So hey guys, welcome back to the Clutterbug podcast. Today I'm going to talk about

making a transition from really cluttered to clean. So this isn't definitely going to apply to the people out there who are already

pretty organized and pretty on top of things. Today I really wanted to talk to you and

address those of you out there who are really drowning

in clutter, who really are living in a very cluttered home.

And first I want to tell you that I feel your pain because I'm naturally just not an organized person.

I'm a messy person naturally and though I love organizing and decorating, even in my slob days, you know, I love trying to make a room pretty,

I was definitely drowning in clutter and things were not put in proper homes and in my early

20s there were even a time unfortunately I have to admit in my life where I had paths

from my door to my bed and from my bed to my kitchen.

You know, I was just living on my own, I was working a lot of jobs and it wasn't garbage and dirty things,

it was clothing and you know other stuff that was just laziness

I'd come in I would drop the stuff where it is and it would just add up and add up and before you know it

I had you know knee-high piles everywhere of stuff and then it becomes

overwhelming and where do you start at that point and how do you start at that point. You can shove it all in the closets and

you can hide everything under the bed and shove things in places but then the next time you have to go

and get something that you're looking for you have to pull everything out again.

So that type of cleaning up is just a vicious cycle and that's the vicious cycle I was in for a really, really long time.

Even when I was at a point where my house was really clean, when people would come over,

it looked really clean. You know, if I needed the umbrella or I was looking for my favorite

pair of shoes, I would have to completely trash my closets and

pull everything out from all my hiding spots to find the things that I was looking for and

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