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A Slob Comes Clean

499: Adjusting to Smaller Space & Larger Struggles

A Slob Comes Clean

Dana K White

House, Organizing, Clean, Routines, Home, Declutter, To, How, Kids & Family, Decluttering, Messy, Housekeeping, A, Cleaning

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Today’s guest is a full-time caregiver living in a much smaller space than she once had. But holding on to things that represent a previous identity are making it hard to embrace the things that would/could give her joy in her current reality. We discussed how to focus on small successes to instead of big and daunting goals.


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0:00.0

Welcome to a slob chem's clean the podcast. I am Danny K. White. I share my personal deslobification process.

0:07.7

As I figure out ways to keep my own home under control, I share the truth about cleaning and

0:12.4

organizing strategies that actually work in real life for real people, people who don't love

0:17.7

cleaning and organizing. Thank you for joining me today. This is podcast number

0:23.2

499. So send in your questions if you have questions for my husband because he will be

0:28.9

joining me on next week's podcast, I think, if I can remember to get that recorded.

0:37.1

Anyway, you know, when I can't just do it on my time and I'm like, oh, that's right.

0:41.8

I got to do this when he's available.

0:44.0

Sometimes adds a layer of complications.

0:46.2

So send those questions in.

0:47.9

Don't forget to that Winnie the Walrus, Winnie's pile of pillows is out there in the world. It's been really fun to, you know, the thing

0:58.4

about a children's book is that you can read it in like 15 or 20 minutes. And so it's been fun to

1:03.6

see the reviews come in so quickly. So we've got, I think when I'm recording this, we have like 17

1:08.7

five star reviews. And I'm so thankful for that. I've even heard one of the reviews. And I don't know if it's the same person, but somebody had also emailed me and said, I read this with my kids. And then they immediately were like, hey, let's do this in my room too. Let's get rid of some toys.

1:30.0

And so that's like a huge win.

1:31.0

That's basically the goal.

1:33.5

So anyway, look up Winnie's pile of pillows.

1:35.0

You can always just look up Dana K. White,

1:36.7

wherever you like to buy books and find that. But in this podcast, I'm going to call it adjusting to smaller space and bigger struggles.

1:46.0

So I'm talking with one of my Patreon members here and she's been through a lot.

1:52.1

And she's a loving caregiver, but that's a lot of stress.

1:57.1

And they've moved into a much smaller space than what they had before. So we're talking

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