856 Kristy Edwards: When Less is More

How Bartering Unused Items Helps Environmental Sustainability

Find it hard to discard that old T-shirt from 20 years ago even though you never wear it? Hanging on to old files and paperwork you’ll never look at again? Got a garage or storage unit stuffed with so many boxes that you don’t even remember what’s in them?

You’re not alone. Most people spend their lives as good consumers, accumulating more and more stuff.

Do we really need it all?

Kristy Edwards says no, we don’t, and as founder of Neatly Balanced, she’s on a mission to help us get rid of all that extraneous stuff we don’t use. Kristy helps declutter homes and lives, and in so doing, also helps those in need by “rehoming” discarded items to nonprofits and charitable

More about Kristy Edwards at neatly-balanced.com

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More about Kristy at Neatly Balanced

Kristy Edwards is an organization expert and owner of Neatly Balanced, on a mission to transform lives by decluttering and recreating our home space. With her low maintenance method, Kristy sets clients up for success, allowing them to follow her minimalist configuration of each space. She then rehomes the discarded items to nonprofits and charitable organizations helping mothers and babies, the homeless, those in half-way houses, and more.

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