2619: No, You Aren’t Crazy. Clutter is Linked to Anxiety by Emma Scheib

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🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Emma Scheib of Simple Slow Lovely talks about how clutter is linked to anxiety Episode 2619: No, You Aren’t Crazy. Clutter is Linked to Anxiety by Emma Scheib Emma is a self-confessed introvert who craves the simple and slow things in life. She loves to run, read, and write. She is blessed to be wife to a wonderful husband, mum to two amazing and vivacious daughters, 1 dog, a cat, and 5 chickens. They live in Motueka, New Zealand, a stone’s throw from the beautiful Abel Tasman National Park. Emma has been on a journey towards a slower simpler and more intentional way of living since her second daughter was born a few years ago. She has learned lots along the way and loves passing on these lessons. The original post is located here: https://simpleslowlovely.com/clutter-and-anxiety/ Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? Visit https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalLivingDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily episode 2619.
0:05.0	No, you aren't crazy.
0:07.1	Clutter is linked to anxiety by M.A. Shyb of simpleslowlovely.com and I'm Justin Mollick.
0:13.8	Happy Monday, welcome back to Optimal Living Daily or the OLD podcast where I read to you
0:19.0	from some of the best blogs I can find and get permission from.
0:22.7	We get right to our minimalist Monday post as we optimize your life.
0:30.8	No, you aren't crazy.
0:32.5	Clutter is linked to anxiety by M.A. Shyb of simpleslowlovely.com.
0:38.8	A library book that needs returning, another book that needs reading, a congratulations card
0:44.6	my preschooler made for her dad, a few hair ties, a water bottle with no lid, and several
0:51.0	loose doggie doobags.
0:53.5	This is the clutter in the front of my car.
0:56.0	I won't bore you or horrify you with what's in the backseat and trunk.
1:01.0	But this clutter is a weight on my already overloaded brain.
1:05.1	I feel a perceptible spike in my anxiety every time I hop in the car.
1:10.7	The relationship between clutter and anxiety.
1:14.5	For me, clutter and anxiety go hand in hand.
1:18.0	They are like lovers that shouldn't be together, codependent and terrible for each other, and
1:23.7	almost impossible to separate.
1:26.6	Many people don't get the level of anxiety that clutter and mess cause me.
1:30.7	They can sit in a messy room, not bothered by the laundry strewn across the couch or the
1:35.5	lego's making a trail from the bedroom to the living room.
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