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

Japanese Organizing that WORKS (Even With ADHD) | Clutterbug Podcast #317

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

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Hey Clutterbugs! Let’s stop making piles and use tiny 1% changes to organize our homes without overwhelm. In this podcast, we’re using Japanese organizing ideas (Kaizen, 5S, Wabi-Sabi, “Mottainai”) to declutter, build simple systems, and keep the house tidy longer. And we’re doing this together (not in a “make 47 piles and cry about it for 60 days” way). This is a mini‑challenge episode where you make tiny micro improvements while you listen . . . and end the podcast feeling weirdly proud of yourself.We’re talking:Kaizen: small steps that actually add up (especially for ADHD brains)Why pulling everything out is a trap (and what to do instead)The “don’t go on Amazon for bins” rule (you know who you are)The 5S system (sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain) — Toyota vibes, but for your houseMottainai (“what a waste”): the guilt-free decluttering mindset shiftWabi-Sabi organizing: good‑enough systems that are easy to maintainLet’s get to it! Want to get organized? Learn 6-Step The Clutterbug Method: https://clutterbug.thinkific.com/courses/Clutterbug-Method You can find more Clutterbug content here: Main YouTube Channel: @Clutterbug Website: http://www.clutterbug.me TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/ #clutterbug #podcast #adhdorganization #adhdhome #kaizen #homeorganization #decluttering #homehacks #cleaningmotivation #habitsthatchangeyourlife Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you ever wanted to get your entire home organized? And you start and you take big messes

0:05.0

and you start sorting on the floor into a million little tiny piles. And then three weeks later,

0:10.9

they're still there. You're still sorting, except now you're sick of it and you just put it all

0:16.2

back into one giant pile and feel like life's kicking your butt. Today we are not focusing on pulling

0:24.1

everything out and making piles. In fact, I hope you never, ever do that. Instead, we're going to be

0:30.4

focusing on tiny microchanges, small steps that add up to that big change you're looking for. It's not as dramatic and it's not

0:40.8

as like, oh, in your face, I'm going to be amazing. But it actually works. And that's the difference.

0:46.6

Just like always, you are not allowed to just sit and passively listen or watch this podcast,

0:52.2

unless you're driving. Please keep driving and keep your eyes on the road.

0:55.3

But if you are at home, you are going to take action. And today's going to be a little bit different.

1:00.3

I'm going to give you a challenge to start. But then throughout this episode, I'm going to give

1:05.4

you little mini challenges that I hope you do along with me, that you go to a space and while you're listening,

1:12.3

you make tiny micro improvements, those little tiptoe steps. And at the end of this podcast,

1:18.9

you're going to feel so proud of yourself. So the first challenge is I want you to go to your kitchen

1:24.6

sink and I want you to clean it out. If it's full of dirty dishes,

1:28.5

you're washing them. Definitely pull out that drain stop. I say this because this morning while I was

1:33.6

making my tea, I went over and put an old mug in. My sink has an odor. It has a stink. It has

1:40.4

old rags in it. And I'm pretty sure it's melted cheese stuck to the bottom.

1:44.9

No, no, my friends.

1:45.9

We deserve better.

1:47.0

So start there.

1:48.0

Start in your sink.

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