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512 - The Clean Desk Challenge May 10, 2022

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Kathi and the OG of Clutter Free, Tonya Kubo are here to help us declutter our desk with the clean desk challenge! Do you have trouble focusing or being efficient at your desk? Our work is so much more productive when we have only what we need on our desk. Listen in to learn how Kathi and Tonya get so much done at their decluttered desks, exactly what they keep on them, and how we can have a clean desk too by knowing:

What are the desk essentials
How to set up your desk
Why being specific and intentional matters

The Clean Desk Challenge is live on Declutter with Kathi in the Clutter Free Academy Facebook group on May 18, at 11:00am pacific. We can't wait to see your before and after clean desk pictures!

511 - How Knowing Your Personality Can Help You Declutter Part 3 May 03, 2022

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Do you sometimes burn out from so much decluttering at once or because you can't figure out the best system? We often feel the need to understand things like how we make decisions and where our need for control comes from to move forward. Kathi and enneagram coach Lori Young are helping us to build better strategies for tackling our clutter based on our personality. In the first episode, they discussed decluttering strategies for those of us who like to think through decisions. In the second episode, they offered help for those who decide from the heart. Now, in episode three, they are giving great suggestions for those who make decisions from the gut. Join in the conversation to learn more about how knowing the tendencies of your personality can help you declutter better by:

Knowing how to plan and strategize better
Recognizing our tendencies
Understanding our motivators

If you don’t know your enneagram number, you can find out here. Embrace your God-given personality while you tackle the clutter in a more efficient way.

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510 - How Knowing Your Personality Can Help You Declutter Part 2 Apr 26, 2022

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Kathi Lipp is back with good friend and Enneagram expert, Lori Young for part 2 of this series: “How Knowing Your Personality Type Can Help You Declutter. Have you ever heard someone talk about a clutter strategy that has been helpful for them and thought, “there is no way that would work for my personality?” You may be right! Different personality types have different challenges and solutions. Knowing your Enneagram number can help you identify your clutter roadblocks as well as provide insight for getting past them. This week, Kathi and Lori are talking specifically about the heart triad:

Type 2: The Helper
Type 3: The Achiever
Type 4: The Inspirer

If you missed part one of the series, be sure to go back and catch up here, and don’t miss next week’s episode when Kathi and Lori will wrap up the series with information about the head triad.

509 - How Knowing Your Personality Can Help You Declutter Part 1 Apr 19, 2022

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Do you struggle with making decisions and taking more action toward decluttering? Sometimes we need to recognize and understand things like how we make decisions and where our need for control comes from to move forward. Kathi is here with her friend and enneagram expert Lori Young, helping us to build better strategies for tackling our clutter based on our personality. Join in the conversation to learn more about how knowing the tendencies of your personality can help you declutter better by:

Knowing how to plan and strategize better
Recognizing our tendencies
Understanding our motivators

And don't forget to leave a review if you found this episode useful!

508 - The Great Product Purge Apr 12, 2022

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Kathi Lipp and Clutter Free OG Tonya Kubo have a challenge for you this month. Do you have a makeup and skin care graveyard in your bathroom? You know the one; the drawer full of old eye makeup you haven’t used in 3 years, and – let’s be honest – looks good on no one? On April 20th, you are invited to join the Great Product Purge. The mission: to purge 50 beauty products of any kind – makeup, cleansers, lotions, shampoos, masks, and all those little hotel bathroom bottles from that pre-pandemic vacation.

Listen in as Kathi and Tonya break down the plan:

Dump it all out – the whole drawer
Group similar products
Look at the expiration dates – if there’s not one, and you can’t remember when you bought it, TOSS IT

Join us on April 20th at 11:00AM PST (2:00PM eastern) in the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group for a special Declutter with Kathi with special guest Dorothy Strouhal, makeup artist to the stars! If you can't be there for the live, the replay will be available. So, show up! Kathi doesn't want you to lose an eye.

507 - How to Get Through the Crisis with Susy Flory Author of Sanctuary Apr 05, 2022

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Kathi Lipp is here today with her very good friend, Susy Flory for a special conversation about crisis. Have you ever found yourself surrounded by crises and it causes you to feel stuck? Join Kathi and Susy as they talk about Susy’s new book Sanctuary, a story about a man from a tiny village in Ireland who grew up on a donkey sanctuary. When Patrick Barrett left the donkey sanctuary to find his own path, he found himself living through one crisis after another. Listen in as Susy shares the lessons she learned from Patrick including:

Reach out when you need to
Get outside and into nature
Adopt a meaningful morning ritual

If you are feeling stressed out and stuck in crisis mode, you won’t want to miss this episode; and you can get your own copy of Sanctuary here.

506 - My #1 Trick to Staying on Track Mar 29, 2022

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Kathi Lipp is flying solo today and is bringing you her very own #1 trick for staying on task. Do you have unfinished tasks during the day? Kathi wants to help you solve that problem with "The List."

To make your own list, find a notebook that makes you happy and write down the things you need to do - ALL the things you need to do - even if that includes taking a shower. It's that easy! Keeping a list will:

Help you get stuff done - You have a visual representation of your work
Prioritize - Not all tasks are of equal importance or time sensitive
Keep your mind clear - Writing it down means you don't have to keep thinking about it and can focus on the task at hand

Things on your list should take you 5 minutes, so you can keep crossing things off all day long. Once you accomplish a task, you can cross it off the list. And doesn't crossing things off just feel great?

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505 - Back to Basics: How to Create an Evening Routine Mar 22, 2022

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Kathi and her best back to basics buddy, Roger Lipp, are taking us back to the basics by helping us establish routines. After a super crazy 12 months, the Lipps are the perfect pair to talk about the importance of routines. Having a habit of good routines helped them to keep up with responsibilities during unexpected circumstances. There are a lot of misconceptions about routines, but the bottom line is when we have good routines, we can avoid decision fatigue and overwhelm. An evening routine takes care of our future self and sets us up for great success the following day. Listen in to learn how an evening routine can:

Set the tone for your day
Impact your entire tomorrow
Take care of your future self
Help avoid decision fatigue

And just for fun - who steals the covers in your house? Let us know in the comments below!

504 - Back to Basics Mar 15, 2022

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Kathi and Roger Lipp are here with helpful decluttering and downsizing tips based on personal experience. This power couple has gotten rid of HALF of their stuff TWICE.

Now you may be thinking, "Kathi! That's crazy! I can't get rid of half of my stuff!" The great news is that you don't have to. Let Kathi and Roger break down their helpful strategies they learned when purging their living space.

Let's talk about categories. Maybe you have a lot of jewelry. Make your goal to sort through that jewelry and get rid of the half you don't wear, like, or find uncomfortable.

How do you make a decision when you have too much of a category? Kathi suggests picking up each item and consider how much you actually like it, and if you have something similar that you like better? Get rid of those repeat items that no longer serve you.

Having too many choices day to day eliminates how much we value the things we have. And giving away your stuff could help bless people with the things they need. Keep what you love and get rid of the rest. You don't need the Tupperware you lost the lid to.

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503 - The Great 50 Item Closet Cleanout Mar 08, 2022

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Kathi is here with the clutter-free OG and queen of the fresh start, Tonya Kubo, to introduce the next Clutter Free Challenge - The Great 50 Item Closet Clean-Out. Have you been looking for ways to declutter your closet, make it more functional, find your style and have more space to enjoy the clothes you love? On March 16, Kathi will be joined by style expert Kim Nowlin live in the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group at 11:00am (PT) to help you figure out how to make the most of this challenge. Listen in to this episode to find out:

Why now is the perfect time to clean out your closet
What you need to prepare for the challenge
How to have a functional closet that helps you get dressed every day

If the support of Kathi, Kim, and the entire Clutter Free Academy group isn’t enough, two lucky commentors on this post will win a copy of Clutter Free!

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