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

This Productivity Hack will Change Your Life! | Clutterbug Podcast # 282

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

Clutterbug

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Education:self-improvement, Leisure:home & Garden, Leisure, Home & Garden, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Ever feel like you’re doing everything and still falling behind? Like no matter how many lists you make or how early you wake up, your calendar is still chaos — and your needs always come last? In this episode, I sit down with productivity and time management expert Megan Sumrell — founder of The Pink Bee and creator of the TOP Framework — to talk about why most traditional planning systems don’t work for women… and what actually does. We unpack how to reclaim control of your time without rigid schedules, color-coded overwhelm, or burning out by Wednesday. Megan shares practical, shame-free strategies that help you plan around real life — including the kids, the mental load, and all the curveballs that show up on a Tuesday morning. Whether you’re juggling a business, a household, or just trying to feel like you’re not failing at everything — this episode will leave you feeling capable, seen, and ready to create a week that works for you. ✨ We talk about: Why women’s productivity struggles aren’t a personal failure The “uncertainty buffer” — and why it’s a weekly game-changer How traditional time blocking sets you up to fail The powerful shift from daily to weekly planning Why structure actually gives you more freedom (not less) How to stop procrastinating — without guilt 🗂️ Learn more from Megan Sumrell: → Website: https://thepinkbee.com → Free App: Search “The Pink Bee” (all one word!) in the App Store or Google Play → Instagram: @megansumrell 👇 What’s one way you’re protecting your time this week? Let us know in the comments! And if this episode helped you rethink your relationship with time, don’t forget to like, subscribe, and share it with a friend. You don’t need a perfect plan — just one that finally works for your life. 💛       You can find more Clutterbug content here: Website: http://www.clutterbug.me YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clutterbug TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@clutterbug_me Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clutterbug_me/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Clutterbug.Me/   #clutterbug #podcast #mondaymotivation #thepinkbee #timemanagementtips #workingmomlife #weeklyplanning

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0:00.0

I'm excited about today's podcast because I'm talking to someone who is an expert on productivity.

0:06.8

Her name is Megan Simrell from The Pink Bee.

0:10.3

And this is sort of a passion project of mine, productivity, time management, because truthfully, I suck at it.

0:18.2

And I am constantly looking for a way to make it feel easy. I know that it's possible

0:24.8

because I also sucked at decluttering and organization. But having these systems in place,

0:30.7

having these incredible kind of processes running in the background make my life so much easier

0:37.0

when it comes to my physical things.

0:38.7

And I want the same magic when it comes to my time. Despite the fact that I try everything

0:45.6

when it comes to time management, I just feel like I'm not quite there yet. I feel like this

0:51.0

isn't something that I've nailed. And I know this because I'm often still

0:56.5

scrambling to find time for the things that matter. I'm really great at scheduling all the things

1:02.4

I'm supposed to do and writing to-do lists. But at the end of the week, I'm like, oh, man, I didn't

1:08.5

spend as much time as I wanted on my hobbies or with my family or

1:12.2

reaching out to friends. I'm great at stacking the to-dos, but not so great at prioritizing

1:20.0

the stuff I love. The biggest life-changing thing that happened when I decluttered was that I

1:26.6

instantly had so much more time, like an

1:29.1

abundance of time. But I wasn't great at organizing that time, right? So what happened was I just

1:35.6

filled it with nonsense, other things, instead of doing dishes and tidying and doing all this

1:41.8

laundry that I used to be doing because I had too much stuff.

1:44.8

Now I'm filling it with watching TikTok question mark.

1:49.4

Like I need to organize my time in the exact same way that I organized my home so that life

1:57.8

feels easy, not just physically, but emotionally as well.

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