Anti-Procrastination Techniques that Truly Work

The Minimal Mom

Dawn Madsen

Self-improvement, Education:how To, Education, How To

4.8 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Do you find it challenging to declutter with ADHD? Are you looking for effective anti-procrastination techniques that truly work? How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts in your mind? How can you get your spouse to support your decluttering efforts? Join Dawn and Amy Revell, author, podcaster, and leading organizing and decluttering expert in Australia, as they discuss anti procrastination techniques that actually work and decluttering the most impactful areas in your home. Amy is a leading Decluttering and Organising Expert in Australia. She is a successful author, podcaster and blogger, and loves equipping people to find freedom through decluttering and organizing their homes. Connect with Amy: Website: https://www.theartofdecluttering.com.au/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theartofdecluttering/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theartofdeclutteringcommunity/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1dQr5Epj7hD2scKaRFhIDu?si=6d71306103544f27 TIME STAMPS: 0:00 The Art of Decluttering 0:49 “Might as well” 1:50 ADHD’ers are rebellious! 2:39 Your future self will thank you. 3:26 Micro tasks 4:23 Closing the loop. 7:30 Too much inventory causes open tabs. 7:58 Never organize what you can declutter. 8:20 Find the area you care about the LEAST and start there. 9:58 Generational shifts 10:30 Get rid of THIS now! 11:32 High rotation areas make the most impact. 12:40 There is nothing wrong with me! 13:21 Time will tell container 13:49 Quantity issue vs. systems issue 19:50 How do I get my spouse on board? 21:34 The great sock debacle 23:50 How do I get my kids to clean up their room? 24:49 Is decluttering in stealth a good idea? 25:45 It’s ok if, “I don’t feel like decluttering.” 27:14 The sunk cost theory ABOUT THE MINIMAL MOM: Hi, I'm Dawn, if we haven't met before, I'm married to Tom and we have four kids ages 8-13. We live outside of the Twin Cities in MN and have called ourselves minimalists for 8 years now. We got rid of 85% of our stuff and don't miss ANY OF IT! If you'd like to see more instructional videos about minimalism and decluttering, be sure to check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMinimalMom

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0:00.0	When we first got married, my husband would always take his socks off and leave them inside out.
0:04.0	And I hated the fact I was doing the washing at that stage.
0:07.0	I hated turning socks and then one day Dawn, one sock was done, right?
0:12.0	And I praised him like the man had just solved world peace.
0:17.0	Welcome to the Minimal Mom Podcast.
0:19.0	Today I'm joined by Amy from the art of decluttering.
0:21.6	Amy is a leading decluttering and organizing expert in Australia. She is a successful author,
0:26.1	podcaster, and blogger and loves equipping people to find freedom through decuttering and
0:30.6	organizing their homes. As well as physically decluttering with clients, the mindset and
0:34.6	habit changes that Amy teaches are life transformational and will change
0:38.6	the way your home runs forever. Well, Amy, I think, well, as soon as you start talking,
0:43.3	people are going to realize that you are from Australia and not, we don't live on the same,
0:48.4	even hemisphere, but I love this phrase. You said, might as well. And so it's a, it's an anti-procrastination technique.
0:56.8	So tell us how this works because I have not been able to get it out of my head since I
1:01.0	listened to your podcast on it. Thanks for having me, Dawn. I love the mud as well because as an
1:07.7	ADHD, I can very, very easily procrastinate things because it seems like
1:12.8	it's so much. I make it in my head a huge deal. And then I'm like, oh, these things don't
1:19.1	take very long. So as an example, I might be walking through and someone's dropped a sock on the
1:23.2	floor. I could just kick it to the side. But what I do is like, eh, might as well pick it up.
1:28.6	And it might take me three or four seconds to pick it up and put it in a hamper.
1:32.7	And then I'm like, oh, that was a good payoff.
1:35.4	That was worth it.
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