The Art of Decluttering

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Best Of: Doom Boxes Dec 29, 2024

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Do you have one {or multiple} doom boxes around your home full of random clutter that you're not quite sure what to do with, where to put, or you're procrastinating making decisions about the items inside?

You may be surprised to find that in some situations, a doom box can actually assist your decluttering success rather than be an organising 'no-no'.

Need to have a place for decisions you need to check with someone else?

Quick tidy up needed so you can prepare for guests or the cleaner?

Pick up the toy room and throw it all in a box rather than pack up?

Garage full of doom boxes that you promised yourself you'd go through?

Does your doom box contain both rubbish and important documents as well as random drink bottles and hair ties?

Top tips today on how to go through your doom box and remove it... but also times when a doom box might serve your needs for a short time... with limits.

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

Object Permanence

Anti Goals

Three Time A Day

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Best Of: Might As Well Dec 22, 2024

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Kick procrastination to the curb with todays organisational hack... MIGHT AS WELL.

It doesn't need motivation. It doesn't need conviction. It doesn't need perfection. It's a lazy girl way of doing things that you'll be glad you did without having to think about them in advance.

For example:

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well take out the rubbish from the car

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well take out the jeans I don't wear

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well go through my bathers

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well empty the dishwasher

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm walking past I might as well hang up those clothes

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm think of it I might as well text my friend to let her know I have baby clothes for her

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm walking past might as well pick up the rubbish

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well put the blankets away

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm think of it, I might as well re-order the medications

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well wipe down the bath

🤷🏽‍♀️While I'm here I might as well restock the toilet paper

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You may also like to listen to these episodes:

You Need To

Time Will Tell

Because. Really. And

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Best Of: Consumerism Dec 15, 2024

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Ever been struck by the complete opulence of consumerism? Like smacked in the face by it to the point where it makes you feel sick in the stomach?

Consumerism is "a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts". Consuming and purchasing things you don't need in compounding quantities... will not make you happy or satisfied or fulfilled. It will cause you stress as you have to earn the money to pay for these things, then store them in your already full home.

Today explore the traps of consumerism as well as some alternatives that don't require you to completely give up buying things but allow you to be intentional in how you consume with you being the boss, without consumerism dictating your choices.

What else could you do with the time and money you mindlessly spend on the ever-increasing acquisition of goods?

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

Engaged or Entertained

Object Permanence

Values with Laurie Palau

Obligation

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Best Of: Understanding ADHD Dec 08, 2024

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By popular request this week we are diving into our ADHD series where we talk to ADHDers, Professionals who work with ADHDers and explore the relationship between decluttering, organising and ADHD.

Our first episode in this series is with Joanna Bailey from Bluebird Psychology who helps us define ADHD and how executive functioning can impact our journey to a clutter-free and simplified lifestyle. Today's episode is brilliant as a foundation for the rest of this series, learn with us what ADHD is and how it presents in different people.

Whether you are living with ADHD or don't know anyone with ADHD I know this episode is going to have ah-ha moments for you with tips and hacks for decluttering, understanding shame, learning about neurodiversity and seeing decluttering and organising through a different lens.

Find out more about ADHD:

Bluebird Psychology Resources

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

ADHD with Joanna (first episode Joanna did)

Mental Health Care

Mental Health

Three Times A Day

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12 Days of Christmas Invitation Dec 01, 2024

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You are invited to join my 12 Days of Christmas Declutter Challenge! It's not too late, you can do it at whatever pace you'd like to over December and January!

Making space is such a great practice before the silly season really ramps up.

It’s amazing the freedom that comes when you take the time to intentionally declutter your home.

Christmas time can be crazy busy and overwhelming and so this challenge is designed to put you back in the drivers seat, back in control and taking positive steps towards your decluttered home.

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Chaining Nov 24, 2024

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Harnessing the power of chaining can revolutionise the way you declutter in your home. Sometimes you need to embrace the magic of chaining, and other times you need to put some boundaries around it to harness the power

Do you find that you start one thing and then it leads to another and then another and so on and so forth? Do you end up half finishing many jobs? For you, harnessing chaining might be your key to success in decluttering.

Or do you find you're paralysed on where to start? If so, going with the flow of chaining can be powerful, allow one task to lead into the next can reduce overwhelm and procrastination!

One of the keys to harnessing chaining is to remember to close the loop (have a listen to that episode too!)

You're invited to join my 12 Days of Christmas Declutter Challenge

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You may also like to listen to these episodes:

Close The Loop

The Poop Test

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That Kitchen Drawer Nov 17, 2024

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Does your kitchen have THAT drawer in it? The one where the potato masher makes it hard for the drawer to close and where you keep your melted egg flips just in case you might one day need it? Does it have broken tongs, unused egg cups and gadgets that you thought you'd use... but definitely don't?

Today I encourage you to join me in the kitchen to do some decluttering with me. I go through and declutter many items from that kitchen drawer in my house, and wonder what you might find in yours...

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

Stocktake

Kitchen 101

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Old Tech Nov 10, 2024

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Does the thought of getting rid of old phones, laptops, hard drives, USB's or other tech send you into overwhelm? Are you worried about what photos or files you might lose? Are you hesitant to even get rid of old cords in case you then can't check through an old laptop or phone? Are you stuck in paralysis of how to declutter your old tech? Well you're definitely not alone!

If you're keeping tech that is outdated and you no longer use I can almost guarantee you that these questions challenges gone through your mind...

Where is the charger so I can turn it on?
Once I turn it on, what information or data do I actually need to transfer?
How will I transfer the data from this device to the cloud?
Where will I store the data once I transfer it? How will I know where to find it?
What do I do with the old tech once I'm done with it?
Should I keep it just in case one day I need 5 back up phones or 3 back up laptops which don't charge?

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

Replace vs Accumulate

Letting Go

Technological Replacement

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I'm Stuck Nov 03, 2024

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Eekk... I'm stuck on the decluttering in a few areas around my home - join me as I share what they are and the dilemmas I'm facing. You'll find out why I'm stuck on Tupperware, clothes, camping gear and picnic supplies!

I'm stuck because I might use in the future, because I need to sell something, because it's out of sight out of mind... all things our clients tell us EVERY DAY! It's important to be honest that my decluttering journey isn't linear and straight forward - nobody's is!

So if you have advice for me after listening to the episode then jump into the Facebook community and let me know... I'm here for it 🙂

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

What's Your Problem?... Quantity

Making Changes

Might As Well

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Comfort vs Inconvenience Pt 2 Oct 27, 2024

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Whenever you declutter, you are internally weighing up the balance between comfort and inconvenience. Every item has both comfort and inconvenience to consider when you think about whether to keep or go. If you keep it, you have the comfort of having it available in the future, but the inconvenience of having to store, maintain and have the item take up the space.

There are so many things to think about that this has become a 2 part series!

Living a life free from clutter brings a level of comfort because the positive impacts are you have a more welcoming home, you save money and you save time too. But it does come at the cost of inconvenience of not having instant gratification of having something the minute you desire it. At every step, you have a choice to make, and you need to consider the cost and responsibility of each decision.

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

Item or Space?

Bigger Living, Smaller Space

Replace vs Accumulate

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