288 - Organizing BIG Projects

Organize 365 Podcast

Lisa Woodruff

Lisawoodruff, Education, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 5 July 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Do you have a big project looming over your head?

Maybe you’ve been procrastinating on it for a while and now you’re ready to get things in order. Or, maybe you woke up this morning with an amazing idea to start a big project in your home or office.

This is a great weekend to tackle those BIG projects!

Here’s a little-known fact about me – I love projects. The bigger the project, the better. I love everything about big projects from the planning stage right through to completion.

So in this episode of the podcast, I’m going to reveal how I tackle really big projects in hopes that it might help or inspire you to organize a big project of your own.

The Basement to Bedroom Project

It all began with a basement… last spring.

Abby had outgrown her bedroom and we’ve talked about the idea of her moving down to the basement for some time.

Did you know she has a pet ferret living in her bedroom with her? Yeah, those things need a big cage and they take up a lot of room. So, we decided she could move to the basement and have the space she needs for her and Willow (the ferret).

Plus, it worked out pretty well for me because I’ve been working from a home office in my bedroom for years and I knew Abby’s old bedroom would make a great office. So, it’s a win-win situation for both of us.

The only problem is that moving Abby’s bedroom to the basement is a mammoth task. One thing to remember about doing a big project in your house is that it doesn’t just affect one person. One room is like an octopus with tentacles that trickle out to other areas of the house and, before you know it, you’ve got the entire house involved.

To make the process go as smoothly as possible, I needed a plan. And before I knew it, project basement was underway!

In the podcast, I recount how I tackled that project:

Step 1 – The Planning Phase

Step 2 – Budgeting

Step 3 – Getting to Work!

Last weekend, I started... The Master Bedroom & Lisa's New Home Office Project.

I have been sharing my progress on all three of these projects in my highlights on Instagram. :)

What about you? Do you like to tackle really big projects? Do you have a project scheduled for this holiday weekend?

Tag me online so I can see!

View the full post here: https://organize365.com/big-projects//

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0:00.0	This week's meal bag comes to us from Amber from iTunes.
0:05.0	I found Lisa about eight weeks ago and I have really enjoyed listening to the podcast.
0:10.0	I tried the Sunday basket last week and it felt so good this week. I have just
0:16.4	listened to Friday's workbox episode. Holy cow I am so pumped and I cannot
0:21.9	wait to get to work next week and start putting this
0:24.7	stuff to use. Thank you Amber. Do you have an organized 365 success story?
0:31.8	We would love to hear about it. Please send us an email at
0:36.0	Lisa at organized 365.com and tell us how you have taken back your home, your paper, and your life with Organized 365.
0:47.0	Welcome to the Organized 365 Podcast. I'm your host, professional organizer, productivity expert, and motivational speaker Lisa Woodruff.
1:02.0	This podcast will help you embrace progress over perfection
1:05.9	and create lasting functional organizing in your home. I have so much to share with
1:11.7	you so let's get started.
1:15.0	Happy 4th of July weekend.
1:18.0	So I don't know about you but I love to do big projects in the summer and especially over like the 4th of July weekend.
1:27.8	We usually stay home.
1:28.8	I don't think we've ever traveled out of town for 4th of July.
1:32.4	So we're always home, we just do like a picnic, we don't do very much
1:35.3	over this time, so I get a lot of non-work time to be able to focus on some projects and I thought
1:40.8	this would be a great time to record a podcast for you all about how I tackle really big projects
1:47.3	I often joke that if you want to paint anything you should definitely wait for a red white and blue holiday so Memorial Day 4th of July
1:54.5	Labor Day are all times when the major stores puts their paint on sale so if you
2:00.0	have anything that you need to paint that's when I typically buy my paint is Memorial Day, Labor Day, or 4th of July.
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