Declutter Your Life: Reclaim Your Time & Freedom

The process of decluttering of simplifying your life is going to have ebbs and flows. What you need to keep in mind is, you are seldom capable of accurately evaluating your progress, chances are, you are going to over expect yourself to do something in a window of time, it's going to be based probably unreasonable expectations of how long things take how much energy you have and what you're focusi...

When we're dealing with sentimental objects and things that we've had for some time, it is essential that you bring a sense of lightness, and play to it. Because it's so easy to get lost in the feelings, to get lost in the story to get lost in the weight, the gravitas of the object, and all of the background surrounding the object.

Instead of just focusing Valentine's Day on romantic love, it would be fun to think about how you can rekindle the love affair with your spaces that you probably had when you first moved into them. 

Where are you at in the daily maintenance of staying organized? What do you need to do to course correct at any given time, so that you can set yourself free and you can live a free life.

If you are unconsciously stopping yourself if your sentences are filled with "BUTs" why don't you look and see, see if you can start to practice catching yourself there and pivoting that but into an end. 

It’s trick or treat day and that means goodies galore! How about giving away your clutter? What you may find "clutter" does not mean it's no longer useful for others! So go to your basement, gather your extra clutter and treat your neighbors with these goodies!

This episode is going to be about guilt, more garbage, talking to yourself about recycling. Again, it all comes down to how you think about how you feel about and how you interact with stuff. 

About Andrew's work in the field with an actual hoarder, you get to see what it's like when somebody is in the throes of that kind of behavior and relationship to stuff.

What you are attempting to do and doing around getting organized decluttering your life is going to be influenced by how you think about how you feel about and how you interact with stuff.

If you are somebody who is defended and skeptical and cynical, and you have clutter, disorganization compromised time management, what are you telling yourself about why it is? Where are you reinforcing some sort of limited experience on the planet, some limited mindset that is preventing you from adopting a new behavior of being curious about is there another way, right?

The average person is going to lose an entire year of their life looking for misplaced items at home and at work an entire year wasted. And for what? For stuff.

Who here has a pile of things at home projects that you're waiting to finish or even start in your garage in your trunk on the floor of your closet someplace?

What are you waiting for? It comes up often that people are stuck in this place waiting there pre work, they are stuck and looking for that tow truck, that metaphorical tow truck to come along and pull them out of the metaphorical mud of their own thinking and feeling. 

Here are some simple steps to get you started on the path to a more organized life. 

Remember that 'No' is a complete sentence and saying no to something is actually saying yes to something that you value more in our society. 

Multitasking doesn't exist! If you think it's your superpower, or your secret superpower, you need to stop lying to yourself and to everybody around you. You cannot do two things at the exact same time .

Why? Why now? Has something happened recently that has motivating you?

Is your glass half-full or half-empty? Your mindset is the most powerful tool you have when it comes to simplifying your life.

Know why you hold on to things and recognize the behavioral patterns, so you can let go of them more easily. 

It takes no more time to stay organized than it does to make clutter it's all about decision making. So here are a few easy ways to say no to clutter and YES to organization. 

Are you accumulating things that don't serve you? are you digging yourself out of a pile of historic accumulation? What are you doing with your time and with the stuff that surrounds you? Find out what is it that you can do on a daily basis about how you're spending your time to make sure that you're in complete alignment with the things that matter to you.

Did you know that the average person will spend one year of their life looking for lost or misplaced items, besides saving time being organized has tons of other hidden benefits. Here are just a few from Andrew Mellen, himself.

When it comes to organizing your closet, it's super simple, it might not be easy because of the stories that you tell yourself about the clothes. But remember this, the average person wears 20% of their wardrobe 80% of the time.

It's Time to Give Your Kitchen Some Attention! What is the best way to organize a kitchen? Andrew Mellen shares his top simple tips on how to achieve an organized kitchen.

200 lies that every person tells themselves every day- once you start to recognize it, you will be amazed at the way you are talking to yourself, and even to other people. Probably two-thirds of those lies will never come out of your mouth, they will only be things that you're talking to yourself.