Clutter, Chaos and Covid SOLUTIONS|POF43

I think of organizational skills in a similar way to parenting skills.  We are expected to “just know” how to do it!  AND do it well!  But how?  How many of you were taught exactly how to organize your home?  I just winged it and I’m sure you did too!  It’s the same with parenting.  We try our best to prepare but nothing can really prepare us for all that comes with raising another human being.  My guest Laurie Palau is a master at organizing and at teaching PARENTS so we can teach our kids.  She also teaches kids on how to be more organized (and there is no better time than right now!).  You know when we say to our kids, “go clean your room!” Laurie explains that we need to be more specific so we can set our kids up for success.  Does “clean your room” mean everything from vacuuming and dusting or does it just mean put your dirty clothes in the hamper?   As you go about your day organizing and sorting, invite your kids to be a part of it and teach them how to do it.   You can teach them that cleaning up is a part of playing! Let’s face it, most of us have so much stuff, and we can often get stuck because we don’t have a good process for organizing things.  Laurie has so many simple and practical ways to get us organized.  Listen in for some great tips to help you (and your kids) get more organized even during a global pandemic!   About Laurie Palau Laurie Palau is the author of the book HOT MESS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GETTING ORGANIZED, host of the popular weekly podcast, This ORGANIZED Life, and founder of Simply B Organized-a lifestyle company helping people live simply and work smarter.  Her advice has been featured in national publications including Real Simple & The New York Times. You can frequently find her as a podcast guest where she speaks on the topics of clutter, parenting, and entrepreneurship. In addition, Laurie spends much of her time mentoring other professional organizers through her #SBOPartnerProgram and CLUTTER CLINIC™ speaker series, which helps other professional organizers grow their businesses. A self-described homebody and coffee lover, Laurie lives in Bucks County, PA with her husband Josh, 2 daughters, and dog, Jeter. Social media handles email:  [email protected] website: https://simplyborganized.com/ Podcast: This ORGANIZED Life: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-organized-life/id1193014252 FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1840271626300032/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/simplyborganized/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/smplyborganized/boards/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/simplyborganized/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/smplyBorganized   From the Podcast:   The 5 Clutter Pitfalls – what keeps you from starting? Procrastination Indecision Guilt Overwhelm Time ESP Model: Empty Sort Purge 4 Piles: Keep Donate Recycle Relocate   Link to Laurie’s resources page which has a bunch of free downloads and checklists:  https://simplyborganized.com/free-downloads/   Thanks for listening! It means so much to me that you listened