256: How to Troubleshoot Clutter [Part 2]
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Katy Wells
4.8 • 879 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Are you ready to finally tackle those clutter hotspots in your home? You know the ones I'm talking about – the entryway, kitchen counter, or that one corner of the living room that just seems to attract clutter like a magnet. Today, I'm sharing some super practical tips to keep these spots clutter-free, not just during the summer, but all year round!
In this episode, we'll walk through a step-by-step process to identify and conquer your clutter hotspots. We'll chat about the difference between expected mess and clutter, the magic of daily resets, and how to respect your home's physical boundaries. Plus, I'll let you in on my favorite decluttering trick – the clutter audit. Trust me, it’s a game-changer!
Here’s what we’ll cover:
- How to spot your clutter hotspots and figure out why they gather clutter.
- The power of consistent decluttering and how to do a quick clutter audit.
- Why setting up a permanent donation bin can make your life so much easier.
- How to combine daily resets with clutter audits for double the impact.
- Honoring your home’s physical boundaries to keep clutter at bay.
- Changing your mindset to tackle procrastination and clutter effectively.
By the end of this episode, you'll have a bunch of easy strategies to keep your home neat and organized. Imagine how much more time, energy, and peace of mind you'll have!
Ready to dive deeper and get more personalized help? I’d love to welcome you to the Clutter Cure Club. Inside, you'll get my Clutter Freedom Roadmap and join a community of like-minded folks all working towards a clutter-free home. We’re kicking off our Summer Simplicity Sprints soon, so now's the perfect time to join!
Head over to katiejoywells.com/cluttercureclub and let's transform your home together in just 10 minutes a week.
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist |
| 0:07.7 | podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to |
| 0:14.1 | rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take |
| 0:20.6 | back your motherhood |
| 0:21.6 | and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:29.8 | Hey friend, Katie here. And as promised, we're diving into troubleshooting these pesky clutter |
| 0:36.2 | hotspots. These are areas in our home that seem to attract clutter |
| 0:40.4 | like a magnet, whether it's the entryway kitchen counter or that one corner of the living room. |
| 0:46.1 | A lot of us have these spots. Okay. So we're going to talk about how we can tackle them head on, |
| 0:50.7 | keep them clutter free, not just during summer, but really all year round let's go number one identifying |
| 0:58.4 | your clutter hotspots so first things first we need to identify these hotspots so take a quick walk |
| 1:06.0 | around your home and make a note of any areas where clutter just seems to accumulate. And remember, this is really important. |
| 1:13.4 | I'm not talking about normal expected mess. I'm not talking about your kids coming home from day camp and |
| 1:20.2 | plopping their stuff on the countertops or, you know, food that got left out after dinner, |
| 1:25.4 | or whatever, a water bottle that landed on the kitchen table. |
| 1:28.6 | That's expected mass. We talked about that last week. So if you need a reminder on tackling that |
| 1:32.9 | type of mess, go back to last Wednesday's episode. Clutter. Clutter is excess. It's the broken, |
| 1:38.8 | the unused, the unwanted stuff that is no longer serving you and your family. And sometimes it's excess clutter that doesn't |
| 1:46.6 | have or fit into its home. So it's landing or living on surface areas. Okay. That's separate from |
| 1:54.0 | expected mass. But sometimes clutter is landing on those surface areas right near the expected mass. |
| 1:58.9 | Sometimes it gets all jumbled up, right? |
| 2:08.4 | So the idea is think about the places that frustrate you the most due to the volume of clutter in that space. For example, do you get annoyed every single morning when you open your dress or drawer |
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