Organize 365 Podcast

You asked and I listened. This week on the podcast, I'm thrilled to welcome author Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen is one of the most influential writers in the world on human nature. She hosts an award-winning podcast and her best-selling books have been published in 30 countries and sold over 3 million copies! On the podcast, we talked about Gretchen's most recent book,  The Four Tendencies , and how y...

I want to share with you three reasons that I am an ultra-productive person. Productivity is definitely a mindset and a way that I was just inherently hard-wired for, but it is something you can learn. #1 Productive People Don't Waste Any Time You might be thinking, "Well, duh. I don't waste time either." But it's more than just not wasting time. I see time as my friend and I am in complete contro...

This week's podcast episode is about the 100 Day Home Organization Program which is now  open for registration ! Many of you listen to my podcast for a solid six months or more before you believe that you can become organized. Eventually you try the  Sunday  Basket®  and attend a  Sunday  Basket® Workshop. After 6-8 weeks of using the  Sunday  Basket®, you wonder why you waited so long. Then, the...

Hold on tight folks – it's about to get emotional! This week on the podcast, I talk about how to manage items related to your hopes, dreams, and memories that are still in storage. The Hot Mess Room Challenge As my podcast episodes related to the Hot Mess Room Challenge series draws to a conclusion, I'm still in the middle of organizing all of my crafts! Organize 365 is my passion now so I no long...

Does your home ever feel like a craft store?! This week on the podcast, I talk all about how to get your crafts in order so you can create space and have more time to enjoy doing the things you love. One of the reasons I've not tackled the hot mess room on the podcast so far is precisely because it's a hot mess room and it's overwhelming! When there's so much in there, it's easy to get overwhelmed...

Welcome to the Hot Mess Room Series - Week 2! It's time to sort through all of those items that you've been hanging onto without ever knowing where they're likely to eventually end up. Storage is essential, but it can quickly get out of control. It's time to ask yourself two simple questions… Will I use this item 1-4 times a year? Is this item saved for a specific person, for a specific date in th...

Take a deep breath – it's time to get your hot mess room in order! This is one of the most requested podcast topics fro me to cover. If it helps, it was equally overwhelming for me to think about how I was going to inspire and motivate you to sort it out. What I finally realized was, you needed a 28 day course. And I didn't want money to be the reason you didn't tackle this already overwhelming sp...

It's the big one guys! Over the last few weeks, I've been super excited to introduce you to some of the people that have really helped shape who I am over the last decade. So I couldn't think of a better way to finish the series than by inviting my very own sister, Emily Kelly, onto the podcast! Emily takes you on the journey of some of our life experiences and shows you how I've become the person...

I am so excited to introduce you to Melanie Moore on this week's Organize 365 podcast! As many of you know, I'm running a series of the top 5 people who have helped shape and define me over the last decade and Melanie definitely qualifies. Melanie is the Director of Training & Development at  CinchShare , a social media scheduling software that helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and anyone usin...

I'm super excited to introduce Laura Vanderkam to the podcast. I'm a HUGE fan and I've wanted to get her on the show since I started out. Laura is the talented author of several time management and productivity books – I've read them all! She is here to guide us through life by saying, "Hey! It can be tough, but there's so many different ways to manage our time and make things easier." I feel like...

I have mentioned on the podcast many times before that there is one blog that I read every single day... it is Andrea Dekker's. There is so much great material on her blog  andreadekker.com . Andrea has four children under the age of six and she explains how she manages all their very different requirements, and her own, with a simple "be prepared" mantra. She also shares with us some great advice...

You are probably confused right now. Lisa Woodruff, muscles? Well, the muscles I'm talking about are your organizational muscles! Are you ready to build your organizational muscles? Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not very good at physical exertion at all. In fact, I think sweating is a sin! I prefer to exercise my mental and organizational skills. Really, I am pathetic when it comes to exercis...

In 2018, I want you to start valuing and looking at your time differently. Who you spend your time with, what you spend you time on, and how you want to spend your time in the future. In today's podcast, I am answering the question, "How did I purposefully create the Organize 365 business and organized life that I am living right now?" It is true. I am fulfilled, satisfied, and debt free, but it h...

Have you ever played Candy Crush? It is so ridiculously simple and mindless… but addictive. In this week's podcast episode, I compare organizing your house to playing this fun, addictive, and ultimately endless game of Candy Crush. It was around three summers ago that I played this game obsessively. I would find any excuse to play Candy Crush. I would even make extra time to play it, and play it f...

On the podcast this week, I ask you the question – who is in your top five? Let me explain! A few years ago, a cell phone company had a benefit for their customers where you could select the top five people that you talk to the most on the phone and those calls would be free. They would run advertisements where they talked about you having a "top five." My husband, Greg, and I used to find the who...

It's the beginning of December, the time of year when we reflect back on the past 11 months. We set goals to accomplish the things we said we were going to get done this year before the clock strikes  midnight  on December 31 st . This is a podcast that has been brewing in my mind for a while. I've often said "progress over perfection" and "done is better than perfect."   But perfection is a good...

'Tis the season to get overwhelmed with stress and give yourself a migraine and cold sweats just thinking about decorating your house for the holidays! We all love how our house looks when it is all decorated, but the task itself seems like climbing Mount Everest. We can get ourselves so worked up about how arduous the task appears. I know it feels like the biggest task of my life at times. How ca...

I am delighted to welcome Dr. Carmen Landrau to this week's podcast episode. Carmen is a cardiologist, a professional speaker, a mom of 3 kids, and is from Puerto Rico. How Carmen balances work and home life is fascinating and her method of getting help to those in need in Puerto Rico is amazing. Those of you who listen regularly will know that I become obsessed when there is a natural disaster so...

In this week's podcast episode, I talk to you about organizational energy. At the beginning of 2017, I recorded three podcast episodes in a row after I had come to the conclusion that there is a cycle to getting organized. The first step is  decluttering . The second step is  organization . The third step is increased  productivity . I want to take some time to "unpack" what each of these steps ar...

This week's podcast episode is number 200. 200 episodes. Can you believe it?! As if that wasn't exciting enough, last week the Organize 365 podcast surpassed 2 million downloads! Thanks to each and every one of you who have listened to my podcast and who have supported me with Organize 365. I thought a lot about what to cover on my 200th episode and decided that I wanted to talk about paper, one o...

Did you know that I have a condo? In this podcast episode, I share all about how I have preserved my sanity in my teenage years, 20s, 30s, and 40s by having my own condo. Putting yourself first I hope that by sharing how I use my condo, and how it's evolved over time, will help give you the permission that you need to put yourself first. I tend to talk about productivity in the fall because it's a...

On the podcast this week, I talk about goal setting. Goal setting is one of my favorite things. I may even like it more than organizing! The kind of goals that I love to set are BHAG – which stands for big, hairy, audacious goals. To put this into context, when I was 16 my goals were: to be a stay-at-home mom, home-school my kids, and grow all my own food, own a business AND be the President of th...

On the podcast this week, I talk about time management and productivity. I've finally figured out what is missing for women on this topic! Everyone needs a schedule. You need a plan and you need to proactively tell yourself what you should be doing. Because if you don't, you will just end up sidetracked and distracted. I haven't talked about time management and productivity very much in the past....

On the podcast this week, I introduce you to a rule that I impose upon myself that I call the "24 Hour Rule." The 24 Hour Rule is going to free you up from all the things that you  might  do,  should  do,  could  do, or  want  to do  someday . Instead, it'll teach you to focus on today. Warning: Please listen to the full podcast episode! You may think at first that the 24 hour rule is a little cra...