Where to start with home organizing?
Start by making a mess.
That’s right, the key to starting is making a mess. I always tell my clients it’s going to get worse before it gets better, just one thing at a time.
November 2021
Making it perfect for you, when custom is worth the price
This is the best, but…
Fits your space, your stuff, and looks how you want it
Comes at a price… for now.
Not only money, but time… is it work it?
Think so and list why
Want something custom? Don’t know what flow analysis.
Why I love cardboard and you should too
When I was a kid I made a fort/spaceship out of cardboard and was fully armed with an arsenal of nerf guns and stocked up with snacks for my imaginary journey to some yet-to-be-explored planet or jungle. How did I travel there? In a giant scribbled upon refrigerator box, I connected to my bunk bed of course.
The difficulty with implementing new systems
Your past life has wired you to not succeed at these new systems. It’s just a battle. There’s little getting around it. Your habits and subconscious behaviors keep you in line with what you’re used to doing, that’s why you keep doing it, it’s the path of least resistance.
The endowment effect and how it affects you when trying to purge and reduce what you have
You’re such a child.
I mean, I am too, and there’s little we can do about it.
As humans, we just have a natural tendency to want to possess things. It’s written in our DNA, it’s a survival mechanism. If I have this, say tool like a spear, I’m better off and will have a better chance at finding food.
Why organizing feels so overwhelming
Lean back, maybe stare at the ceiling, and just take a moment to think about what it would be like to shuck 10,000 corn husks. What a daunting task, right? It looks and feels almost impossible, there’s no way you could ever do it, or is there?
Good Habits Simplified
1. Identify the root of the habit
Biting your nails, is it really just biting your nails, or is it calming down from feeling anxious.
Let’s talk about mental health; How home organization can help with depression
Prefaces like this kind of suck, and I shouldn’t do it, but I’m ignoring my own advice and I’m going to do it anyway. Thus, writing about my depression is actually pretty easy, posting it is the hard bit.
To color code or to label, ready, fight!
In the left corner stands color coding, great for finding things quickly, looking quite immaculate, and helping items get back to where you found them.
Just do one thing, DAMN IT!
That son of a bitch is hiding just around the corner, whispering insults and waiting for you to turn the corner so it can stick out its leg and trip you.
Overwhelm.