Organize 365® Podcast

On the Wednesday podcast, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365­® community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU learn the skill of organization, too!

This is a highly motivational podcast. I’m so excited to introduce you to Jack Brendamour, co-owner of Junk King Cincinnati. Listen in as Jack and I discuss:

  • Junk King Cincinnati’s success
  • Honoring the legacy of Pete McCreary, Junk King Cincinnati’s original founder
  • How to handle junk in your home
  • The benefits of using a green and ethical junk company like Junk King
  • What to do with styrofoam
  • The best ways to stay on top of junk piling up in your home
  • How Junk King has saved over 860,000 pounds from going to the landfill

EPISODE RESOURCES:

I am grateful that you are reaching out to share your stories and progress with me and with the Organize 365® community. If you are ready to share your story with us, please apply at https://organize365.com/wednesday.

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Direct download: Jack_Brendamour_-_Junk_King.mp3
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This is the second of a four part series featuring The Paper Solution® Binders. Today I want to introduce you to the Household Reference Binder. 

The Household Reference Binder is for anything related to your house. Think of it as a little file cabinet for your house.

In this episode, we discuss how to implement The Household Reference Binder for:

  • Your home
  • Second home, rental properties, multiple properties, etc.
  • If you are getting ready to sell your home, move or buying a new home
  • If you are a realtor

The Household Reference Binder is a powerful tool that you should have to help you protect your biggest asset - your home!

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Direct download: 537_-_Household_Resource_Binder.mp3
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On the Wednesday podcast, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365­® community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU learn the skill of organization, too!

In this episode, I introduce you to Jake Nordmark. Jake has been part of our Organize 365® Dream Team for the last 2 years. We are talking about how things changed for him during the pandemic, things he learned with his diagnosis, and a sneak peek into the Launch Program when Jake and several of the other young team members went to school together at Organize 365® to learn and experience Launch. 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

I am grateful that you are reaching out to share your stories and progress with me and with the Organize 365® community. If you are ready to share your story with us, please apply at https://organize365.com/wednesday.

Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Share this episode with a friend and be sure to tag Organize 365® when you share on social media!

Direct download: Transformation_with_Jake_N.mp3
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This is the first of a four part series featuring The Paper Solution® Binders. Today I want to introduce you to the Household Operations Binder. This binder gives you or someone else everything needed to be the COO of your household!

The Household Operations Binder is fun. This binder is all about you, your uniqueness, your family, how you celebrate life and the things and traditions that make your family unique and special.

This binder will not only allow you to create a “lesson plan” for how you run your household, but also how to do it more effectively and efficiently. During my active parenting years, the Household Operations Binder was part of my Sunday Basket® routine. I would flip through the binder and create my schedule for the week.

Every The Paper Solution® Binder includes a fully curated workbook. The Household Operations Binder’s workbook includes:

  • Cleaning Schedules
  • Meal Planning
  • Master Grocery Lists
  • Family Information
  • Emergency Information
  • Babysitter Information
  • Important Dates
  • Rarely Used Items Tracker (genius!)
  • Electronics Inventory
  • Holiday and Event Planning
  • Vacation and Travel Planning and Checklists
  • Pet Records
  • And more!

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On the Wednesday podcast, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365­® community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU learn the skill of organization, too!

In this episode, I introduce you to Ginger H., and we get to talk about the Sunday Basket® and the habits that Ginger has established. Ginger is an empty nester with her husband and enjoys using her Sunday Basket® and participating in Planning Day. 

Listen in as we discuss the necessity of planning and creating habits. As we talk you can see where attending Planning Day is optional, but planning for the next 120 days is not optional.

Ginger is on her second post retirement career as a real estate agent and talks about how her The Paper Solution® Household Reference Binder has been the best tool for her and her clients. She also explains how the The Paper Solution® Medical Binder was such a delight for her physician and The Paper Solution® Financial Binder has been great for the diversity in documents between her and her husband. 

Ginger advice is, “Do your husband a favor, do your kids a favor and get yourself organized, use the Sunday Basket®, use The Productive Home Solution™, use the The Paper Solution® Binders so that you know where everything is” 

EPISODE RESOURCES:

I am grateful that you are reaching out to share your stories and progress with me and with the Organize 365® community. If you are ready to share your story with us, please apply at https://organize365.com/wednesday.

Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Share this episode with a friend and be sure to tag Organize 365® when you share on social media!

Direct download: Transformation_with_Ginger_H.mp3
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In honor of Mother’s Day, I want to focus on the feminine touches that make a house a home.

What are the things you remember growing up from your mother, grandmother or mother figure in your home that you want to add to your home?

YOU make your house a home. 

In this episode, I encourage you to take a minute and reflect on:

  • The great things that the women in your family have given to your family.
  • How have these women helped make your house a home?
  • What are the things you want to replicate? 
  • How can you purposefully add in those little traditions, holiday memories and feminine touches to your home?

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Direct download: 535-Your_House_Needs_a_Mom.mp3
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On the Wednesday podcast, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365­® community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU learn the skill of organization, too!

In this episode, I introduce you to Dawn F. and we get to talk about books! All the books! Dawn is an educator who has been a K-2 reading specialist for the past 17 years. Reading is her true passion which means she has a lot of books. Which means we get to talk about organizing books, which books to keep, how many books should you keep and how to store and display books. 

Dawn’s favorite quote is, “I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.” I absolutely love this quote.

Dawn describes herself as “organizationally challenged.” She has found that the Organize 365® approach works for her. During the pandemic, she found the time and energy she needed to start getting truly organized. Her Sunday Basket® is running smoothly, takes little time to do each week and she feels amazing when she’s able to find all her paperwork at a moment’s notice. She moved and downsized recently and is implementing functional organizing throughout her new home. 

Listen until the end to hear how I have been using common school supply organizing tools for simple bathroom organization!

EPISODE RESOURCES:

I am grateful that you are reaching out to share your stories and progress with me and with the Organize 365® community. If you are ready to share your story with us, please apply at https://organize365.com/wednesday.

Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Share this episode with a friend and be sure to tag Organize 365® when you share on social media!

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I want to end this series by talking about how I’m planning for the next trimester and beyond and what is different now than what I was living with before I started this journey. 

The beginning of this journey started with trying to get naps in, still working a bit on days that I planned to do school, but it has moved to no naps and no work on Mondays and Thursdays. Looking at my past trimester will help me to better plan my next trimester. 

This has been such a joy being able to verbally process this change with you. Whenever you take on something new, you are changing your identity, adding to the person you already are and the person you are going to become.

I have recently gotten to the point where I identify as a PhD student and that I am thinking what it will be like when I am actually Dr. Woodruff. That was the first time I said that out loud!

Join me thinking about what it is going to be like when I finish this PhD journey. What journey are you on that you can imagine where you will be at the completion of that journey?

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Direct download: Pursuing_a_PhD_15-_Planning_the_Next_Trimester.mp3
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There are times when getting organized is going to be easier. I call these Golden Windows. 

Some Golden Windows are given to all of us - like January (new year), spring and fall. The new year is all about starting the year off with a fresh start and achieving new goals. Spring and fall are both times of the year when there are big season shifts and you get a burst of energy. The spring energy lends itself well to planning and the fall energy lends itself well to productivity.

Common Golden Windows include:

  • Expecting a child
  • Moving or selling your home
  • When your youngest child starts school
  • When your youngest child starts middle school
  • When your youngest child starts driving
  • Milestone birthdays

If you want to hear a more in depth definition of Golden Windows, listen to this podcast.

Today’s episode is going to focus on a question I get a lot - how long do Golden Windows last?

This depends on the type of Golden Window you’re experiencing. There are long and short Golden Windows. A long Golden Window is something you can anticipate. A short Golden Window is one where you don’t realize you’re in a Golden Window until you’re already in it. In a short Golden Window, you don’t get to plan ahead so the energy fizzles out fast.

  • An example of a long Golden Window could be pregnancy. You know you are going to have a baby so you have months and months to plan, re-organize, nest and prepare.
  • An example of a short Golden Window could be adoption. When we adopted Joey, we got a call at 5 pm and by 7 pm we had a baby!

Each Golden Window, no matter whether it is short or long, is an opportunity not to be overlooked! And while the length of time that Golden Window will be open for you depends on a lot of factors (outside of your control) there are certain things you can do to get the most out of it.

Here are my three recommendations for making the most of a Golden Window:

  1. Anticipate
  2. Optimize
  3. Extend

Understanding your Golden Windows allows you to get so much more out of these amazing bursts of energy. Listen in to find out how to anticipate, optimize and extend your Golden Windows for maximum impact.

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Direct download: 534_-_How_Long_Do_Golden_Windows_Last_.mp3
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On the Wednesday podcast, I get to talk with members of the Organize 365­® community as they share the challenges, progress, missteps and triumphs along their organizing journey. You can see and hear transformation in action. I look forward to helping YOU learn the skill of organization, too!

In this episode, I introduce you to Pamela A. to discuss her organizing journey and transformation. Pamela spent many years looking for her solutions to get herself and her home organized. With two small boys and a husband, she was on an endless search for organizing solutions. 

She found the Organize 365® Podcast through a Google search. She was hooked and binged all the old episodes while driving to and from work. That’s SO many episodes. If you are also new around here - I highly recommend using our Organize 365® Podcast Playlists to find what you’re looking for.

Flash forward to today - Pamela’s boys are now 27 and 33 years old. Pamela works full-time at a hospital. She has been living in the same house for the past 29 years (similar to me). There are upsides and downsides of staying in the same house for so long. When you move, it forces you to make decisions about your stuff. Pamela and I discuss that over the years she has accumulated a lot of stuff - that’s not hers. 

Pamela’s house is home to all her sons’ stuff, her grandparents’ stuff and now her own mother’s belongings as well. It’s a lot. Pamela watched the video I made where I show the process of organizing a storage room and she said she’s going to need a dumpster like we used in this video. Watch it for free.

Listen in to this interview to hear our in-depth conversation about:

  • Why do we keep all of this stuff?
  • How much should we realistically be keeping of things like children’s artwork, books, American Girls, Legos, etc?
  • How to organize a storage room and how long will it stay organized?
  • Why we use our basements and storage rooms for delayed decision making and how to avoid this in the future.

EPISODE RESOURCES:

I am grateful that you are reaching out to share your stories and progress with me and with the Organize 365® community. If you are ready to share your story with us, please apply at https://organize365.com/wednesday.

Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Share this episode with a friend and be sure to tag Organize 365® when you share on social media!

Direct download: Transformation_with_Pamela_A.mp3
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Proactive versus Reactive

Listen in to how I map out someone going from a completely reactive life to a proactive one.

Since I don’t have a lot of margin in my life right now, there are things I used to do regularly that I’m unable to do. I now have a 2-week break from school and I will be sharing how I plan to continue my proactive living without the additional margin in my life.

At first I thought I would take the additional time off from school and put it to working more, but SURPRISE, I have decided to take some additional time off from work to do more personal and family related things. I want to have the flexibility to do whatever my energy is in allowing myself the freedom to do all these things in whatever order and be even better prepared for my next school semester.

Here are some of the things I plan to take care of during my break:

  • Reorganize the storage rooms
  • Clean out the family room and toys
  • Move into outside living
  • Personal organizing - closet, bathroom, purse, car, supplements, and personal care
  • Stock the house for the next 4 months
  • Deep cleaning
  • Catching up on podcasts
  • Listen to audiobooks
  • Sunday Basket® deep dive
  • Binder updates
  • Photo printing
  • Puzzles and TV watching with Greg
  • Fun family outings

I am in a season where I am running really fast and I love it! What season are you in and how are you planning for these areas of your life?

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Direct download: Pursuing_a_PhD_14_-_Reclaiming_My_Home_Plans_During_Break.mp3
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