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ClutterFree Revolution: Simplify Your Stuff Organize Your Life & Save The World
Check out the EXPANDED EDITION now in PRINT! This is a tough-love pep talk for American families. It is the quintessential pocket guide for clearing out, getting organized, and thriving with less stuff and more life. In the pages of ClutterFree Revolution, we meet Hope, a forty-something mom who fantasizes about living a more intentional life with less clutter (both literal and figurative). Through her inspiring transformation, we discover how a simple three-step process has the power to shift our paradigm around our things, and deliver a more rewarding life with far-reaching impacts beyond our own homes and families.
ClutterFree Revolution is not just another how-to-organize book, it is a conscious consumer's manifesto - an invitation to a life-transforming paradigm designed to remind us what matters most, and that is: who we love, what we do, how, and why we live - because everything else is just stuff. ClutterFree Revolution delivers the simple strategies to simplify your stuff, organize your life & (yes) save the world.
"ClutterFree Revolution does more than demystify the complexity of our stuff - it guides us through an honest conversation about what matters most."
-- Dr. Melva Green, psychiatrist on the hit TV series, Hoarders (NEW foreword)
"ClutterFree Revolution nails it! Evan inspires a new generation of conscious consumers. A must read for every household in America."
-- Casey Sheahan, former President & CEO of Patagonia, Inc.
- GenresNonfiction
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 7, 2015
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About the author
Evan Michael Zislis
2 books6 followersProfessional Organizer, Social Entrepreneur &
Bestselling Author of ClutterFree Revolution
With a Master's degree focused in experiential education and curriculum development, Evan Michael Zislis started his career teaching anthropology and world history to 7th graders in Aspen, Colorado. He went on to manage the program departments of a wide variety of non-profit organizations of the Aspen Valley before starting his own consulting firm in 2012.
Founder and Principal Consultant of Intentional Solutions, Evan's professional practice helps people to simplify so they can focus on what matters most, and that is: who we love, what we do, how, and why we live - because everything else is just stuff. His work helps people in five areas: organization, operational systems, time & task management, content creation, and professional networking. Evan works with households, businesses, students, and people in life transitions.
Evan's first book, ClutterFree Revolution: Simplify Your Stuff, Organize Your Life & Save the World, is focused on conscious consumerism and serves as a practical guide to living simply with less stuff and more intention.
ClutterFree Revolution ACADEMY is for people who loved the book and want a little extra help working in their own homes. This 3-month semester comprehensive immersion is offered three times a year and delivers live instruction from Evan, along with extensive supplemental materials designed to completely transform your home in 90 days.
Evan lives with his family in Carbondale, Colorado, a quiet community in the heart of the Rocky Mountains -- ranked by Outside Magazine and Men's Journal as one of the best towns ever.
Bestselling Author of ClutterFree Revolution
With a Master's degree focused in experiential education and curriculum development, Evan Michael Zislis started his career teaching anthropology and world history to 7th graders in Aspen, Colorado. He went on to manage the program departments of a wide variety of non-profit organizations of the Aspen Valley before starting his own consulting firm in 2012.
Founder and Principal Consultant of Intentional Solutions, Evan's professional practice helps people to simplify so they can focus on what matters most, and that is: who we love, what we do, how, and why we live - because everything else is just stuff. His work helps people in five areas: organization, operational systems, time & task management, content creation, and professional networking. Evan works with households, businesses, students, and people in life transitions.
Evan's first book, ClutterFree Revolution: Simplify Your Stuff, Organize Your Life & Save the World, is focused on conscious consumerism and serves as a practical guide to living simply with less stuff and more intention.
ClutterFree Revolution ACADEMY is for people who loved the book and want a little extra help working in their own homes. This 3-month semester comprehensive immersion is offered three times a year and delivers live instruction from Evan, along with extensive supplemental materials designed to completely transform your home in 90 days.
Evan lives with his family in Carbondale, Colorado, a quiet community in the heart of the Rocky Mountains -- ranked by Outside Magazine and Men's Journal as one of the best towns ever.
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April 19, 2015
Yes, Evan, you do know me!
My hubby & I will be celebrating our 9th anniversary next month. We were older than most when we married, both in our mid-30s. This meant we had two full households worth of stuff. That stuff is still overflowing. We both don't want to have this much stuff, but it's just so darn overwhelming for where to start and what to do. It makes us want to leave home and pretend it doesn't exist.
Evan's book inspired me for the first time in many years. I feel inspired not to pretty things up, but rather move them OUT. As I type this review, I'm looking at things that are sitting on top of an armoire in my bedroom, most of which have been there since this house was built 12 years ago. I could be wrong, but there's a chance I don't need those things since they've never been touched, other than their twice-a-decade dusting.
Simplify. Organize. Inspire. Got it. Gonna do it. Thanks, Evan!
My hubby & I will be celebrating our 9th anniversary next month. We were older than most when we married, both in our mid-30s. This meant we had two full households worth of stuff. That stuff is still overflowing. We both don't want to have this much stuff, but it's just so darn overwhelming for where to start and what to do. It makes us want to leave home and pretend it doesn't exist.
Evan's book inspired me for the first time in many years. I feel inspired not to pretty things up, but rather move them OUT. As I type this review, I'm looking at things that are sitting on top of an armoire in my bedroom, most of which have been there since this house was built 12 years ago. I could be wrong, but there's a chance I don't need those things since they've never been touched, other than their twice-a-decade dusting.
Simplify. Organize. Inspire. Got it. Gonna do it. Thanks, Evan!
April 21, 2015
Boy - The author takes me back to my roots. To the time when I was an Army brat and moved around so much that I really limited what "stuff" I had. He took me back to the time when we finally took all of our stuff out of storage (after being overseas for 6 years) and I looked at the (paltry) amount I HAD saved and thought, "I don't need any of that."
My life has changed a lot since I was a kid, obviously. Of all those changes, the acquisition of "stuff" has been quite prominent. I mean, that's what you DO when you're an adult and have disposable income, right? Well, my mind is changed. The author has reminded me how much I LOVE simplicity. How much I craze knowing all about everything that belongs to me. So, how do I get back to that? The author lays out the steps simply: Simplify, Clarify, Inspire ... REPEAT. Consider it done.
My life has changed a lot since I was a kid, obviously. Of all those changes, the acquisition of "stuff" has been quite prominent. I mean, that's what you DO when you're an adult and have disposable income, right? Well, my mind is changed. The author has reminded me how much I LOVE simplicity. How much I craze knowing all about everything that belongs to me. So, how do I get back to that? The author lays out the steps simply: Simplify, Clarify, Inspire ... REPEAT. Consider it done.
April 5, 2016
We highlighted this book in our April issues so I wanted to check it out. Great book with a very important message. Simple to read with basic suggestions anyone can benefit from- at home, at the office and in many areas of life.
April 12, 2015
Very readable and inspiring. I liked the format.
September 30, 2017
I agree with the author's ideas and think the world would be a better place if more people followed his ideas to live clutter free.
However, there was much repetition in the book and quite a bit of advertising for the author's business.
There were too many word errors in the book, and there seemed to be more the farther I read. Subject/verb disagreements were the main problem I found with the editing of the book.
However, there was much repetition in the book and quite a bit of advertising for the author's business.
There were too many word errors in the book, and there seemed to be more the farther I read. Subject/verb disagreements were the main problem I found with the editing of the book.
January 3, 2021
Inspiring if perhaps oversimplified
It sounds so simple. It always sounds so simple. As a person living with depression and the resulting executive dysfunction that includes it is never that simple. For your garden variety clutterbug this is probably a fantastic resource but I currently remain not entirely convinced. I am still going to try this method and I very much enjoyed reading it but time will tell if it works for me.
It sounds so simple. It always sounds so simple. As a person living with depression and the resulting executive dysfunction that includes it is never that simple. For your garden variety clutterbug this is probably a fantastic resource but I currently remain not entirely convinced. I am still going to try this method and I very much enjoyed reading it but time will tell if it works for me.
March 25, 2017
There's good information in this book, but the faux letters back and forth to a client were too cheesy for me. It also seemed to be a bit scattered.
March 30, 2022
Very informative. I am organized and yet some stuff I could part with. It's never too late to start getting rid of the excess you have in your home, your life, your work space. Yes, the world wants you to buy, buy, buy and they take over your thinking, your life. Starting to say NO is the first step in achieving your balance, what is most important in your life is not want you accumulate but one on one with a person, family, friends. Today is the beginning of freedom when you decide to take the first step and simplify then clarify, then you will become inspired. Thank you Evan for teaching us how to get to that point.
December 26, 2016
I've read better books on decluttering and organization.
January 6, 2017
Good, but obvious advice, with a Zen twist. It did help motivate me to get shit cleaned up this year.
The writing was interesting enough to not produce boredom and not too much Buddhist woo.
The writing was interesting enough to not produce boredom and not too much Buddhist woo.
April 25, 2022
ClutterFree Revolution
Was an interesting book, it talked about decluttering our house but also our minds. And why we buy useless stuff that clutter,use up valuable space.
Was an interesting book, it talked about decluttering our house but also our minds. And why we buy useless stuff that clutter,use up valuable space.
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