AP 699: Declutter Without Perfection: How to Ditch the Instagram Standards to Create a More Peaceful, Simple Home || with Courtney Florey

About Progress

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Ever feel like your home is battling Instagram's "after" photos? I certainly do! My chat with Courtney Florey of Declutter and Dwell tackled this, as she believes these unrealistic standards can hinder progress by fostering comparison and pressure for perfection. We agreed homes are meant to be lived in, not just admired, and it's normal if yours isn't magazine-ready. This pressure can deter us from even starting, fearing too much time, money, or effort, or leading to burnout. Her practical advice includes aligning your home with your life's priorities and starting with small, easy areas to build confidence and momentum. Tune in to discover how you can create a more peaceful, simple home! Sign up as a Supporter to get access to our private, premium, ad-free podcast, More Personal. Episodes air each Friday! ⁠Get on the waitlist for Italy!⁠ Leave a rating and review Check out my ⁠workshops⁠! Follow About Progress on YOUTUBE! Book Launch Committee Free DSL Training Full Show Notes This episode is brought to you by ⁠⁠Fearless Finance⁠⁠, use code PROGRESS at https://landing.fearlessfinance.com/ for $50 your first session; and by goPure Beauty, get 25% off @goPure with code PROGRESS at https://www.goPurebeauty.com/PROGRESS #goPurepod; and by ⁠AirDoctor⁠, use code MONICA at ⁠http://airdoctorpro.com/⁠ for up to $300 off air purifiers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Overall, people feel lighter when they let things go.
0:04.2	And usually I don't hear about a lot of people regretting it.
0:07.7	They're like, no, I regret.
0:08.9	I didn't do this sooner because of the freedom I feel, the relief of letting some of these
0:15.8	things go and having less in my home.
0:23.6	Hi, this is Monica Packer and you're listening to About Progress, where we are about
0:28.7	progress made practical.
0:33.8	Forgive my voice, I'm just getting over a sickness.
0:41.5	What if your home didn't have to be picture perfect to feel peaceful?
0:46.0	One of my biggest personal interests is interior design.
0:58.1	In fact, when About Progress was a blog and not yet a podcast, I had a series where I would charge $50 to do e-designs for my friends disguised as clients.
1:05.0	Creating a home that is beautiful and reflective of our own needs and style is such a great outlet, and I'm always thinking about subbing interior design.
1:09.3	As part of that, I love saving posts on Instagram that spur my own
1:13.3	creativity and the next project in my home. Maybe you're like me and you love interiors, or you're super
1:20.4	into organization and making things look nice and function better. And if Instagram is part of what
1:26.9	feeds those interests, then you know what
1:29.3	it's like to get inundated with a lot of before and afters. And there's a theme with them.
1:35.7	Perfection. All the afters from beautifully designed spaces to see through containers galore
1:42.0	make us think that a peaceful home has to be spotless,
1:45.9	color-coded, and covered in cursive labels. Today I'm joined by Courtney Florey of Declutter and
1:52.7	Dwell, who's here to challenge the all-or-nothing mindset around decluttering, especially for moms.
1:58.6	If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the idea of getting your house just right
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