I'm Stephanie Safarian and this is episode 82.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.

Here's your host host Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and thanks for joining me.

Do you have a big decluttering project on your plate

that for whatever reason you've been putting off?

If that sounds like you, I'm guessing you already know the benefits of a tidy home and

you don't need me to remind you how improved your life will become once the project is complete.

What you do need for me instead is a plan.

My guest this week is Katie McGowan.

Katie is a blogger and a mom of five,

who didn't have just a little bit of tidying to do.

She had a gigantic whole house decluttering project ahead of her and she's on the

podcast today to describe the exact moment she hit her breaking point. She's also

here to explain how she tackled the job, what her life looks like today, and my favorite is

Katie also shares three important pieces of insight she gleaned along the way.

Now Katie did not just willy-nilly pick up here or there wherever

the wind blew her and whenever she found the time. Katie was actually quite

systematic about the task.

She sat down and she made a plan before she ever decluttered a single thing.

And that exact plan is what anchored her efforts and led her to ultimate whole house decluttered success.

Now if you know in your gut that you have a gigantic decluttering project on your hands.

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