Hello and welcome to Happy to Be Here, The Show for Recovering Perfectionists,

and they're perpetually curious about what to read, eat, watch, think about, and delight in

wherever you might happen to be. I'm your host, Greta Johnson, and I am so glad that

you are here. Today's conversation is a really fun one. It is with Kelly Brask, who is a certified

professional organizer based here in Chicago. Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when I asked

you listeners for P. Do you remember a couple weeks ago when I asked you listeners for people, do you remember a couple

weeks ago when I asked listeners for ideas for people to talk to? Well, one of the suggestions

I got was for Kelly and it was from happy to be here listener Nicole who also lives in Chicago.

Here is what Nicole had to say about Kelly.

I met Kelly during a season of life when just getting through the day felt like enough.

It was a time of seemingly endless priorities, and I realized my home life was starting to reflect that.

It felt like living in the video game Tetris. At first, everything fits. But then the pace picks up,

the blocks stop lining up, and eventually you're like, how did this happen? Because the blocks have completely overwhelmed the space. When your home feels like that, when things keep coming

in and nothing's going out, it's hard to enjoy what you already have.

Enter Kelly Brask. She's a professional organizer, strategist, and problem solver who helps create

systems that actually work for real life. No perfection required. From small, sustainable changes

to creative ways of giving items a second life, Kelly makes the process of

organizing feel doable, even delightful. Nicole, you put that so beautifully. How could I not call

Kelly up after that? So, Kelly travels to people's homes to help with all sorts of organizational

needs. She is also an expert in something called Swedish death cleaning,

which if you don't know what that is, just stick with me.

I'm very excited for you to learn all about it.

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