Hey guys and welcome back to the Clutterbug Podcast.

Today we want to talk about really a fundamental organizing tool that can change every single

aspect of your life and it looks different in different areas of your life but really it's all the exact same

Organizing tool and that is a list and I know I know I've talked about this in the past and and you're probably

rolling your eyes right now but I'm going to talk about a few different ways that a

list can organize declutter and transform not only your home, but your mind as well,

like just your thought process and how you accomplish things and how, you know, even your success in life can really be determined by a really great

list.

So I'm going to use the example of a grocery list here.

When we go to the grocery store without a list, you know, for me anyways, it's really

hard to remember everything that I need from home. I often, you know, get great things that

I didn't even think I needed but I almost

always forget really key things that I definitely needed.

Some people are better at this than others. Some people are better at creating lists in

their mind and being able to retrieve that information like my husband.

He doesn't need a physical paper list. He's really great at making mental lists and compartmentalizing those and referencing those.

I cannot do this at all. I can't even tell you what I had for breakfast. I have zero short-term

memory. I most certainly can't remember what I need by the time I get to the

grocery store at home. So making a grocery list, it is like an action plan at the grocery

store. Streamlines why I'm there. It saves me time. It makes sure

that I'm always getting the essentials done. And I leave far more accomplished than I

would if I didn't have a list. But the thing is this doesn't just apply to

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