Life Organized Podcast

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Ep. 13 - When You Want A Smooth Christmas Dec 14, 2022

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We work for weeks to create this special holiday for our families, hoping that with all the planning and shopping and wrapping and cooking and decorating we can enjoy a truly memorable day.

But more often than not, we spend the day putting together toys, cleaning up all the wrapping paper and packaging, cooking those favorite Christmas foods in the kitchen, managing to the unexpected…

…Or else we relax all day, but face a mountain of overwhelming Christmas clutter the next day.

How about a few tips to help minimize the stress on the big day – and the days following - so Christmas can be as magical for you as it is for the kids?

This year can be YOUR YEAR to love Christmas Day. No more stress and work while everyone else gets to sit back and enjoy.

Of course, because so much relies on us, that will take some planning ahead. So grab a pen and take some notes, because with a little bit of organization, you can always create an outcome you love!

In This Episode:

Mentally create the kind of Christmas Day you’d like to have
Prep gifts before wrapping them
Assemble a Christmas morning kit
Provide everyone with containers for unwrapped gifts
Clean up wrapping as you go
Think ahead for photos
Choose a Christmas morning playlist
Precook Christmas meals

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Bankers Boxes

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Ep. 12 - When You Want To Organize Your Pantry Dec 07, 2022

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When you think of an organizing podcast, you probably think of exactly what you’ll hear in today’s episode. Today I am giving you the cliff notes version of organizing any enclosed space, like a pantry, closet, drawer or cabinet.

My organizing system takes each letter in the word CREATE to guide you through the process of organizing an enclosed space.

Following all of these steps – in order – will leave you with a project that is beautiful, functional, and long lasting.

For a more in-depth training on this system, check out Organize Your Space.

Tools taught in this episode:

CREATE system of organizing

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Ep. 11 - When It’s A Family Season Nov 30, 2022

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Ever notice how during the summer or the holidays, everything seems to unravel?

The house is a mess.
You aren’t getting anything done.
Your own personal needs are on the back burner.

…and you start to feel a teensy bit overwhelmed. Or resentful. Or out of balance.

This used to be a big problem for me.

My husband actually pointed out that I had breakdowns at predictable times each year.

Well, where there is predictability, there is an opportunity to organize. And so I put on my coaching hat and began to look at seasons in a whole new way.

Suddenly I recognized a pattern I hadn’t seen before.

And with that new awareness, I began to transition through the summer, holidays, and other family times with ease and grace.

It’s a little concept I call personal and family seasons, and I can’t wait to share it with you in this episode.

Understanding personal and family seasons is the key to avoiding a messy house and feeling burned out when you have little time to yourself – or feeling guilty or irresponsible about focusing on things other than the family when you get deep into a different role in your life.

It’s a strategy I can’t live without. I hope you enjoy!

Tools taught in this episode:

Personal And Family Seasons

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Ep. 10 - When You Forget To Do Things Nov 23, 2022

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How many times have you forgotten to…
Start the crockpot?
Make that phone call?
Add something to the calendar?
Order that thing you needed from Amazon?
Pick up something you needed while you were at the store?

And what kind of problems did that cause?

Isn’t it the worst when simple tasks turn into roaring fires – all because you forgot to take action on them?

The key is to catch it as you think of it, and today we will talk about 3 ways you can create this habit – and what kind of thoughts you’d be wise to capture.

This episode is all about preventing those fires, so you can have less stress and more time for what matters most. This is what having an organized life is all about!

In this episode:

How to leverage an “external brain” to manage these tasks
Find the right to do list for you
The power of the mantra “Catch it as You Think of It”
When to review what you’ve written down
What kinds of tasks you should “catch”

Tools in this episode:

Mantra: Catch It As You Think Of It

Links:

Life Organized Membership

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Ep. 9 - When You Want To Give Clutter-Free Gifts Nov 16, 2022

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It sounds cliché, but I’ll say it anyway….can you believe the holidays are here again?!

Black Friday is around the corner, so it’s time to start thinking about those gift lists.

But maybe before we start filling up our shopping carts this year, we might want to pause and ask ourselves a few critical questions, like:

"Where will we put this?"

"Will they REALLY use this?"

"And what could we give instead?"

This list of clutter-free gift ideas just might make this the best, most memorable Christmas yet…and leave you with a lot less clutter to deal with when the holidays are over.

In this episode:

One way to define clutter is “something that takes more than it gives.”
Clutter-free gift ideas

Links:

Free Book: Get Organized Fast

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Ep. 8 - When Done Is Better Than Perfect Nov 09, 2022

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I bet you can finish this sentence:

“If you can’t do something right…”

"Don’t do it at all."

Mmm….I strongly disagree. This is one of the most toxic mindsets I see.

Perfectionism likes to parade around as something inspirational and helpful, but if you look behind the curtains it’s all about fear — fear that you might not do it right, fear that it might not look just right, and fear that you just don’t have what it takes.

Perfectionism is just fear in really good shoes.

Have you ever stopped to consider how much of your time and energy you spend trying to get something from good enough to perfect — when it probably doesn’t make that much difference in the long run?

What if we adopted this attitude instead?

"Done is Better than perfect.”

'Done' is better because 'done' means you get to move on and have joy in life instead of obsessing over details that won’t matter as time passes.

Learn how Done Is Better Than Perfect can help you get organized, be more productive, improve personal goals, and better connect with your family.

In this episode:

“Perfectionism is just fear in really good shoes.”
Perfectionism is a GPS system from the twilight zone
Done is Better than Perfect (DBP)
Done is Fun
How you can implement Done is Better than Perfect when organizing your home, menu planning, working on a routine, health goals, and parenting.

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Ep. 7 - When You Need To Create A Routine Nov 02, 2022

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Ok, so you’re ready to give routines a try. Let’s make sure you set one up the right way so you can have success!

In this episode:

Time
Habit Hook
Sample routines
Regular tasks don’t ever need to cause stress
How routines work in my life

Tools Mentioned:

Your P.A.T.H to a routine

Pick a specific task
Assign the steps
Time
Habit Hook

Ep. 6 - When You Aren’t a Fan of Routines Nov 02, 2022

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If you don’t love routines, you probably think routines kill all the fun.

Who wants to stick around home and clean and do laundry when there are so many better things to do?

Even if you are routine-resistant, you may be surprised to learn how much of your life already consists of routines – and why your brain actually craves them.

Think routines keep you trapped? Think again.

Routines don’t restrict freedom. They create it.

“Routines can become so automatic that we start performing them without realizing it. So we get done what needs to get done, even when our minds are preoccupied with other things.”

“Routines remove the need to deliberate over what you should do when (which takes time and energy) because once you've established a routine you've already made those decisions.”

In This Episode:

How you already use routines
Why your brain loves routines
How routines create freedom
What routines look like for me

Links: In This Episode:

Life Organized Membership (we're almost ready for ya... link coming soon)

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Ep. 5 - When The Clutter is Driving You Crazy Oct 26, 2022

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Ok, time to roll up our sleeves and get to work!

Ready to seriously declutter your home?

In this episode I will teach you a realistic, sustainable approach that gives you a way to declutter on the regular – without having to take time off work, no babysitter required — and zero expensive containers!

In This Episode:

External clutter creates internal clutter
What Clutter Busters isn’t
What Clutter Busters is
How to Bust Clutter
Clutter Busting Tips

Tools Mentioned:

External Clutter Becomes Internal Clutter

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Ep. 4 - When You Wonder How To Get It All Done Oct 18, 2022

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Let’s talk about the reality that there is literally not enough time in the day to do all that you need to get done. And how you wish you could clone yourself a dozen times so for once you could actually reach the end of your to do list.

This is a time management issue, and one I can’t wait to talk to you about. Because with the perfect analogy I can help you look at time in a whole new way – and give you the big picture view of what your organized life will look like.

An organized life is a life that has enough time to get it all done…but note that in an organized life you’ve weeded out all the low-value tasks that are cluttering up your time.

Ready to dive in?

In this episode:

Puzzle Box analogy
Time/Pantry analogy
How to design your organized life

Tools Mentioned:

The Puzzle Box analogy
The Time/Pantry analogy
Life Organized Membership

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