328: Decluttering Success with ADHD and a Full Time Job Podcast
Mar 10, 2022
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Get tips on maintaining a tidy home while juggling a full-time job and ADHD. Learn about the benefits of adapting cleaning routines, setting clutter thresholds, and managing laundry efficiently. Discover how decluttering can help manage ADHD symptoms and the importance of establishing effective decluttering habits.
Establishing a clutter threshold guides organizing efforts to prevent overwhelming accumulation of belongings.
Implementing a consistent laundry routine, like designated laundry days, improves efficiency and reduces stress.
Engaging a cleaning person requires pre-cleaning efforts and does not resolve underlying organizational issues.
Deep dives
Importance of Establishing a Clutter Threshold
Establishing a clutter threshold is highlighted as a crucial aspect in maintaining an organized home. By defining this threshold, individuals can decide on the appropriate amount of belongings to keep, preventing overwhelming clutter. The clutter threshold serves as a guiding principle in decluttering and organizing spaces effectively, ensuring that possessions are kept at manageable levels. This concept helps individuals avoid accumulating excessive items beyond their capacity to maintain.
Simplified Routine for Laundry Day
Implementing a consistent routine for laundry day, such as designated Mondays for laundry, streamlines the process and ensures efficiency. Incorporating the use of a delayed washing machine feature optimizes time management by preparing loads the night before. Progressing through specific laundry tasks systematically, like towels, lights, darks, and sheets, facilitates a structured approach to completing laundry efficiently. The routine of laundry day minimizes stress and ensures that items are consistently washed and put away throughout the week.
Impact of Hiring a Cleaning Person
Engaging the services of a cleaning person does not solve organizational issues but requires pre-cleaning efforts prior to their visit. While the assistance of a cleaning person is beneficial, it does not alleviate the need for decluttering and tidying up spaces beforehand. Incompatibility between excess possessions and cleaning services may lead to additional clutter accumulation and stress. Maintaining spaces in a functional and organized manner contributes to a more effective cleaning process.
Realizations About Acquiring Stuff
Reflecting on past purchases through order history can offer valuable insights into acquiring unnecessary items and the resulting clutter. Reviewing previous purchases on platforms like Amazon can reveal buying patterns and items that are no longer present in the household. Observing a list of past acquisitions prompts individuals to reconsider future purchases and prioritize decluttering to prevent accumulating unnecessary belongings. Recognizing the consequences of excessive buying behaviors fosters a mindful approach towards acquiring and retaining possessions.
Benefits of Being a Kindred Spirit
The sense of belonging and understanding within a community of like-minded individuals offers support and encouragement in decluttering journeys. Feeling acknowledged and validated by fellow kindred spirits creates a sense of camaraderie and shared experiences. Mutual sharing of successes, struggles, and advice among community members fosters motivation and inspiration to continue organizing efforts. The community serves as a source of reassurance and empowerment for individuals navigating decluttering challenges.
In this episode we talk about: excitement that a friend’s child commented on how tidy her house was. how she’s figured out how to maintain laundry day. having a cleaning person which isn’t a solution to being a slob. My new book: Organizing for the Rest of Us Patreon Sponsors: Betterhelp.com/clean. A Slob Comes Clean […]