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Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's episode is going to be a longer one, part of the series where I

interview fascinating people about how they take their days from great to awesome and any

advice they have for the rest of us. So today I am delighted to welcome Shira Gill to Before

Breakfast. Shira is an organizing expert in the author of several lovely and calming books,

including Lifestyled and Organized Living. Shira, welcome to the show. Thank you so much.

Yeah, why don't you tell our listeners a little bit about yourself? Sure. So I spent,

you know, the majority of my career as a professional organizer in people's homes. So helping people edit and organize and

style every room of their home. And then kind of transitioned into book writing during COVID,

which was a natural transition to get out of people's homes. And that's when I wrote my first book,

Minimalista. And then from there, as you mentioned, I wrote two other books.

And now my work is really designed to help people create clarity, clear clutter, and take decisive action in all areas of life.

So from home to their mind, to their schedule, to their business. And were you always

like an organized person? I'm curious how you began a career in professional organizing.

Yeah, I would say I was always very affected by my environment. I don't know that I would have

used the word organized, but it was more obsessive. And I always felt

very calmed by having a calming environment. So I think as a young kid, it was something I always

paid a lot of attention to when I felt anxious. You know, my parents divorced when I was quite young

and I was an only child who went back and forth from house to house every other day.

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