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Organize 365 Podcast

279 - 3 Reasons Why You Can't Get Organized & What To Do About It

Organize 365 Podcast

Lisa Woodruff

Lisawoodruff, Education, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

When our life gets unorganized, we tend to blame outside sources such as our spouse, our lack of money, not having enough time, and so on. But the truth is that your cluttered life (and home) has nothing to do with any of that. Those are just the things we like to think are holding us back. What’s really holding us back from living a more organized life is having a plan to achieve that life.

If you’ve tried to get organized in the past and failed time and time again, you’re in the right place. Today's podcast is designed to help get you organized and decluttered once and for all.

Before we dig into the good stuff, I need you to download this fun worksheet to follow along with the podcast.

We have ALL been unorganized at some point in our lives... even me.

Before I turned 40 back in 2012, I reached the most unorganized stage of my life. My home was so cluttered, it was tearing at the seams. My "epiphany" moment hit me on a random afternoon when I came home with a few bags of groceries and realized I had nowhere to put anything that I bought.

The fridge was packed and some of the things in there were way past their expiration dates. The cupboards were the same. But the madness wasn’t confined to my kitchen. Oh no. The clutter rampage had spread throughout my entire home. Every drawer was a junk drawer.

So, I sat down and made a list of every single space that needed to be organized and I spent the next 100 days organizing. I needed to regain control of my house and my life. It wasn’t easy, but I got there, and now I want to help you do the same.

Sometimes life just gets moving too fast and we literally get run over. Unfortunately, it is not a matter of if this will happen, it is a matter of WHEN. And when it does, it takes a herculean effort to get back up and get organized again.

Many of you ask me... "How do you know what I am thinking or what my house looks like?" Well, because we have all been there.

I know you feel like no one has ever ended up with their house as disorganized as yours, but we ALL have.

And after analyzing when and why this happens, I have actually determined that there are some key seasons in your life where almost everyone will feel like you do today...

In the podcast today, I unpack...

1. What’s your why.

2. What season of life are you in.

3. Understanding the Cycle of Organization.

And why we can get organized in one phase of life and everything seems to fall apart as you move from one phase to the next.

Now is The Best Time to Get Organized :)

Don't roll your eyes at me!

You know you are itching to clean out the garage, wash everything in sight, and declutter!

And you will... for a weekend. And then you will fall back into your daily routines and stop your organizational efforts.

It is not you. It is totally normal!

But do you want ordinary? Or are you ready for EXTRAORDINARY?

Living an organized and productive life is extraordinary!

The 100 Day Home Organization Program is your plan to move from an ordinary reactive life to an extraordinarily productive life.

Sign up! We start on Monday!

View the full post here: http://organize365.com/3reasons/

Transcript

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0:00.0

This week's mail bag comes to us from Rachel.

0:04.0

Lisa and Team, you've totally got me hooked.

0:08.0

I just received my Sunday basket a week ago

0:11.0

and it's a total game changer. I didn't think things were falling through the cracks before, but

0:16.8

now I realize how much my efficiency was impacted by all the little things that pop up through the week.

0:23.0

Now that I'm hooked, I feel like getting an entrepreneur box for my business is essential.

0:29.0

And the price feels like a bargain compared to hiring a coach or spending hours developing my own organization

0:36.4

systems.

0:37.8

It's a challenge I would relish, but it's truly not the best use of my time. Thank you team for giving me a great solution that I didn't even realize I desperately need.

0:48.0

Thank you Rachel.

0:50.0

Do you have an organized 365 success story? We would love to hear about it.

0:57.0

Please send us an email at Lisa at organized 365.com and tell us how you have taken back your home, your paper, and your life with

1:06.6

Organized 365.

1:10.8

Welcome to the Organized 365 Podcast. I'm your host,

1:18.4

Professional Organizer Productivity expert and motivational speaker Lisa Woodruff.

1:24.0

This podcast will help you embrace progress over perfection

1:28.0

and create lasting functional organizing in your home.

1:32.0

I have so much to share with you, so let's get started.

1:37.0

Hey everyone, I am super excited to be talking to you today about three reasons you can't get organized and what to do about it.

1:47.0

Before I get started, I wanted that you download a sheet that we have that goes along with this presentation.

1:52.0

If you're watching this in a replay, just go ahead and pause it. sheet that we have that goes along with this presentation.

1:52.8

If you're watching this in a replay,

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