306 - Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to Your Organizing Journey
Organize 365 Podcast
Lisa Woodruff
4.5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 October 2019
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
As you go deeper into your organizing journey, you will find that things are empty. You may find empty shelves, empty cabinets, and empty space on your calendar. As you look for something to fill these spaces, you should consider the different kinds of human needs that benefit from being addressed. Maslow’s theory looks at these different kinds of needs as a pyramid, and I have found benefit from spending extra time and energy on each level at different times.
I love to learn new things and apply them to the process of getting organized. Today, I want to introduce you to Abraham Maslow and his theory about the hierarchy of needs.
In the podcast, I explain and apply the 5 levels of human needs to different phases of the year and unexpected events. I explain how these different kinds of needs change as our lives cycle through different seasons. I want to help you spend more time in the highest levels so that you can live out your unique gift and share it with the world.
Finally, I share how Planning Day before each new round of the 100 Day Home Organization Program helps you to review and revise how you will meet each level of need during the upcoming trimester. I want to help you move to a mindset where you can pursue your personal esteem and self-actualization needs without guilt.
Understanding where you are in your organizational journey will help you take the next right step for you. Tag me in your Instagram post and tell me what your next step is!
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| 0:00.0 | This week's mailbag comes to us from Abbey via Facebook. |
| 0:05.0 | I had an organizational win today. |
| 0:08.0 | I hosted an essential oil party at my house this afternoon. |
| 0:11.0 | I only had to spend an hour tidying things up, vacuuming, and wiping |
| 0:15.5 | down the counters to get the house ready because everything was in its place or was easy to get |
| 0:20.8 | put away. The last time I hosted a few weeks ago I had to clean, |
| 0:25.8 | declutter and find home for things for five hours before my guests arrive. |
| 0:30.6 | Only needing an hour reduced my stress and allowed me to enjoy the rest of my day. |
| 0:36.0 | Thank you, Lisa. |
| 0:38.0 | I've still got ways to go in the bedrooms and the laundry room, but our spaces people will see when they come over |
| 0:44.3 | are much more presentable and are being reasonably maintained. |
| 0:50.4 | Way to go, Abby. |
| 0:56.0 | Do you have an Organized 365 success story? We would love to hear about it. |
| 0:58.0 | 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 |
| 1:08.0 | with Organized 365 Podcast. I'm your host, Professional Organizer, |
| 1:21.1 | Productivity Expert and Motivational Speaker Lisa professional organizer, productivity expert, and motivational speaker Lisa Woodruff. |
| 1:26.3 | This podcast will help you embrace progress over perfection and create lasting functional |
| 1:32.0 | organizing in your home. I have so much to share with you, so let's get started. |
| 1:39.2 | Last week on the podcast, I shared with you how I had calm in the middle of two chaotic situations and |
| 1:46.6 | often I give you a lot of tips and tricks about how to be more organized how to be |
| 1:51.4 | more productive and I use examples in my own life. This week and next week I |
| 1:57.3 | want to dive into two different philosophers psychologists versions of why we do what we do |
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