Routines, to-dos and planners...oh my! | Clutterbug Podcast # 13

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

Clutterbug

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

4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2017

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Pre-order a copy of my new book: http://clutterbug.me/book Despite my organized home, I'm a total disaster. I'm constantly late, always behind on my work and I forget important dates nad event all the time. I need to PLAN my life better. Tranditional planners just never worked for me. I'd forget to use them or forget where I put them. Even when I did use them, I would write my lists and goals for the day...and then cherry pick the good stuff. My new planning system is so "me". It fits my crazy, ADHD style and I think you are going to love it too! Join me as I share with some some quick tips to getting your home and your life under control! Download my free printables at http://clutterbug.me/printables Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by me in my brand new book.
0:04.7	Oh life ain't a ding-dong dish if I could take you up in boom
0:08.9	bone.
0:10.9	This podcast is brought to you by me and my brand new book called Real Life Organizing
0:16.6	available for pre-order now for just $11 if you are in the US. So that is a steal steal jump on that price before it goes up and this book is filled with my favorite best tips and tricks to transform your home whether you're drowning in clutter or you're already a
0:34.3	neat freak just looking for some more inspiration. So hey you guys welcome back to
0:39.4	the clutter bug podcast today I wanted to talk about getting organized, like getting your
0:45.0	house and your life organized when you are a hot mess and I am most definitely
0:51.4	just a hot mess mom. I struggle to get the basic
0:57.8	adulting things done and I'm not just talking about cleaning my house I'm talking
1:02.0	about you know getting my kids to school on time,
1:05.0	making sure they don't miss the bus,
1:07.0	getting, making sure dinners made nice and early because we have so many kids activities going on in the evenings
1:14.9	that we have to eat by 4 o'clock they get off the bus at 4.30 and I struggle to get
1:20.7	you know myself organized enough to get all that stuff done. I'm just, I know it's coming, but I struggle to get it done.
1:28.0	And I've tried basically every planner known to man. They just don't work for me for a couple of reasons is I forget where I put
1:35.0	them or I just forget I literally forget to use them and I think using a planner and things like that is the same way is the same techniques I guess that you use when getting organized.
1:49.8	Some people just tend to be naturally organized people they don't struggle with that but if
1:53.8	you're like me and you struggle to keep your house organized to keep it clean and you struggle
2:00.3	to plan I think it all goes hand in hand with practice. I think the secret
2:06.8	to life I guess is practice makes perfect and and that's how I really started with cleaning my house is every single day I forced myself to do a 15 minute morning and a 15 minute nightly cleaning routine
2:20.9	Whether I wanted to or not I put my big girl pants on and I made myself do it, and slowly
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