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522 - Remodel Decluttering without Divorcing - A Survivor Story with Roger and Kathi Jul 19, 2022

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Have you ever wondered if it’s possible to get through a remodel with your sanity AND your marriage still intact? Join Kathi and Roger as they take us through their remodel survivor adventure. For anyone going through a remodel, or even considering one, there are some things you need to know, including:

Why you don’t want to store clutter
How to get rid of things well
The importance of reducing and “life decisions”

Be sure to come back next week for part 2 when Kathi and Roger will equip us with a checklist and guidelines for how to prepare for a remodel.

521 - One Day Challenge: Creating a Master List Jul 12, 2022

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Do you struggle with keeping up with your decluttering efforts, despite the best of intentions? A Master List may be just the thing you need! Kathi and her favorite “clutter-buster,” Roger Lipp are preparing and equipping us for the One day Master List Challenge that will take place on July 20th over in Clutter Free Academy. Get ready for the challenge and join in the conversation to find out why Kathi says: “my lists give life” and:

How a master list is like jazz
Why our list should meet in the middle of an Actual List and an Aspirational List
How to break down and divide your list into doable goals

Then, make sure to join us live on Facebook for an even deeper dive into decluttering our storage on Wednesday, July 20th.

520 - Clutter and Creativity - How Decluttering Helps the Creative Process Jul 05, 2022

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Kathi Lipp is talking with Clutter Free community leader, friend, and screenwriter, Grace Church, about how decluttering and creativity can actually help one another. Have you ever struggled to balance decluttering time and creative time? You are not alone. In this episode, Kathi and Grace share how they have found that balance by:

Shifting their mentality
Doing a little bit every day
Establishing routines

If you’ve ever found your creativity blocked by the clutter around you, you won’t want to miss this episode.

519 - A Complete Guide to "No Buy July" Part 2 Jun 28, 2022

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Kathi is back with Clutter Free Academy and Clutter Free for Life leaders, Grace Church and Deanna Day Young for part 2 of her guide to “No-Buy July”. Together, the trio are sharing some personal examples and helpful strategies for our upcoming "No-Buy July" Challenge! Listen in as Kathi, Grace, and Deanna help us build a No Buy July strategy of our own through the four key principles:

Use it up
Wear it out
Make do
Do without

If you’re not already a member of Clutter Free Academy, be sure to join here so you can get in on the fun and community of “No-Buy July!”

518 - A Complete Guide to "No Buy July" Part 1 Jun 21, 2022

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Kathi is joined on the podcast today by two intrepid guides of Clutter Free Academy and Clutter Free for Life. Grace Church and Deanna Day Young are true long-time listeners and first-time guests here to offer inspiring and relatable insights from their own clutter free journey. Listen in as Kathi, Grace, and Deanna explain No Buy July through the four key principles:

Use it up
Wear it out
Make do
Do without

Be sure to come back next week as we continue this discussion on how to strategically participate in the No Buy July.

517 - 1 Day Declutter Sort Your Storage with Roger Jun 14, 2022

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Do you have a storage area, or two, that needs decluttering? The key, Kathi says, is to pick one of them and set a day for this challenge. Today on the podcast, Kathi and Roger are giving us an inside peek at their best tips for sorting and decluttering our storage including:

Plan a dump day
Sort your storage into different categories
Make categories for freecycle & donations
Make a goal to get rid of as many storage bins as possible

Then, make sure to join us live on Facebook for an even deeper dive into decluttering our storage on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022.

516 - What to Watch While Decluttering with Mary Carver Part 2 Jun 07, 2022

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Kathi is back today for part 2 of “What to Watch While You Declutter” with author and host of “The Couch with Mary Carver” podcast, Mary Carver. Last week, in part 1, the pair gave us criteria for shows we should avoid trying to declutter to. Today, they bring us hope by telling us what we should look for in a show to decluttering to, as well as a ton of great shows they personally recommend. Listen in as Kathi and Mary explain the categories:

Competition Shows
“60%” Shows
Treadmill Shows

Once you have found your 22-minute declutter show, Kathi explains how to make that timeframe work with the Clutter Free Academy method of decluttering for 15 minutes; and you are going to love how she suggests spending the extra 7 minutes.

What show will be your new decluttering show? Tell us in the comments and be automatically entered to win a copy of Mary Carver’s new (in)Courage Bible Study book: “Create in Me a Heart of Hope.”

515 - What to Watch While Decluttering with Mary Carver Part 1 May 31, 2022

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Kathi Lipp is here today with one of her new favorite people, author Mary Carver, to talk about what to watch while decluttering. Are you the kind of person who needs more than a playlist of worship music to declutter to? Maybe you enjoy a good television show to keep you company while you declutter, but you’re not sure how to strategically choose a show that will allow you to stay on task. In part one of this two-part series, Kathi and Mary share their criteria for shows that you should avoid watching while you declutter including:

Shows you’re excited about
Shows with complicated plotlines
Subtitles

We’d love to know what shows you would add to their list. What shows do you avoid watching while you declutter?

514 - The Automatic Home with Roger Lipp Part 2 May 24, 2022

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Kathi and Roger are back for part 2 of The Automatic Home. Last week, the pair told us about all the automations they’ve put in place to make their home run more smoothly. Today they are here to talk about systems. We learned that the keys to an automated home are in the decisions and planning. We also learned there are so many ways to automate our home. Now, continuing the automatic home conversation, Kathi and Roger walk us through setting up routines for maintaining that smooth, peaceful life by thinking through:

Which regular items can be set up on autoship
Keeping running lists
Scheduling things easily overlooked
Setting reminders
Developing routines around things

Which of these routines can you see being valuable in automating your life? Let us know in the comments below!

513 - The Automatic Home with Roger Lipp Part 1 May 17, 2022

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Have you ever dreamed for an automated house like the Jetsons had? While Rosey may not be moving in, Kathi and Roger Lipp are here to help walk us through setting up a home that works for us and not against us. The keys to an automated home is in the decisions and the planning. There are so many ways to automate our home. Join in the conversation to hear about some of the key automations that serve Kathi and Roger well and how to:

Think through the automations you need
Set your home up to make things smoother
Maintain the automations once they’re in place

Tell us - what automations serve you well in your home? Let us know in the comments below!

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