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Clutterbug - Real-Life Hacks and Tips to Declutter, Organize and Clean your Home Fast

It's NOT Laziness. Perfectionism is Keeping You Stuck. | Clutterbug Podcast #310

Clutterbug - Real-Life Hacks and Tips to Declutter, Organize and Clean your Home Fast

Clutterbug

Education, Leisure, Self-improvement, How To, Home & Garden

4.72.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Hey Clutterbugs! Decluttering motivation, cleaning tips, and how to stop perfectionism paralysis—today I’m breaking down why you feel stuck in clutter and how to finally get your home organized.If you’re overwhelmed by mess, doom piles/doom boxes, clutter anxiety, or you keep procrastinating because it won’t be “perfect,” this episode will help you start (and finish) in just 5 minutes.Today we’re talking about radical exposure to “good enough” (aka doing it a little messy on purpose) so you can break the perfectionism cycle and actually make progress. Because “later, when I can do it right” is how clutter wins.I’m also sharing what happened during our Take Your House Back all-day declutter live… including the moment I totally hit a wall emotionally. But the real point of this episode isn’t the tears, it’s the breakthrough: the reason so many of us stay stuck isn’t laziness, it’s the fear of doing it wrong. Website: http://www.clutterbug.me YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clutterbug TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ Seana episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idnl9vmrEHM #decluttering #clutterbug #organization #homeorganization #cleaningmotivation #declutteryourhome #minimalism #messyhouse #overwhelmed #perfectionism #productivity #adhdorganization #motivation #tidying #home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I may or may not have had a full emotional breakdown while on a live event in front of thousands

0:07.6

of people. There was tears. This January has been like so many January's in the past where I am just

0:14.8

so excited to help you change. Like fresh start. I'm not big on New Year's resolutions,

0:20.8

but there's something

0:21.5

really powerful about the new year that motivates everyone to try to be better and do better.

0:28.9

And so I'm spending a lot of time, a lot of energy, just being excited and trying to spread

0:34.5

that excitement. But recently on a live that I was doing as part of the Take Your House Back all day declutter,

0:41.3

all that excitement hit a brick wall.

0:45.3

This past Saturday, we had our live all day declutter.

0:49.3

This was the 15th all day declutter that we do as part of the Take Your House Back group.

0:55.6

Dawn from the Minimal Mom, Dana from a Slob comes clean, and I from Clutterbug,

1:00.2

in case you don't know who you're listening to right now, together we are like live clutter

1:05.3

coaches and we move through different rooms in your homes, trying to encourage thousands

1:10.8

and thousands of people

1:12.1

who are on the live with us to declutter and helping answer questions. It's like, rah, rah,

1:17.5

we're your cheerleader. I get intense. Sometimes I bring a little tough love. There's may or may not be

1:23.1

screaming. But the whole point is to radically remove the things in your home that you're not using and

1:30.4

loving so that you can start fresh, right? And I was excited. This was the 15th. I was screaming.

1:36.8

I was into it. I was like, we're getting rid of stuff. And while I'm helping other people,

1:42.9

I'm decluttering my own home at the same time.

1:45.3

I got rid of two entire trash bags of clothing to donate and a trash bag full of trash from my closet in one of the hours.

1:54.3

I was feeling good, you guys.

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