Organize 365 Podcast

362 - The 4 Kinds of Work Part 2

This week, we are continuing to look at the different kinds of work. Having labels for things like types of work allows us to see things differently and sometimes leads to better communication.  Prior to founding Organize 365, my entire life was reactive. Everyone else got to tell me what to do - the economy, my family, my stuff. I just kept reacting to what was happening in my environment. In 2011, I drew a line in the sand. Sink or swim, I am in charge of my life from here on out. I star...

ReAir 086 - 3 Things to Consider When You Are Saving Your Kid's Memories

This week our #Throwback Thursday Podcast is Episode # 86 - Saving Kids' Memories. For years I just "organized" my piles in cuter containers, better systems and a larger house. But organization is not about containers or beautiful systems. It is about keeping what you want and love so you can enjoy those items now and in the future. So today I want to talk about the items you are saving for your kids. Specifically - kids artwork, clothing, school papers, old toys, pictures, cards, books,...

Transformation with Betsy H

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized! This week, I am answering a listener request to do a virtual organizing session on the podcast. Betsy reached out and requested my assistance to help her tackle the 100 Day Home Organization Pro...

361 - The 4 Kinds of Work - Part 1

I have recently been enjoying parable based books to learn new things and to gain confidence that my own analysis and plans are “right” in the world of business.Reading a fictionalized version of important information helps me to apply learning and see nuances rather than just read dry facts. Recently, I listened to The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim and learned how they describe four different kinds of work.  In this podcast, I will introduce you to the first two kinds of work. I then also s...

Transformation with Stephanie F

Listen here: https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts/ Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Stephanie Fowler of Austin|Fowler: Chic Bags That Simplify Your Life on ...

360 - New Organize 365 WFH Products!

Today, I want to announce and introduce some brand new Organize 365 products to increase your working from home productivity.  Organize 365 believes and teaches that organization is about changing your mindset, decluttering, and focusing on what’s functional. I am announcing some new products today, but they are not needed to get your home and paper organized. You need a Sunday Basket®, the 100 Day Home Organization Program, and the four basic binders to establish your foundation of organi...

WFH Productivity - Interview with Emily - Workbox Additions & Retreat day

359 - 2020 Declutter Entertainment

These weeks between October 1st and Thanksgiving are typically the most productive weeks of the year. I want to help you make October super productive by helping you declutter. I want to give you tasks you can complete in 15 minutes a day so you can declutter some different areas of your life. I am focusing on decluttering only, not on organizing or productivity. Have you been listening, or have you been taking action this month? We’ve talked about files, hot spots, and hot mess rooms. Tod...

ReAir 222 - 3 Reasons I Am ULTRA Productive

Our #ThrowbackThursday is Episode # 222 - 3 Reasons I am ULTRA Productive.   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   #2 Productive People Are Results Oriented   #3 Productive People Follow Tried And True Action Plans   Listen in and I'll share more information about all of these!  

Transformation with Renee C

  Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized!   This week’s Transformational Podcast features Renee. She and her husband have 2 daughters, and a dog. She also works as a speech language pathologist. She shares how she has gotten her home...

358 - 2020 Declutter Hot Mess Room

These weeks between October 1st and Thanksgiving are typically the most productive weeks of the year. I want to help you make October super productive by helping you declutter. I want to give you tasks you can complete in 15 minutes a day so you can declutter some different areas of your life. I am focusing on decluttering only, not on organizing or productivity. Today, I want to talk with you about decluttering your hot mess room. A hot mess room (HMR) is where we lovingly place (shove?) ...

ReAir 274 - Eliminate the TO DO List

This week our #ThrowbackThursday episode is number 274: Stop Trying to Finish the To-Do List.   There was a time in my life when I lived for my to-do list. Or rather, I lived through my to-do list. I would list everything I needed to get done that day and, like most of you, ticked them off one by one as I completed each task. When you’re in the habit of checking things off a to-do list, there isn’t enough time to stop. You get so caught up in it that you can’t even see the progress you’r...

Transformation with Melissa F.

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized! This week’s Transformational Podcast features Melissa F. She and her husband have 13 year old twins, a dog, and a business. She shares how she has organized her home and her paper - and we celeb...

357 - 2020 Declutter Hot Spots

In today’s podcast, I want to inspire you to take quick action to address the clutter hotspots in your home. A hotspot is anywhere that paper or physical stuff accumulates. As our lives change, we often use our homes in ways that are different from the organizational systems we have already set up. This leads to stuff sitting out and making hotspots. There are three major reasons a clutter hotspot develops: You have not made a decision about an item. You have a project you are deferring (...

ReAir 271 - Decision Fatigue (Keep/ Toss)

My #ThrowbackThursday Podcast this week is episode # 271 - Decision Fatigue.   When you’re lost in decision fatigue, you usually lack time, money or motivation (or all three).   When you wake up in the morning and go about your day, you’ll have X amount of decisions to make.   Your decision-making ability only goes so far. If you’re faced with decision after decision, you’ll burn-out. That’s what decision fatigue is.   When you’re lost in decision fatigue, you usually lack time, mo...

Transformation with Jill M

Listen to all of the transformational interviews at organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized! Today, I am sharing my conversation with Jill M. She lives in IL with her husband and 2 kids. She recently completed her Master's Degree and is no...

356 - 2020 Declutter Files

These weeks between October 1st and Thanksgiving are typically the most productive weeks of the year. I want to help you make October super productive by helping you declutter. I want to give you tasks you can complete in 15 minutes a day so you can declutter some different areas of your life. I am focusing on decluttering only, not on organizing or productivity. When decluttering, the way to make it easier, faster, and more effective is to create rules for your items. Rules free us! With...

Transformation with Audrey N.

Listen to all of the Transformational Podcasts at organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts This week, we are back to our traditional transformational podcast. On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized! Today, I am sharing my conversation with Audrey N. She just started her 2nd roun...

355 - Is COVID a Golden Window?

These weeks between October 1st and Thanksgiving are typically the most productive weeks of the year. You will get to see your productivity skyrocket and your 2020 goals come to fruition. Once the holidays come, you will turn your focus to social events and making memories, so I want to talk with you about how COVID may be a Golden Window for you. Some of you have been barely surviving this pandemic. And, that’s perfectly reasonable. I am not asking you to do more, but I want to share some...

Transformation with Kerstin H

This week, we are back to our traditional transformational podcast. On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized! Today, I am sharing my conversation with Kerstin H. She lives in Germany with her husband and foster daughter. She started with a Sunday Basket® and has found much mor...

354 - The New Economy and Our Homes

As we continue to explore our interim normal from COVID-19, I want to share some insights on the economy and how we are changing the way we use our homes. I am not an economist or a real estate expert, but I am a questioner and I want to share my own personal thoughts about how we continue to adapt to these extraordinary (unprecedented) times we are in. We are in the middle of a transition in technology, working from home, social media, and how we are living in our current reality. As I ha...

Sunday Basket® Workshops in the Pandemic

Listen in at organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts   This week, Monique Horb and I share our conversation about how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected Sunday Basket® Workshops.   We start out by talking about the rapid growth we have seen in the Sunday Basket® community. As people continue to be safe at home and find a new interim normal during the pandemic, paper organization has become even more important.   More people than ever have taken advantage of the FREE Sunday Basket® Club me...

353 - Go with the Flow is Gone

The COVID-19 Pandemic has taken away our ability to go with the flow. We are living in a snow globe where our city, job, government, and public health are continually shaken up and we are chasing around. So many people are sharing that life feels so hard right now. There is no flow. The pandemic has stopped our hustle, bustle, and flow.  Most of us have lived through hard times like this before, and humanity has definitely survived times of uncertainty and upheaval similar to what we are f...

The New Corner Office with Laura Vanderkam

This week our Wednesday podcast is my conversation with my absolute, most favorite author - Laura Vanderkam! We discuss many things she writes about in her new book, The New Corner Office. We talk about all things working from home - how to manage time, organize your workday, still be productive, and get energized to get things done. Laura is also analytical so we talk about different ways to apply routines, rituals, transition time, separation, and habits so we can find success in this ...

352 - Interim Normal & Our Homes

Listen here: organize365.com/podcast/interim-normal   We are living in the middle of a global health pandemic during COVID-19. The middle of any kind of change or transition is messy!!! As we go through the middle, we can end up feel trapped - we cannot go back, but we are not yet to the place we want to be.    I want to help you make sense of this pandemic and disruption we are all facing. I want to share my analysis of what is going on in society, our homes, and our responses to this...

The Paper Solution - Excerpt from the audiobook -

  I am so excited to share with you a short excerpt from The Paper Solution audiobook! My publisher has allowed me to share this reading from the book with you all. I hope that you are making progress on your home papers and getting them organized, but if you find this helpful, be sure to pick up your own copy of The Paper Solution.   Order your copy here!

351 - The Paper Solution - Kid Papers From 0-18 Years Old

The Paper Solution - Kid's School Memory Binder In The Paper Solution, I teach you how to ditch your file cabinet and replace it with portable, functional binders for reference papers. The Paper Solution will tell you how to set up your binders, gives you access to sample printables, and gives you a list of what to include in each of the binders I recommend you create.  The Kid's School Memory Binder Binders have so many benefits - they are easy to update, they help limit how much we s...

Wednesday Transformation - Melissa S - Work & Motherhood Organization Journey

Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized! Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Melissa S. Missy lives with her husband and 3 girls. This is the second part of our conversation. Today we talk about work, mothe...

350 - The Paper Solution - How to Organize Your Family's Fun & Daily Living

Enjoy the podcast: organize365.com/podcast/organize-fun-paper   In The Paper Solution, I teach you how to ditch your file cabinet and replace it with portable, functional binders for reference papers. The Paper Solution will tell you how to set up your binders, gives you access to sample printables, and gives you a list of what to include in each of the binders I recommend you create.    The Household Operations Binder   The idea for this binder grew from my career as a teacher. I t...

351 - Kids Papers from 0-18 Years Old

Wednesday Transformation - Melissa S. Home Organization Journey

Listen here: https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts/   Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized!   Today’s Transformational Podcast features my conversation with Melissa S. Missy lives with her husband and 3 girls. She shares ho...

349 - The Paper Solution - How to Organize Past, Present & Future Monies

In The Paper Solution, I teach you how to ditch your file cabinet and replace it with portable, functional binders for reference papers. The Paper Solution will tell you how to set up your binders, gives you access to sample printables, and gives you a list of what to include in each of the binders I recommend you create.  The Financial Organizing Binder In full honesty, this is last binder I made for myself, but it was probably the most important binder I made. Money can be a tricky and...

348 - The Paper Solution - Saving Your Medical History

In The Paper Solution, I teach you how to ditch your file cabinet and replace it with portable, functional binders for reference papers. The Paper Solution will tell you how to set up your binders, gives you access to sample printables, and gives you a list of what to include in each of the binders I recommend you create.  The Medical Organizing Binder Before my father passed away, I was his power of attorney for health care. I was doing my best, but I did not know his medical history, d...

Hi - I'm Lisa Woodruff

Listen here: https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts   This week, I want to welcome all of you who are new to Organize 365, especially if you have found me through my new book, The Paper Solution! I am so glad you are here, and I just want to share a brief introduction to Organize 365.   First, you are NEVER behind when getting organized. Just give yourself grace for what's in the past, and join us in celebrating progress over perfection!   If you are new, please make sure you are...

347 - The Paper Solution - How to Organize Papers from Your Physical Home

In The Paper Solution, I teach you how to ditch your file cabinet and replace it with portable, functional binders for reference papers. The Paper Solution will tell you how to set up your binders, gives you access to sample printables, and gives you a list of what to include in each of the binders I recommend you create.  The Household Reference Binder The Household Reference Binder is the first binder I ever made, and it is one of the easiest to assemble. The Household Reference Binder...

40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club - from Home with Angela Watson

On the Wednesday Podcast this week, I share my conversation with Angela Watson. Angela is the creator and teacher of the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek Club. Her program helps teachers become more prepared and organized so they can spend less time at work and have a sustainable career. We talk about the many choices we have made to pivot during the safe at home experience. Angela and I deep dive into some of the challenges teachers are facing while teaching remotely. We also talk deeply about th...

346 - The Paper Solution Book Launch Day Details

We hope you can join us for this non-traditional book launch!!! The Paper Solution book is launching August 4, 2020 and I want to share some details with you! While it is disappointing that I cannot safely travel and hug each and every one of you in person, I still want to share the celebration as The Paper Solution launches. Today, I am sharing my plan with you! I want you to have The Paper Solution - I don't want to just sell you a book, I want you to have a paper reference guide in yo...

Adapting to Teaching from Home with Lorie

This week, my Wednesday conversation is with Lorie G. She was on a previous Transformational Podcast and she is back with an update and some super helpful information this week. Lorie started the 100 Day Program after some damage to her house and after losing nearly 100 pounds. In our conversation, she shares how she adapted to schooling from home in the spring, and how is doing her best to make ideas and plans for the uncertain fall school year. She is honest about how she has been challe...

345 - Too Much or Too Little Time - How to Make Time Work for You

As we enter July 2020, I want to talk with you about time. I want to talk about how time is passing during this global pandemic. You either have so much time you do not know what to do with it, or so little time you do not know how you will get it all done. In my life, I have vacillated between those two thoughts, but it is different now.  We will probably be living with the virus for a while yet to come. It is going to take time to sort out all things that have been disrupted or changed b...

Lifelong Learners - Changing our Home Libraries with Maria Dismondy

Listen here: organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts   “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” - Charlie "Tremendous" Jones   This week, my Wednesday Podcast is a conversation with children's author and my virtual friend Maria Dismondy. We pack so much into this quick interview. Listen in to hear how we talk about living a life with healthy balance and discuss virtual book tours.   We also talk about how to change...

344 - Space Planning for Pandemic Living

Brace yourself - I want you to think about your house in way unlike you have ever thought about your house before. I want to challenge all of us to change from how we think we should live in our homes, and embrace how we are actually living in our homes. I am hoping we will not be forced to stay safe at home again, but I want us to be prepared. As women, we often feel like when people come into our homes that we are being judged and graded. Most women I have spoken with have felt this way ...

Professional Organizers Think Tank (POTT) with Monique Horb

Listen here: https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts/   This week for our Wednesday podcast, Monique Horb and I deep dive into the Professional Organizer's Think Tank (POTT). We have both worked as in home professional organizers, and I share some of the history of how Organize 365 has transitioned along the way.   The POTT is the largest FREE Facebook group for professional organizers. It is a blend of seasoned professional organizers and people just exploring professional organizi...

343 - Decluttering for Fall Productivity

As we try to plan for the fall, I want you to be more thoughtful about your home. We are processing a massive amount of change every single day. It is also impossible to make an effective plan for even the near future in our current world. It is very hard to live with the constant unknown we are facing right now. I am recommending that you spend some time this summer focusing on ruthless decluttering. I want you to embrace your current phase of life, and get rid of anything you no longer w...

The Paper Organizing Retreat with Monique Horb

Listen here: organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts Welcome to week two of our updates with Monique Horb. This week we talk all about the Paper Organizing Retreats. We talk about where they come from and why people find them so helpful in finally getting their paper organized and ditching their filing cabinets. One of the real gifts of a Paper Organizing Retreat is a chance to focus on your papers without interruption in a dedicated space - it allows you to really make progress! They are also ...

342 - Creating a Massive Possibilities List

Blog post: organzie365.com/creating-a-massive-possibilities-list This year has been challenging, unpredictable, unplannable, unusual, and unprecedented. We have had to pivot and adjust more than ever before in our lives (at least for many of us). Our brains are processing so much change all the time. Everything needs to be thought about all the time. Our habits and routines have been completely disrupted. We are using our decision making power so much more often and are getting exhausted s...

Sunday Basket® Club Updates & NEW Friday Workboxes Club with Monique Horb

We are continuing to transform our Wednesday Transformational Podcasts. In July, we are starting with 3 podcast conversations with Lisa and Monique. Monique is the leader of our Sunday Basket® Club. Lisa and Monique talk about the new #sundaybasketclub (with a NEW mug you can win). Organize 365 wants to continue to encourage and support you and you build new habits and change your life. They also explain the new Friday Workbox Club launching on July 17th. All people who have purchased a Frid...

341 - NEW Sunday Basket & Embrace Announcements

I know some of you missed our regular Friday podcast this week. But, because Embrace sold out, and we are making several exciting announcements during our time together, I want you to get the same information in real time. Listen in for all of the details, but here are the major highlights: -We have a NEW physical Sunday Basket® available NOW in the shop! -We have a brand new #SundayBasketClub mug that you can earn by sharing your Sunday Basket® on Facebook or Instagram. Check out the ru...

Transformation with Eva C

Listen to all the Wednesday Transformations.   Welcome to the newest Wednesday Podcast! On Wednesdays, 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 get Organized!   This week’s Transformational Podcast features Eva C. She has a full house! She lives with her husband and three teen aged sons. Her oldest ch...

340 - Special Circumstances that Impact Your Organization ~The Organize 365 Story Part 8

See the full blog post at organize365.com/special-circumstances-organize-365-story-part8 This is part 8 of a series sharing the Organize 365 Story. I want to talk with you about some special circumstances that impact your organizational journey. As always, I start with helping you to get the right mindset about home organization. I want to give you the ability to look at your life circumstances and understand the ways in which they are impacting your organization. Getting your thoughts and...

Transformation with Verna R

See all of the Wednesday Transformations at https://organize365.com/wednesday-podcasts/ This week, we return to our regularly scheduled Wednesday Transformational Podcasts. This week I am speaking with Verna R. She has had several unexpected events in her life and is busy doing international humanitarian work. She finished her first round of the 100 Day Home Organization in just 35 days. I am grateful that you are reaching out to share your stories and progress with me and with the Organi...