Ep. 583: Too Much Clutter? Searching for Lost Items? Try These Hacks. Plus a Self-Knowledge Question.

Ep. 583: Too Much Clutter? Searching for Lost Items? Try These Hacks. Plus a Self-Knowledge Question.

From Happier with Gretchen Rubin by Gretchen Rubin / The Onward Project

April 22, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 583

About this episode

The episode discusses hacks for reducing clutter and tracking lost items while exploring personal tendencies towards nostalgia and expectation.

We talk about a specific, easy way to reduce the unworn clothes in your closet, and we also share a listener’s clothes-related hack for keeping track of lost items. We explore an interesting distinction: are you a nostalgic person or an expectant person? Resources & links related to this episode: Take the "Four Tendencies" quiz Check out my book Outer Order, Inner Calm Check out the I Want You To Know journal for a Mother's Day Gift Elizabeth: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg (Amazon, Bookshop) Gretchen: Nonesuch by Francis Spufford (Amazon, Bookshop) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

People in this episode

Host: Gretchen Rubin

Topics covered

  • clutter reduction
  • lost items
  • self-knowledge
  • nostalgia
  • expectation

Keywords

  • clutter
  • lost items
  • nostalgia
  • expectation
  • self-knowledge
  • hacks
  • Four Tendencies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Onward Project

Products: Outer Order, Inner Calm, I Want You To Know journal, Writing Down the Bones, Nonesuch

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