Oct 11, 2018
Do you ever wish your house was more organized? Are you tired of clutter? Then this is the series for you! We're starting it off with 5 simple ways to declutter with minimal energy.
This series is different, because instead of an interview, Sarah Moore will be giving 4 separate master classes that make up the 4 Organization episodes.
Sarah Moore's 5 Simple Steps to Decluttering :
- Let go of things mentally before you let go of them physically.
- Stop bringing new things into the house.
- Get the things you've decluttered out of your garage within a week, or it turns into garage clutter.
- Do a "drive-by" decluttering mission every day or every couple of days. When you have more energy, spend 20 minutes decluttering one thing; one drawer, one cabinet, or one bookshelf. Just 3-4 things per day is 100 per month!
- Keep things regularly put away throughout the week even if it's just 2 rooms. Have the kids help. You can make it a contest where the winner gets to choose the snack for the day.
Today Sarah Moore
discussed:
- How to declutter in 5 simple steps even if you have low energy.
- How to ditch the stress of a cluttered home, and conquer overwhelm.
- Before you let go of things physically, you have to let go of them emotionally.
- The things that clutter your home didn't magically appear.
- Only go to the mall, Target, Costco, etc. with a list and commit to just buying those things. No wandering around. Consider buying online.
- How to get the kids involved with decluttering.
- Try cleaning out a drawer at a time, you can take it with you to the table! (I never thought of that!)
- Empty a shelf completely and only put back what you need. Get rid of the rest.
- Get rid of the things you've decluttered each week. Don't let it just sit in the garage or it stays clutter!
- Listen to the episode to hear the deets.
- If you're overwhelmed and don't know where to start - walk through the house and put 3-4 things a day in a bag to donate or toss, that's 100 things a month, or 1,000 fewer things per year!
A word from Sarah:
"Hi, I'm Sarah Moore. I've been eliminating chaos since
1989!
My left brain discovered a long time ago that it has the mind of a
Lego master builder when it comes to filtering out all the busy
work and time wasters of a process or project leaving only what is
necessary to achieve the desired result.
My right brain is a little woo and I believe that everything is
energy. My left brain is OK with that because Einstein thought so
too. Your thoughts are energy - they are electrical impulses
traveling down neurons. Food is energy: plants fix the energy of
the sun. But it's really easy to get that energy stuck. Ever had
the same song playing over and over in your head all day? Exactly,
Stuck energy.
When you combine the two halves of my brain you get a project
manager who has a laser focus on the critical path: the only bits
of a project that actually need to get done to achieve the desired
result. Whether that critical path is the a to z of a huge
corporate project, a small entrepreneur's project or the pathway to
getting dinner on the table with no fuss...I have the ability to
cut through the fluff and leave only what truly matters.
These days I prefer to work with overwhelmed women who have too
much on their plates and piles of stuff threatening to take over
their homes. I bring you discipline and simplicity to help you find
balance. With a big helping of no excuses tough love too."
"Make taking a stroll in nature your default way to exercise and connect with each other." -Sarah Moore
Sarah says to think about decluttering this way:
Mentally let go! Decluttering can be like dieting. You lose 10 pounds, then you go back to eating the way you did before you were dieting, you'll just gain the weight back, and maybe even more. If you don't change the way you think and behave around stuff, all the decluttering becomes putting the house on a diet, and afterwards the house will rebound and be even more filled with stuff than when you started.
You can find Sarah Moore:
Website: https://www.urbanearthmom.com/
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Want to connect? You can
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Thank you for joining me,
Jen
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