitive function in ways that are real and significant but rarely discussed in the context of home organization. Memory, focus, and the ability to process multiple pieces of information at once, the very skills that decluttering requires, can all shift during this season.
For women who already have ADHD or tendencies toward it, this can feel like the wheels are coming off completely. For women who have always been highly organized and capable, it can feel deeply disorienting. Both experiences make complete sense.
And then there's the fatigue. Not tired-from-a-busy-day fatigue. The bone-deep, no-reserve fatigue that makes everything, including deciding what to do with a pile of papers, feel enormous. If this is you, I want you to know: you're not imagining it.
What this means for your home
This is a season to be gentler with yourself and your systems. The elaborate organizing method you could maintain at 35 may genuinely not be the right fit at 48. That's not failure. That's your life changing, and your approach needing to change with it.
Simpler systems. Lower bars. More forgiveness. These are not signs of giving up. They are signs of wisdom. Of adapting to where you actually are instead of where you used to be.
A gentler approach for this season
If you're decluttering in perimenopause, work in shorter sessions than you think you need. Seriously, shorter. Make smaller decisions and celebrate them fully. Don't tackle sentimental items when you're already at an emotional low. And please, please don't use the current state of your home as evidence that something is wrong with you.
You are in a transition. A significant one. And your home can weather it with you. Things will look different on the other side, because you will too. 💕
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If you'd love to talk about any of this with women who are navigating the same things, come join us in the free Creating Space with Julie Facebook community. A warm, honest, judgment-free space.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/creatingspacewithcommunity
With love and encouragement,
Julie xo
P.S. Has this season of life affected your home in ways you didn't expect? I'd love to hear about it.
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