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Start With Your Purse - Clutter Challenge Day 2 Without Overwhelm · Overwhelmed Working Woman: Boost Productivity, Master Time Management, Overcome Overwhelm & Stop People Pleasing

• 0:02
  Speaker 1: Hey, you're listening to Overwhelmed Working Woman Podcast with me, your host, michelle Gothier.
• 0:07
  Speaker 1: This is a different episode than I would normally put out, because it is Tuesday and usually I only put out episodes on Monday.
• 0:15
  Speaker 1: But this week, because it's Clutter Challenge Week, I'm going to be putting out a short, quick podcast every day this week.
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: If you want to join in the fun, go to the link in the show notes and sign up to get my emails.
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: I'm going to be emailing out something every morning this week, a little tip or tidbit about how to clear your clutter or make a tiny bit of progress, and if you respond to the email, you will get entered to win either a gift certificate to the container store the best store ever or a coaching session with me, which is valued at $250.
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: So come and join the fun and declutter in the process.
• 1:01
  Speaker 1: What does this have to do with being overwhelmed?
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: Well, I think every woman I talk to tells me how clutter in their life stresses them out, and the focus specifically for today, day two of the challenge, is on clutter in small spaces.
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: There's something about looking in your purse when your purse is just full of it's the receipts that get me me, and like the random gum wrappers and stuff like that that just drive me crazy.
• 1:27
  Speaker 1: In my purse I just yesterday decluttered this area underneath my microwave.
• 1:32
  Speaker 1: So I have a microwave that's in a cabinet and when you open the cabinet, underneath is where we keep all of our water bottles.
• 1:38
  Speaker 1: Well, every time I want a water bottle, there's a water bottle in there and there are lids in there, but never the two shall meet.
• 1:45
  Speaker 1: So I cleaned the whole thing out and only kept the water bottles that have a lid that matches them.
• 1:51
  Speaker 1: Everything else got recycled or thrown away.
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: So the challenge for today is to think about, visualize in your life.
• 2:00
  Speaker 1: Where is the place that is small but cluttered, that drives you crazy?
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: Some ideas are your purse or your bag, your silverware drawer, your nightstand not the whole thing If it has drawers, not the whole thing, just the top.
• 2:17
  Speaker 1: Mine has just like a lamp and my Kindle, but sometimes from time to time, it will start getting a little collection of ponytail holders and random earrings and stuff my kids set on there and it drives me crazy and I don't like that feeling when I'm going to sleep.
• 2:33
  Speaker 1: You could also open up your fridge and just do the door or one of the drawers or organize your car console.
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: Or I have this little like side pocket in the door of my car and that's where I shove like napkins and wrappers and it just ends up being like a ton of trash.
• 2:51
  Speaker 1: And on occasion there's something important in there too, but I can't see it because it's covered up with all that other junk.
• 2:58
  Speaker 1: So the challenge for today is to think about what is the one small area that drives you crazy when it's cluttered, and then to challenge yourself to just do it, just declutter it.
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: So there's three simple steps to decluttering it.
• 3:11
  Speaker 1: One take everything out.
• 3:13
  Speaker 1: So if you're looking at your car console, you could even start doing this when you're at a red light.
• 3:17
  Speaker 1: Just take everything out and put it in the front seat, sort it into piles.
• 3:22
  Speaker 1: I want to keep this, I want to give this away, I want to throw away or recycle this.
• 3:25
  Speaker 1: I think when you're doing a small space, there's very rarely something that you want to give away.
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: It's more like do I throw away or recycle this or do I keep it and then put the keep stuff back in, get rid of the rest, voila, you're done, and you feel so much better every time you open it.
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: So that's your challenge for today in the clutter challenge for this week.
• 3:46
  Speaker 1: Get on my email list so that you can email me back and let me know you've done this to be entered for the prizes.
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: I'll see you tomorrow with another tip.