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    Life Made Simple with CarlaRae

    Inspiration and motivation to help simplify your home, time, to-dos, health, relationships, and emotional well-being. Since 2001, CarlaRae has been a Professional Home Organizer and Life Coach helping families and individuals clear the chaos and clutter from their lives. She launched this podcast to help bring even more people the freedom of simplicity. Each episode gives you practical tips and resources that you can implement today to find balance in your everyday life to become happier and healthier once and for all. With no judgment and with complete understanding, CarlaRae will inspire you to let go of everything holding you back in life while focusing on what really matters to you. She offers plenty of free worksheets, guides, and other amazing resources to help you along the way. The Life Made Simple Podcast is home organizing, time management, personal development, priorities, productivity, motivation, family, relationships, diet and exercise, weightloss coaching, and so much more!

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    #107: My Battle With Insomnia (Ask CarlaRae) Oct 16, 2017
    Show notes

    Today I share with you a request that I received from one of our loyal listeners. Imran recently reached out to me and asked if I could spend more time on the topic of sleeping disorders. He explained that he feels like he's tried all the other conventional methods and yet still struggles with getting a good night's rest.

    Now while I usually spend most episodes talking about time management and home organizing, every once in awhile I think it's important to talk about how to simplify and un-complicate other areas of life, like relationships and health.

    Like I explained back in episodes #67 and 69, for many years I used to struggle with insomnia. I've gotten much better, but I still have trouble every once in awhile. And like Imran, I've tried everything.

    On today's episode I share with you one of my most successful strategies to get a good night sleep.

    Links Mentioned in this Show:

    Episode #67: Good Night, Sleep Tight! (Part 1)

    Episode #69: Wake Up, Sleepy Head! (Part 2)

    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode107

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    Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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    #106: Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind Oct 12, 2017
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    Over the years, I've seen a wide range of chaotic messes. Overall, the messes may look alike but their root causes are rarely the same. It's my job to make sure that my clients don't spend too much time, energy, or money addressing the wrong issues.

    On today's episode we take a very quick look at one very common cause of clutter that I see quite often.

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    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode106

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    Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

    Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #105: 7 Habits Of Punctual People Oct 09, 2017
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    Have you ever noticed, whenever you go to a scheduled event, meeting, or party, that about 1 in 5 people show up late? If you're a punctual person, you've for sure noticed it... probably because you get a little annoyed by habitually late people.

    A study done at San Francisco State University found that about 20% of the U.S. population is chronically late. And while it does seem very rude and inconsiderate (especially to people who tend to always be on time), it's not necessarily because they don't value others' time. It's a lot more complicated than that.

    I know this because, like I confessed way back in episode #19, I used to struggle with being on time. Yes, kind of ironic, since I am technically a time management specialist.

    Over the years, I've gotten much better. And now, I actually tend to be a little early to events. Considering being about 5-10 minutes late was an ingrained habit since I was in my teens, it took a lot for me to change my ways. Not only did I have to evaluate my mindsets and figure out WHY I was always late, but I also had to change my relationship with time.

    Just like chronically late people tend to baffle those who tend to be on time, punctual people tend to bewilder those that are always late. I remember I used to look at who are always on time to everything and I'd wonder, "how is it that they are always on time? How do I turn into someone like that? Someone who shows up early and finishes projects with time to spare?" Yes, to me, those people were mystifying.

    But if you ever want to be more successful in any area of life, you need to take a look at what other successful people are doing.

    So for today's episode of Life Made Simple, we look at exactly what punctual people do to be punctual. We look at 7 habits of people who are always on time.

    It's never too late to stop being late.

    Links Mentioned in this Show:

    Free Download: "How To Be More Punctual"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ONTIME

    Episode #19: Always Late? Here's What To Do About It (CarlaRae Confesses)

    Episode #69: Wake Up, Sleepy-Head!

    Episode #63: You Need More Margin Time! (CarlaRae Confesses)

    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode105

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    Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

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    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

    Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #104: A Unique Technique To Tackle Any Task Oct 05, 2017
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    What is it in your life that you intend to do, but for some reason you just don't do it as often as you want, or maybe it just doesn't happen at all? Maybe it's something your procrastinating on. Maybe it's something you're subconsciously avoiding because you feel overwhelmed.

    Or maybe you don't end up getting around to it because you feel like you just don't have the time. Or, if your honest with yourself, you're just not making the time.

    If you have a few things that come to mind, you're not alone. We all have something important in our life that we want to tackle, but we just don't make the time for.

    In this episode I introduce you to a simple technique that might help.

    Links Mentioned in this Show:

    Episode #8: "How To Make A Perfect Day Itinerary"

    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode104

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    Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #103: Don't Wait For Special Occasions! (CarlaRae Confesses) Oct 02, 2017
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    If you follow our show, you may have noticed that we have not released a new episode for the last 2 weeks. First off, I apologize for leaving all of our regular listeners hanging. I've received a handful of emails and messages wondering what's up. I'm happy to say everything is ok and the show is for sure still going strong.

    For the last couple weeks, my husband and I have been traveling. We were actually celebrating his 50th birthday. Yes, the big 5-0! Before I left we recorded a few episodes to be released while I was gone, but unfortunately there were a few technical difficulties. So, we will release them sometime this coming month instead.

    Now that I'm back from celebrating my husband's birthday, which was a very special occasion for our family. I wanted to share with you some of my thoughts on special occasions, particularly the special things that we save for special occasions.

    Links Mentioned in this Show:

    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode103

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    Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

    Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #102: The Art of Downsizing Art Sep 14, 2017
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    We are in the middle of the back to school season, and if you're a parent of a school aged child like me, your home is probably already getting flooded with drawings, paintings, handprints, coloring pages and worksheets.

    On our last episode of Life Made Simple I gave you a handful of organizing tips and routines to help the school year go more smoothly for you and your family. And for today's episode, we're going to take a look at how we can celebrate our children's artwork without drowning in it.

    Links Mentioned in this Show:

    Episode #91: A Unique Strategy To Help You Let Go Of Keepsakes

    Episode #10: Can You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing?

    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode102

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    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

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    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #101: Back To School Made Simple (Ask CarlaRae) Sep 12, 2017
    Show notes

    Around this time last year, my son was starting kindergarten. As a home organizer, I naively thought that I was completely prepared for the school year. Boy, was I wrong! After the first week I was so overwhelmed.

    No one warned me. There was so much to do! And it was unbelievable how much stuff came home every day in his backpack... letters from the teacher, from the principal, flyers, stuff to fill out, supplies to buy, things to sign, events I needed to put in the calendar, and meetings to arrange. And that was only the half of it.

    I was also overwhelmed with how much school work he would bring home to show me. And since I'm so sentimental, in the beginning I kept most of it.

    I've had many clients with school aged children and I've helped many of them organize their homework areas, figure out their schedules, and so on. I figured it was going to be easy peasy for me to transition into a new schedule. But until I was actually a parent of a school aged child, I had no idea how much time, energy, and space it was all going to take up in my life.

    After I spent the first couple weeks in shock and survival mode, I finally got a grip and developed new routines, rituals and habits that helped our mornings and afternoons go more smoothly.

    I also figure out really great systems that helped me to manage the piles of papers and to-dos that flooded our dining room table.

    So, this year, for Levi's first week of 1st grade I was totally prepared! I knew exactly what to expect. While it is still a drastic change from our summer routine and kind of a shock to the system in a way, I can confidently say, I've got this!

    Unfortunately, I know that there are many other parents out there who are still drowning in the back to school chaos and craziness. I've actually had a handful of listeners reach out to me this month sharing just how stressful the back to school season is for them and asking for some tips and advice.

    So, for this episode of Life Made Simple, I share with you some of the organizing tips and routines that we've implemented in our own family that can help get the school year off to a good start for you and your family. While the tips and strategies I give you are mainly geared towards children in elementary school you can still get a lot from this episode even if you have older kids.

    Links Mentioned in this Show:

    Episode #63: You Need More Margin Time (CarlaRae Confesses)

    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode101

    Share this Podcast: LifeMadeSimplePodcast.com

    Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

    Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #100: Get Motivated And Stay Motivated Sep 07, 2017
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    Life is messy. It's chaotic. And sometimes it's overwhelming. By clearing out the clutter in all areas of life, we can somehow find peace, happiness, and freedom. But it's a journey that takes time and effort. And to help you on this journey, through this show, I want to offer you all the tips, techniques and action plans that I've successfully taught all my home organizing clients over the years and have also implemented in my own life.

    But, like I've mentioned before in previous episodes, a good action plan is not always enough. Many other experts in the field agree that success - in anything in life - is only 20% strategy and 80% psychology.

    You not only need good strategies and action plans to simplify your life, but you need good mindsets and discipline to actually implement those strategies.

    Which is why on this show, I put a lot of emphasis on not just practical tips and techniques, but also on the psychology behind it all.

    Motivation is key. We all must learn how to get motivated and how to stay motivated. You can have a good action plan to change your life, but if you don't have the motivation to do so, the action plan is useless.

    But, motivation doesn't always just happen naturally. Back in episode #51, I explained how it's almost impossible to wake up every day feeling motivated to reach all your goals and aspirations in life. You can't wait to feel motivated every day. You can't wait for motivation to find you. You need to find motivation!

    And how can you do that? Well, you need to surround yourself with motivational people and things. Daily personal development is one way to do that.

    Some people call it self-improvement, some call it self-help, or personal growth, self-actualization, self-transcendence, or even spirituality. Whatever you want to call it, it's about setting time aside for reading books, listening to podcasts like this one, listening to audio books, or reading blogs that help motivate and inspire you to become a better person and live your best life.

    We all must make personal development a daily habit. Personal Development, of any kind is one nonnegotiable habit that you need to intentionally engage in every day... even when you don't feel like it. And if you do, I promise you, it will completely change your life.

    I know... for some of you the idea of "personal development" seems boring and unnecessary, but it's actually a secret to success for many people out there who are living very abundant lives. And it's so easy to do! And it doesn't have to take up much time. Even just 5-10 minutes is enough.

    If you want more info and specific ideas on what to do for personal development, go back and check Episode #9 of Life Made Simple.

    So in honor of our 100th episode of Life Made Simple I want to encourage and challenge you, if you haven't already, intentionally make personal development a daily habit.

    Links Mentioned in this Show:

    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode100

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    Simplicity University: SimplicityU.com

    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

    Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #99: Figuring Out What REALLY Matters (CarlaRae Confesses) Sep 04, 2017
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    If you listen to the show often you know, my motto, my slogan, my challenge to myself and to all my listeners is to focus on what really matters, and somehow let go of the rest. That's how you simplify your life: focus on what really matters, and let go of anything that doesn't.

    But sometimes it's hard to figure out what really matters in our life, know what I mean? The problem - at least for me - is that sometimes EVERYTHING feels like it matters.

    Unfortunately, if I look at the big picture of life, all my priorities, my values, my goals, what I really want for my life, I've come to realize that sometimes what I do with my time, and what I hang on to, doesn't always line up with what's really important.

    I confess, sometimes what I do and what I hang on to doesn't always match up or synchronize with what I really want in life. And I'm determined to change that. On today's episode I share with you how I came to that realization.

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    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode99

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    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word 9SIMPLIFY

    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

    Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


    #98: Morbid Inspiration To Help You Simplify Your Home Aug 31, 2017
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    On today's show I offer you a unique (and morbid) perspective that just might inspire you to immediately dive right into an organizing frenzy.

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    Share this Episode: CarlaRaeArneson.com/episode98

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    Free Guide: "9 Ways to Simplify Your Life"

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    Free Download: "5 Steps to Organizing Your Home"

    Or send a text to 44222 with the word ORGANIZE

    Website: CarlaRaeArneson.com

    Facebook: Facebook.com/CarlaRaeArneson

    Submit Questions: CarlaRaeArneson.com/AskCarlaRae


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