Getting to Good Enough

It's your turn! In this episode Janine and Shannon answer questions from listeners. Discussion topics include: Empowering: • Becoming empowered by the people who teach you • Finding someone to work with who supports you and helps you feel good about your efforts • Doing the best you can (without being perfect) so that you can be a model for someone else Planning: •Staying on top of all the areas o...

Evening routines set you up for success the next day. Shannon has a well-practiced evening routine she thinks of as "putting the house to bed." In this episode, Shannon and Janine discuss the value of evening routines and how they can make your life easier. Discussion topics include: • Shannon's ease-filled evening routine • How putting her house to bed gives • Shannon peace of mind • Janine’s end...

Being overcommitted often means being stressed. In this episode, Janine and Shannon suggest the hazards of overcommitting and ways to keep yourself from overcommitting. (Including ways to just say no.) They also discuss the value of building a buffer into your life. Discussion topics include: • How Janine lived an overcommitted life for a few stressful years • Tips for responding to invitations to...

Virtually everyone procrastinates at one time or another. In fact, both Shannon and Janine used to be terrible procrastinators. In this episode we take a look at the various reasons people procrastinate and offer up some strategies for overcoming procrastination. Discussion topics include: • How procrastination differs from waiting or postponing • The four productivity blocks (i.e. reasons you pro...

The routine things we do every morning can help shape our day. Janine is the queen of morning routines while Shannon strives for a better one. In this episode Shanon and Janine discuss the hows and whys of building a strong morning routine. Discussion topics include: • Janine’s very established morning routine • How Shannon's kitten, Cleo, is helping her create a new morning routine • Linking new...

Janine and Shannon have decided that each episode that ends in a zero will be a Good Enough In Practice {GEIP} episode, where we talk about something that demonstrates how embracing good enough is helping (or could help) one of us. This week, Janine talks about the knitted Brain Hat she started making for a friend to wear in the March for Science in April 2017. Perfectionism took over and she stop...

Shannon and Janine discuss luck -- the good kind -- and how a "good enough" attitude can help make you more aware and able to take  advantage of opportunities that show themselves. We also talk about ways you can improve your luck. Discussion topics include: • The Incredibles • Janine's mother's funeral (both of which are relevant to the topic!) • The importance of being willing to fail • How...

We all do things differently--and that's okay. In this episode Shannon and Janine talk about how it doesn't matter how you do things, as long as your way is working. Discussion topics include: • Why comparing yourself to others isn't helpful • How it's your own standards (not your mother's or the media's) that matter • Dispelling some myths about professional organizers and life coaches • "Faking...

It's hard to know how to stop at good enough if you haven't identified what good enough means to you. Shannon and Janine discuss why it's important to understand your own standards of good enough--and how those standards are very personal. Discussion topics include: • How standards can vary depending on the importance of what you’re working on • How living with teenagers has caused Shannon to embr...

Shannon and Janine get excited talking about task management and the various methods we've used over the years to stay happy and productive while trying to get stuff done. Discussion topics include: • Mark Forster's task management systems • Todoist, which we're both customizing to our needs • The importance of writing down tasks • Using Post-it® Notes to keep track of tasks • The value of shaking...

Janine and Shannon truly embraced the concept of "good enough" when creating this podcast. In this episode we talk about how we went from idea to launch in less than two months (with five episodes recorded!). It's been a great lesson for us on the value of letting go of perfectionism. We let it be easy when it came to: • Choosing the podcasting app we use to produce the podcast • Selecting to...