Organize 365 Podcast

157 - Declutter Madness Week 2 - The Family Room (Replay)

The first step in organizing the family room is to stop and think about what you really do in this space.    Do you still watch DVDs or do you stream your entertainment?   If your youngest child is in 2nd grade it is OK to move all the toys out of the family room.   If your youngest child is in middle school all their toys can be in their room.   For the full show notes go to organize365.com/157  

219 - HMR-Craft Organization

Does your home ever feel like a craft store?! This week on the podcast, I talk all about how to get your crafts in order so you can create space and have more time to enjoy doing the things you love. One of the reasons I’ve not tackled the hot mess room on the podcast so far is precisely because it’s a hot mess room and it’s overwhelming! When there’s so much in there, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and not really know where to begin, especially when you’re listening to my podcast episo...

156 - Declutter Madness Week 1 - Bedrooms (Replay)

Here are the 7 steps to decluttering your bedroom at any age.   1. Pick up all trash 2. Collect all food, dishes and dirty laundry. 3. Scan the room and fill a bag of any easily donateable items. 4. Go through ALL your clothes. Try on all your pants and tops. 5. Look at the items on your floor (including furniture) and make decisions about what can go. 6. Go through the books in your bedroom. 7. Stand and look at each wall of your room.   For the full show notes go to org...

218 - HMR Just In Case

Welcome to the Hot Mess Room Series - Week 2! It’s time to sort through all of those items that you’ve been hanging onto without ever knowing where they’re likely to eventually end up. Storage is essential, but it can quickly get out of control. It’s time to ask yourself two simple questions… Will I use this item 1-4 times a year? Is this item saved for a specific person, for a specific date in the future? If you can answer yes, the item can stay. If it’s a no, it’s time for it t...

154 - Get Ready for Decluttering Madness! March 1-31 (Replay)

This March I am pulling the WHOLE family in to get your house decluttered! Listen for the rules and get your bracket to play along at  https://organize365.com/154 Try week 1 of the 100 Day Home Organization Challenge free at https://organize365.com/100-day-challenge-free-week/ Also listen to:  Podcast 144 - Step 1: Declutter  

150 - How to SORT a BOX (Replay)

5 steps to go through when sorting storage room boxes. Step 1 - Take the box to your kitchen Step 2- Empty the box completely on your kitchen table and counters.  Step 3- Disburse, Donate & Decide  Step 4 - Re-package and label everything. Step 5 - Set up a shelving system.  Download the 5 step printable here. Click here to join the 100 Day Home Organization Challenge.  

217 - From Hot Mess Room To Organized Storage

Take a deep breath – it’s time to get your hot mess room in order! This is one of the most requested podcast topics fro me to cover. If it helps, it was equally overwhelming for me to think about how I was going to inspire and motivate you to sort it out. What I finally realized was, you needed a 28 day course. And I didn't want money to be the reason you didn't tackle this already overwhelming space. So I created a FULL 28 day course complete with a 25 page eBook, 9 full color printa...

216 - In My Top 5: Emily Kelly

It’s the big one guys! Over the last few weeks, I’ve been super excited to introduce you to some of the people that have really helped shape who I am over the last decade. So I couldn’t think of a better way to finish the series than by inviting my very own sister, Emily Kelly, onto the podcast! Emily takes you on the journey of some of our life experiences and shows you how I’ve become the person and businesswoman I am today... and to dish the dirt on everything about me that only a ...

215 - In My Top 5: Melanie Moore

I am so excited to introduce you to Melanie Moore on this week’s Organize 365 podcast! As many of you know, I’m running a series of the top 5 people who have helped shape and define me over the last decade and Melanie definitely qualifies. Melanie is the Director of Training & Development at CinchShare, a social media scheduling software that helps entrepreneurs, business owners, and anyone using social media to spend more time doing what they love rather than being tied to a computer. ...

214 - Lisa's Travels

When I was a little girl, I saw myself as a corporate CEO flying all over the place in a suit and high heels. In my 20’s, I wanted to be a national convention events speaker. Well, people – dreams are happening! There are going to be lots of opportunities to meet me in person. Think of it as "Lisa On Tour!" Building The Organize 365 Brand My first task is to keep adding to my team which will enable me to travel the rest of the year. Technically, I'm not hiring, but I’ve hired someone ...

213 - In My Top 5: Laura Vanderkam

I’m super excited to introduce Laura Vanderkam to the podcast. I’m a HUGE fan and I’ve wanted to get her on the show since I started out. Laura is the talented author of several time management and productivity books – I’ve read them all! She is here to guide us through life by saying, "Hey! It can be tough, but there’s so many different ways to manage our time and make things easier." I feel like I already know so much about Laura from her inspirational podcast, "The Best of Both Worlds...

212 - In My Top 5: Andrea Dekker

I have mentioned on the podcast many times before that there is one blog that I read every single day... it is Andrea Dekker's. There is so much great material on her blog andreadekker.com. Andrea has four children under the age of six and she explains how she manages all their very different requirements, and her own, with a simple "be prepared" mantra. She also shares with us some great advice on selling your unwanted items on Craigslist, something she does often with success. How W...

211 - Building Organizational Muscles

You are probably confused right now. Lisa Woodruff, muscles? Well, the muscles I'm talking about are your organizational muscles! Are you ready to build your organizational muscles? Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not very good at physical exertion at all. In fact, I think sweating is a sin! I prefer to exercise my mental and organizational skills. Really, I am pathetic when it comes to exercise. I can literally go days when my step counter on my phone reads less than a thousand. ...

210 - Changing Your Focus From Money To Time

In 2018, I want you to start valuing and looking at your time differently. Who you spend your time with, what you spend you time on, and how you want to spend your time in the future. In today's podcast, I am answering the question, "How did I purposefully create the Organize 365 business and organized life that I am living right now?" It is true. I am fulfilled, satisfied, and debt free, but it hasn't always been like this. It has been a journey. For me, the change came when I hit 40...

365 BINGE: Lisa's 3 New Years

I always thought that I divided my calendar into three separate years because I was a schoolteacher or because I had children. But the more I talk to women without children who work 9-to-5 jobs, the more I find that this way of looking at the calendar actually rings true for most women. In this week’s post, I will walk you through how I organize my calendar three times a year, and how each time block starts out structured and organized and ends up chaotic and unstructured. My 3 calendar ...

365 BINGE: Step 3 - Increase Productivity

What do you think of when you think of productivity? Remember last week when I said that when I am organized I feel like I can make forward progress on my goals and projects. For me productivity means doing MORE usually in LESS time or with less resistance.  If you break down the 3 steps to getting organized:  Decluttering = Removing. Organizing = Rearranging. Increasing Productivity = Moving forward faster. Let's look specifically at Increasing Productivity. Productivity comes f...

209 - Take The Next Step

At Organize 365, we have achieved a lot in 2017. And we have some exciting things planned for the new year, too. In this week's podcast episode, I focus on The Sunday Basket® – the concept, how it has evolved into what it is today, and where I see it going in 2018. You have all been a part of this journey and you know that when it comes to organizing, I always tell you to "just take the next step" and that is exactly what I did when I was creating, developing, and launching The Sunday Ba...

365 BINGE: Step 2 - Organizing

FINALLY! Don't you just want to jump right to the step where you get to go buy cute matching containers when you are organizing a space? ME TOO! BUT every time I do that... it influences what I keep and how I store things instead of my THINGS influencing those decisions. (In the podcast I share how I figured that out as a professional organizer.) First let's talk about what being organized means. For me it means: Everything has a place. I know where to find things. I do not spend t...

365 BINGE: Step 1 - Declutter

 5 Steps to Decluttering  Eliminate all trash, food and broken items. Sell or consign anything of value you want to sell.  Bag up any donatable items and deliver them to the donation center. (Including consignment items they wouldn't take) Collect everything that goes in another room and locate it in that room. Make a list of any spaces that need organizers, or items that need to be replaced.  Decluttering feels good, but not finished. Step 2 of organizing needs to follow quickly t...

365 BINGE: How to Sort a Box

5 steps to go through when sorting storage room boxes. Step 1 - Take the box to your kitchen Step 2- Empty the box completely on your kitchen table and counters.  Step 3- Disburse, Donate & Decide  Step 4 - Re-package and label everything. Step 5 - Set up a shelving system.  Download the 5 step printable here. Click here to join the 100 Day Home Organization Challenge.

365 BINGE: Organizational Quicksand

It never fails. You are ready to get organized, but the people and circumstances around you have you stuck.    In this podcast I will break down the various situations that get us stuck in each phase of our organizational journey.   Join the 100 Day Home Organization Challenge here. 

365 BINGE: Phases of Organization

In my professional organization experience I have noticed 3 distinct phases of life a woman goes through in relation to her home and clutter.  1. Ages 25-40 the Accumulation Phase 2. Ages 40-55 the Survival Phase 3. Ages 55+ the Legacy & Downsizing Phase   Once you have determined your phase of life, then you must select what Organizational Stage you are in. 1. Overwhelmed 2. Creating Systems & Organization 3. Refinement & Styling

365 BINGE: Nice to Meet You

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208 - How Organizing Your House Is Like Playing Candy Crush

Have you ever played Candy Crush? It is so ridiculously simple and mindless… but addictive. In this week’s podcast episode, I compare organizing your house to playing this fun, addictive, and ultimately endless game of Candy Crush. It was around three summers ago that I played this game obsessively. I would find any excuse to play Candy Crush. I would even make extra time to play it, and play it for way too long trying to get through a level. Finally, I had to take it completely off my p...

207 - Who Is In Your Top 5?

On the podcast this week, I ask you the question – who is in your top five? Let me explain! A few years ago, a cell phone company had a benefit for their customers where you could select the top five people that you talk to the most on the phone and those calls would be free. They would run advertisements where they talked about you having a "top five." My husband, Greg, and I used to find the whole "top five" thing amusing, and I recall it was often the source of jokes with comedians...

206 - The Difference Between Excellence & Perfection

It’s the beginning of December, the time of year when we reflect back on the past 11 months. We set goals to accomplish the things we said we were going to get done this year before the clock strikes midnight on December 31st. This is a podcast that has been brewing in my mind for a while. I’ve often said “progress over perfection” and “done is better than perfect.”   But perfection is a good thing, not a bad thing, right? Should we strive for perfection? I don’t think perfection is so...

205 - How To Decorate For The Holidays In 3-1/2 Hours

'Tis the season to get overwhelmed with stress and give yourself a migraine and cold sweats just thinking about decorating your house for the holidays! We all love how our house looks when it is all decorated, but the task itself seems like climbing Mount Everest. We can get ourselves so worked up about how arduous the task appears. I know it feels like the biggest task of my life at times. How can we change our mindset on this? Recently, I held a "Holiday Blitz" challenge on Faceb...

204 - Puerto Rico - Giving Back

I am delighted to welcome Dr. Carmen Landrau to this week's podcast episode. Carmen is a cardiologist, a professional speaker, a mom of 3 kids, and is from Puerto Rico. How Carmen balances work and home life is fascinating and her method of getting help to those in need in Puerto Rico is amazing. Those of you who listen regularly will know that I become obsessed when there is a natural disaster so I was thrilled to have Carmen on the show. Carmen and I met in California at a conference f...

203 - Meal Planning with Tiffany King

203 - Meal Planning With Tiffany King

In this week’s podcast episode, I introduce you to Tiffany King. Tiffany has a website called EatAtHomeCooks.com where she shares meal plans, recipes, and encouragement to busy people to cook healthy meals at home. The topic of this week’s podcast episode is not one you’ve heard me talk about often. My dislike of cooking is something that I have shared with you more than once! However, with Tiffany’s help I have cooked five days in a row this week. For me that is a real achievement. To p...

202 - The Seasonal Energy of Decluttering, Organizing & Productivity

In this week’s podcast episode, I talk to you about organizational energy. At the beginning of 2017, I recorded three podcast episodes in a row after I had come to the conclusion that there is a cycle to getting organized. The first step is decluttering. The second step is organization. The third step is increased productivity. I want to take some time to "unpack" what each of these steps are and understand the energy behind decluttering, getting organized, and becoming more produc...

201 - Coffee Chat With Lisa

I’m so excited about everything that is going on with Organize 365 and The Sunday Basket® brand. This podcast episode covers so much information that your brain might hurt at the end! I share with you everything that’s going to happen with Organize 365 over the next 8 weeks or so. The Sunday Basket® The Sunday Basket® is becoming more and more its own thing. I’ve been separating it from the Organize 365 brand almost unconsciously. I have trademarked it, got a patent for it, it has it’...

200 - The State of Paper In American Homes

This week’s podcast episode is number 200. 200 episodes. Can you believe it?! As if that wasn’t exciting enough, last week the Organize 365 podcast surpassed 2 million downloads! Thanks to each and every one of you who have listened to my podcast and who have supported me with Organize 365. I thought a lot about what to cover on my 200th episode and decided that I wanted to talk about paper, one of my favorite topics. Also, this week I have a few special announcements to make...

199 - My Bedroom Condo

Did you know that I have a condo? In this podcast episode, I share all about how I have preserved my sanity in my teenage years, 20s, 30s, and 40s by having my own condo. Putting yourself first I hope that by sharing how I use my condo, and how it’s evolved over time, will help give you the permission that you need to put yourself first. I tend to talk about productivity in the fall because it’s a naturally productive time. It’s often a time when people set their goals and inte...

198 - Good, Better, Best Goals

On the podcast this week, I talk about goal setting. Goal setting is one of my favorite things. I may even like it more than organizing! The kind of goals that I love to set are BHAG – which stands for big, hairy, audacious goals. To put this into context, when I was 16 my goals were: to be a stay-at-home mom, home-school my kids, and grow all my own food, own a business AND be the President of the United States! I have always had really high expectations for myself and others a...

197 - You Need A Schedule

On the podcast this week, I talk about time management and productivity. I’ve finally figured out what is missing for women on this topic! Everyone needs a schedule. You need a plan and you need to proactively tell yourself what you should be doing. Because if you don’t, you will just end up sidetracked and distracted. I haven’t talked about time management and productivity very much in the past. That is because I think that you need to get physically organized first before you can...

196 - The 24 Hour Rule

On the podcast this week, I introduce you to a rule that I impose upon myself that I call the “24 Hour Rule." The 24 Hour Rule is going to free you up from all the things that you might do, should do, could do, or want to do someday. Instead, it’ll teach you to focus on today. Warning: Please listen to the full podcast episode! You may think at first that the 24 hour rule is a little crazy, but by the end I hope I’ve convinced you to give it a try. A Bit Of Background The 24 Ho...

195 - From Depression To Professional Organizer In 100 Days

On the podcast this week, I’m thrilled to introduce you to Wendy Zanders. Wendy is a successful professional organizer and her story fascinates me. She has done things in almost the exact opposite order to how I’d normally recommend, but it has worked well and I couldn’t be happier for her. Her story just goes to show that there are many different routes to success and we must all follow the path that feels right for us. Wendy discovered me when she was suffering from depression W...

194 - Preparing For An Emergency

There is nothing more frustrating than nervously watching a tragedy unfold before your eyes and feel like there is nothing you can do to help. The hours I have spent the last month reading articles, watching video clips, and following friends on social media who are going through natural disasters is mind blowing. This nervous energy eats me alive. I want to DO something. Ironically in Cincinnati, Ohio, we have very few natural disasters. A stray tornado or big snow storm, but nothing...

193 - Creating Afternoon & Evening Routines

When is the last time you took a hard look at your afternoon and evening routines? We hear A LOT of people talk about their morning routines. (I shared details about my morning routine last week.) It’s also quite common to hear about evening routines. But, I’ve hardly ever heard anyone talk about afternoon routines. For me, my afternoon routine... or rather, my after-school/after-work routine... is really key to my productivity. In this week’s podcast, I dive into my afternoon and ...

192 - Morning Routines For The Modern Day Woman

In this week’s podcast episode, I talk all about productivity and morning routines. You’ll discover why my morning routine is different than everyone else’s and why I make no apologies for that! Two years ago, I recorded a podcast episode where I talked all about my morning and evening routines at that time. If you would like to hear it, click here. In that episode, I focused on decision fatigue and how setting up routines that you can run on auto-pilot will minimize the number of ...

62 - Creating Morning & Evening Routines

Every year I tweak my morning & evening routines when summer ends and the kids go back to school. Here are 5 steps to create your own morning & evening routines. http://organize365.com/how-to-create-morning-and-evening-routines/

190 - The Cost of Clutter & Disorganization

In this week’s podcast, I take a look at the cost of clutter and disorganization in our lives. I think we all know that there is a cost benefit to leading a more organized life, but did you know that it’s not just a financial benefit? A disorganized and chaotic life can bear many costs… let's look at the different costs that disorganization causes in our lives and the steps that you can take to make a difference. 1. Financial Cost Buying twice, losing things, items getting ruin...

189 - Meet Dawn - Your 100 Day Home Organization Classmate

On last week’s podcast episode, I introduced you to Holly, Monique, and Emily, the virtual organization teachers for my 100 Day Home Organization Program. (<--- Registration is open!) This week, I thought it would be a great idea to introduce you to one of the 100 Day Home Organization Program members.  Wait until you meet Dawn! We had so much fun recording the episode and giggling like school girls. Dawn first noticed me in 2015 when she was searching online for help with keeping ...

188 - Meet Holly, Monique & Emily - Teachers

I had so much fun recording this week’s episode where I introduce you to Holly, Monique, and Emily. They are the teachers who are going to be available to provide extra support to anyone who is going through my 100 Day Home Organization Program . Holly, Monique, and Emily are professional organizers and have been friends of mine for years. We all started our businesses around the same time and we have the same philosophy when it comes to home organization. So, it seemed like a great i...

187 - The Productive Home CEO Planner - Materials

With the school year right around the corner, I will be spending August teaching you how to get your household ready for the school year. But first, a big thanks to those of you who followed along as we completed the Back-To-School Blitz last week, getting ourselves and our kids ready for the new school year. I will definitely do it again next year. It was so much fun! If you missed the Back-To-School Blitz, you can still receive the printables and videos. Simply click here and fill o...

187 - The Productive Home CEO Planner - Materials

With the school year right around the corner, I will be spending August teaching you how to get your household ready for the school year. But first, a big thanks to those of you who followed along as we completed the Back-To-School Blitz last week, getting ourselves and our kids ready for the new school year. I will definitely do it again next year. It was so much fun! This week's podcast episode is about the new Productive Home CEO Planner. You are the Productive Home CEO When...

186 - Why I still don't have clothes to wear

In this week’s podcast episode, I discuss how best to declutter and organize your closet. I discuss capsule wardrobes, how you can purge too much, and how you can have a variety in your everyday clothing while loving and wearing everything in your closet! I started this year with three episodes about the importance of decluttering, organizing, and increasing productivity. In those episodes, I explained that when you reduce the amount of "stuff" you own and get it all organized, your pr...

185 - Back to School Blitz

I’m excited to announce that next week I’m running a Back To School Blitz. It’s a 5-day challenge designed to help get you ready for a really productive fall and fully prepared for the new school year. So in this week’s podcast,  I talk all about the Back To School Blitz. Why run a Back To School Blitz? For me, the start of the school year signifies the start of my 12-month year.  I discussed this in podcast 134 where I explained that I have 3 different "mini new years" in my year. ...

184 - Book - Downsizing the Family Home

It’s a rite of passage almost no one will escape: the difficult, emotional journey of downsizing your or your aging parents' home. Here, nationally syndicated home columnist Marni Jameson sensitively guides readers through the process, from opening that first closet, to sorting through a lifetime's worth of possessions, to selling the homestead itself. Using her own personal journey as a basis, she helps you figure out a strategy and create a mindset to accomplish the task quickly, respect...