489 | Organization is a Learnable Skill with Lisa Woodruff

ADHD reWired

Eric Tivers, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this episode, the owner of Organize365 - Lisa Woodruff - joins Eric on the podcast! Organize365 has conducted academic research, establishing the definitions of house work, home organization, and the weight of paper in the American home. This ongoing research is making the invisible work at home visible to all, so we can eliminate it, free people from the monotonous tasks of daily living, and unlock our time for what we are uniquely created to do! Lisa is also a natural tinkerer and a lover of puzzles, a kindergarten teacher, used to organize people's homes when she used to babysit, and even used to organize teachers' classrooms. If you're wondering how you can get your home organized, then this is the episode to listen to, because today, Eric and Lisa will discuss the idea that organization is a learnable skill! You'll hear some of Lisa's rules for taking on new projects and her 24-hour rule, visual clutter, what to do with incomplete projects, where piles come from, and breaking down the Sunday Basket. Find Lisa's book, her research and her podcast at organize365.com! (click here!) Find Organize365 on YouTube @organize365 (click here!) Questions/Topics: [00:01:51] Introducing Lisa [00:03:11] What was the "why" for Lisa to get into becoming organized? [00:07:11] What are the helpful questions that Lisa asks her clients? [00:10:09] A brief discussion on (perceptions of) minimalism [00:10:38] How do we live more through having less? (And is "less" the "right" answer?) [00:12:26] "So what?" and a discussion about visual clutter and accumulating projects and hobbies [00:16:20] Clutter, piles, and what to do with purchases and returns [00:19:43] ADHD and home ownership [00:23:27] What is the Sunday Basket? And Lisa's thoughts about "being behind" when organizing [00:27:03] What are the Four Binders? [00:31:51] Questions to ask yourself when utilizing your calendar and staying organized [00:34:53] Taking care of financial documents [00:41:57] Lisa shares her ADHD story and a discussion on executive function and working memory [00:47:22] Diving into Lisa's academic studies about organization as a skill [00:51:18] How many people care about being organized? [00:55:12] Lisa on investing in our household and what's in our control [00:56:58] Closing thoughts Resources & Honorable Mentions: "If you have something that's working for YOU, absolutely do not change it!" - Lisa "Stop trying to get an "A" in your housework." - Lisa 🌟 Have you heard about our Adult Study Hall Community and want some real-time accountability? Go to adultstudyhall.com to join our ADHD-friendly body-doubling community! 🌟 Interested in group coaching and want to take your ADHD management to the next level? Go to coachingrewired.com to get all the up-to-date information on the upcoming season of ADHD reWired's award-winning Coaching & Accountability groups!

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0:00.0	Hey, we are just over two weeks away from kicking off our summer season of coaching and
0:04.9	accountability groups. So don't miss your chance to join us. Go to coaching rewired.com to
0:10.1	get registered for our next summer registration events, which is this week on Thursday,
0:14.7	June 29th at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 Eastern.
0:17.8	We are also now offering an evening session, which will be on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and we are still offering
0:24.7	$500 off select sections. What I did not expect was how quickly I would be able to
0:30.9	open up and feel incredibly close to the people in my group, how much I would learn from other people in the group,
0:37.0	the value of the interacting with people who inherently and intuitively understand the same kinds of things I deal with and how that makes it easier to work on solutions to move forward without getting track
0:49.0	being so much shame and self-criticism.
0:52.0	We're coaching rewired.com to learn more, more info at the break.
0:56.0	And now on the show.
1:00.0	Hey all real quick before we dive into today's conversation I really really want to encourage you
1:06.2	especially if you are like in the majority of our listeners who don't always make it through
1:11.0	to the end of our episodes make it to the end of our episodes.
1:13.5	Make it to the end of this episode.
1:15.2	Pause, come back to it.
1:16.6	Lisa Woodruff from Organized 365 is today's guest,
1:20.4	and man, I think my brain exploded about 50 times during this conversation.
1:25.0	So if you're anything like me and trying to get yourself organized just it seems like you're
1:31.0	trying to learn brain surgery.
1:32.5	This episode is for you.
1:33.9	You know, we have show notes,
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