Welcome to the organized 365 podcast. I'm your host, professional organizer, productivity

expert, and motivational speaker, Lisa Woodruff. This podcast will help you embrace progress

over perfection and create lasting, functional organizing in your home. I have so much to share

with you. So let's get started.

Annie, welcome to the organized 365 podcast. Hi. Thank you so much for joining us. Can you

start by just telling me how did you find me or organize 365 to begin with?

Well, I had read the Marie Kondo book and then I kind of sunk in that I was my household

and the disaster it was was kind of a reflection of what was going on within me. That's what I took

away from that book. And so then that kind of had me thinking, I really need to do something,

but I had tried lots of things. And so I had discovered podcasts. So I was just searching and

I found your podcast and it's been a whirlwind ever since. So I tell you what, I'm so grateful that

Marie wrote that book because she had more people thinking about their homes differently.

And you know, for some people, the book was enough. Like they got their closet organized and

that was all they needed. But for a lot of us, it just opened us up to, oh, okay, so I want to

learn a little bit more. I find that people who listened to organized 365, like they like the

podcast because they're researchers, they're questioners like want to know a little bit more first

before they take the next step. And they're willing to invest the time and money it takes to have

the transformation, but they need to understand what's going to happen along the way. So I totally

resonate with that. Exactly. Yes. So tell us about your home. Who lives with you in your home with

you? So my husband Scott and I had three of my four sons are here. I have my 18 year old. He just

graduated. Noah and Connor is a freshman in high school and Oliver is a seventh grader. He is

about to turn 13. Wow. So you're right about where I was when I started on my journey back in

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