5 Easy Steps to Make Your Home and Your Mind Clutter-Free

Published: April 17, 2023, 4:05 a.m.

b'This episode blew my freakin\\u2019 mind.\\n\\nAfter you meet our expert today and learn her revolutionary approach to simplifying your life, you will never approach the topic of picking up, cleaning up, or organizing the same way again.\\n\\nWhether it\\u2019s your desk or closet that is overwhelming you, or like me, you are guilty of constantly starting projects and putting things in piles, only to run out of time or get flustered, creating bigger projects to deal with in the future, today\\u2019s episode will change your entire life.\\n\\nI had no idea how simple it could be to feel organized and in control.\\n\\nI learned from our expert today that I was attacking organization completely wrong, and that was the problem.\\n\\nHer 5 steps are so life-changing that from the moment I finished talking to her, I started putting them into practice, and the results are incredible.\\n\\nGet ready to laugh and learn as I confess the details of what a disaster I am (my husband even rats me out).\\n\\nLuckily, the incredible Dana K. White, founder of the hit blog, A Slob Comes Clean, and author of How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind, is here to help us all.\\n\\nAnd that\'s not all.\\n\\nDon\\u2019t forget to sign up for "Take Control with Mel Robbins."\\n\\nIt\\u2019s free. It\\u2019s my gift to you for supporting this podcast.\\n\\nIt features 3 brand-new training videos, two hours of research-backed curriculum taught by me, and a detailed 21-page workbook.\\n\\nThis training will provide you with the coaching, structure, and support you need to hit reset, take control, and level up your life.\\n\\nAnd if you combine this training with Dana\\u2019s advice about decluttering, you, my friend, won\\u2019t even recognize yourself in a week.\\n\\nAll at zero cost to you. Why? Because you deserve it, and it\\u2019s my way of thanking you for being here with me.\\n\\nYou\\u2019ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. So why not take advantage of this opportunity?\\n\\nSign up for free at melrobbins.com/takecontrol now.\\n\\nIn this episode, you\\u2019ll learn:\\n\\n \\n\\n2:00: What Chris thinks about living with a slob. \\U0001f602\\n4:40: Wait. Organizing and decluttering are NOT the same thing?\\n6:20: Focus this way on organizing, and it will change your life.\\n7:30: Why doesn\\u2019t it work to buy all those organizing containers?\\n9:45: How do you know what your \\u201cclutter threshold\\u201d is?\\n12:15: We\\u2019ve gotten the purpose of containers all wrong!\\n17:40: Use \\u201cthe visibility rule\\u201d before you do anything.\\n20:00: This is why you begin with a BLACK trash bag.\\n23:30: This part is still pretty easy. I can do this and you can, too.\\n25:00: Here\\u2019s why you don\\u2019t want a fancy \\u201cdonate\\u201d box.\\n26:30: The decluttering question you\\u2019ve never heard before.\\n30:45: Here\\u2019s what REALLY happens with those organized piles.\\n31:50: No piles. Here\\u2019s what you do instead.\\n34:15: This is why we always put off organizing in the first place.\\n37:35: The second decluttering question you\\u2019ve never heard before.\\n39:00: Stop making organizing seem so big!\\n43:30: Spoiler alert: avoiding clutter doesn\\u2019t make it go away.\\n48:30: So how DO you live with a partner who\\u2019s a slob?\\n \\nDisclaimer'