#173: Working Through the Clutter with Dana White
Struggle Well School
Emily Thomas
5.0 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2019
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
I feel overwhelmed by housework. My brain can’t seem to process monotonous tasks like de-cluttering. There is a HUGE difference between how I want my house to look and how it looks right now.
Dana K. White is an author, podcaster, speaker, and (much to her own surprise) a decluttering expert. In a desperate attempt to get her own home under control, Dana started blogging as "Nony" (short for anonymous) at A Slob Comes Clean in 2009. Today, Dana shares realistic home management strategies and a message of hope for the hopelessly messy in her books: Decluttering at the Speed of Life and How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind. Dana lives with her husband and three kids just outside of Dallas, Texas. Oh, and she's funny.
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT:-
our fascinating backstory
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how Dana’s life changed when she came clean about her biggest shame
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what has changed in Dana’s life and in her spirit since decluttering
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the difference between a person with clutter and a hoarder
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a practical solution to your Tupperware lid dilemma
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind Decluttering at the Speed of Life A Slob Comes Clean podcast Cascade dishwasher pods Broken Harts podcast
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| 0:49.2 | podcast that helps you love your actual life so you don't need to run away |
| 0:52.3 | from home. We believe |
| 0:53.5 | perfection is nonsense and peace is a perspective shift away. So listen, this was my |
| 0:58.2 | first week going back to full-time working outside of the home, plus the full-time working that happens of the home plus the full time working that happens inside |
| 1:04.6 | the home plus having this lovely show and I just want to tell you how it went because |
| 1:09.1 | so many of you are asking. Let's see I missed Valentine's Day just completely. My children |
| 1:17.4 | were not pleased. They were kind but they were not pleased. My car broke down but the good thing was I had just gone to target so I had a family |
| 1:27.2 | size pack of Oreos to keep me company which it did. I missed the doctor's appointment and I missed the parent teacher |
| 1:35.3 | conferences. So I feel like all in all my entrance into the working world was |
| 1:41.0 | strong and I think it was memorable. But honestly I really |
| 1:46.1 | have enjoyed having no choice but to work through what does it look like to |
| 1:51.0 | struggle well in the situation? |
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