Step 1 - Understanding

Find out why clutter has been so hard for you, why past attempts haven’t worked, and how to work with your brain instead of against it.

There's no expectation of letting go yet.

This step is about clarity, safety, and setting you up for gentle progress in Step 2.

Step 2 - Accumulation

You'll start getting in a routine that stops the clutter growing back.

You'll also begin gently letting go of the lighter, less emotionally triggering things (email, computer, and paperwork clutter)

- a routine that continues throughout the rest of Journey.   

 Step 3 - Decision Making

As part of your regular routine, Step 3 focuses on learning the tools that help you make balanced, realistic decisions

- preparing you to feel confident and ready to succeed in Step 4: Mount Everest. 

This is where you build the decision‑making muscles you’ll rely on for the rest of the Journey.

 Step 4 - Mount Everest

You’ll add a weekly big-and-bulky backlog clutter clearing session to your routine, working on your most visible clutter

- starting in the smallest, least‑cluttered area or room so you can succeed and not get overwhelmed.

During Step 4, you’ll clear your two smallest, least-cluttered areas or rooms 

- one on the “climb” of Step 4 and one on the “descent” -

giving you steady, achievable goals and significant, visible successes before you move on to Step 5.

Just like your routine email, computer, and paperwork sessions, you’ll continue your big-and-bulky backlog sessions for the rest of your Journey (saving the biggest, most cluttered area or room for Step 7).

Step 5 - Sentimental

Alongside your routine sessions, you'll discover how to honour the memories and emotions of your most meaningful belongings without drowning in emotion or guilt.

You'll learn the unique Clutter Clearing Method we use to make decisions about sentimental belongings - and how to make this a fun and creative element of the Journey.

This becomes part of your routine for the rest of the Journey.

Step 6 - Organisation 

By this point, you'll have at least three clutter-free areas or rooms in your home, so now it's time to learn how to organise your home.

You'll work out how you NEED your home to be organised in a way that it works for you, and build systems and routines that support the progress you’ve already made

- enabling you to live your vision of your clutter-free best life at the end of your Journey.

 Step 7 - Control

On the final step, you'll bring your knowledge, experience and successes together to clear your final, biggest, most cluttered area or room

- and ensure you have the habits you need stay clutter‑free forever beyond the Journey.

Then...

You Graduate!

You ‘do the doing’ by watching your Journey videos for: 

• up to 2 hours a day

• up to 5 days a week 

• during Clutter Clearing Terms (5 consecutive weeks)

Why?

Because your brain can only make good decisions for about two hours before it becomes overwhelmed or reactive.

A Clutter Clearing Day or Week is simply a clear marker of progress - not a calendar day or week - so you always know where you are and what comes next.

Consistency beats intensity.

Small steps beat big pushes.

Rest is part of the process.

The Journey follows a predictable term‑time routine, with regular rest periods - so you never burn out and you always know what’s coming next.

Everyone starts from a different place

...with different levels of clutter, different causes behind it, different life pressures, and different experiences of resistance or impatience.

Although it varies widely, most people take several years - often three or more - to complete their Journey.

This surprises almost everyone at first.

Even people who join Group or Private often tell themselves they'll "do it quicker" - until they begin Step 1 and realise the Journey is a long-term, steady process.

Your pace will depend on:

• how consistently you build your weekly routine
  

• how much support you choose (Private, Group, or DIY)
  

• your life circumstances
  

• your support network
  

• your resistance, impatience, or wobble once you begin
  

• your willingness to get extra support when you need it

Unlike the cycle of blitzes you may have been stuck in, this approach moves you forward in a one-way direction.

It’s more like a part‑time course -

something you progress through step by step, with the right support at the right time. 

The difference in timescales isn’t about ability or effort.

It simply reflects how much support, structure, and accountability each path provides.

For people who want to work independently

...and who already have strong routines in place for protecting their time, making decisions, and staying consistent without external accountability.

DIY can be a good fit if you:

• can reliably protect your time boundaries

• can stay consistent with daily routines 

• can keep going when Step 1 feels uncomfortable

• have support in place outside the Journey

Many people begin with DIY because it feels familiar or practical.

And when they notice they’re finding it harder to make progress on their own, they often choose to upgrade for the extra structure, support, and accountability.

For people who want structure, accountability, and the steadiness of a small community

...and who find it easier to protect their time when they have regular appointments to “do the doing.”

Group members also have the option of a short weekly check‑in with Clare during Wednesday Surgery if they’d like extra guidance.

For people who want personalised guidance, one‑to‑one support, and a highly structured path

...with clear weekly goals to ensure steady progress and tailored advice.

It’s ideal if group session times don’t work for you, you work full‑time, or you need support protecting your time boundaries.

There’s no pressure.

No long‑term commitment.

Just a grounded way to begin and see whether the Journey feels like home.