Even if you're not a traditional perfectionist, you may be sabotaging yourself in ways that you don't even realize like I am.

That's what we're going to talk about today.

Hey, clutter bugs. Welcome back to the clutter bug podcast. I haven't done a podcast in so long.

And I realized it was that idea of perfectionism that was really getting in the way.

I'm not a perfectionist at all, but I would say to myself, it isn't quiet enough. I don't have the right setup.

I just was constantly making excuses of why I wasn't doing a podcast because I guess it didn't seem like I had the ideal situation.

So I'm here. My Uber is picking me up in 20 minutes.

My schedule is really tight right now, but I thought I'm going to stop making excuses and just do it.

So I mean, if I make a mistake, we're just going for it today because I really want to show you and use this as an example of how that idea, if we're going to do something we have to do it right, can be sabotaging your life.

I don't know who came up with that saying, if you're going to do something, it's worth doing it right, but that honestly is like the worst advice.

And I know this because I used to feel this way. My parents used to say this to me all the time.

And so I was really afraid to do things wrong and I over thought things. And I thought I had to have, you know, all my ducks lined up in a row before I would jump into a situation.

And even though that went completely against my personality and there are so many of you listening, but that is your personality.

You are perfectionist, whether you know it or not, and it is 100% contributing to you not achieving the things in your life that you want to achieve.

And I see this all the time. I'm doing this show right now, hot mess house. And I've seen this with clients, but these families in particular are dealing with extreme amounts of clutter.

Why they contacted the show, they're really struggling and every single one of them is a perfectionist. They're not lazy, they're not messy.

Yes, they organize differently, but that's only a small percentage of what's going on here. It really is a fear of doing it wrong.

It's this overthinking, over analyzing, over researching thing that has snowballed into and manifested into mountains, literal mountains of clutter.

And it comes from definitely fear of letting go is a huge issue, fear of not giving it to the right person, fear of not recycling their things properly, fear of maybe making a mistake.

And all of this underlying perfectionism, but also fear of organizing, just I can't tell you how many of the clients that I've talked to have said, well, I want to make sure I'm doing it right.

And what exactly should I organize my forks? How exactly should I put the kids shoes away to maximize functionality? And I'm like, you're tripping over a mountain of shoes when you walk in the door.

What does it matter what the perfect way to organize them is? That is not the issue. The issue is you're not embracing the imperfect part of organization.

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