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5 Easy Steps to Make Your Home and Your Mind Clutter-Free

2023/4/17
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一位专注于领导力和个人成长的著名_motivational speaker_和播客主持人。
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Mel Robbins: 本期节目讨论了如何克服整理和收纳的障碍,以及如何从感觉不堪重负到掌控生活。节目中邀请了专家Dana K. White,分享了她独创的五步清理方法,帮助人们从感觉失败到掌控生活。Mel Robbins分享了自己在整理方面遇到的问题,以及她如何运用Dana K. White的方法来改善自己的生活。 Dana K. White: 整理和收纳是两个不同的概念,收纳的前提是先清理。清理的目的是减少物品数量,降低大脑的认知负荷,让人感觉更轻松。清理的第一步是从垃圾开始,然后是那些已经有固定存放位置的物品,接着是捐赠的物品。在处理其他物品时,要先问自己“如果我需要这个物品,我会首先在哪里寻找?”,如果找不到合适的地方,就要考虑是否需要清理掉一些物品来腾出空间。清理过程中,不要堆放物品,要立即将物品放到它们应该在的地方。 Chris: 作为Mel Robbins的丈夫,Chris分享了他对Mel Robbins的家里环境的看法,并表达了希望Mel Robbins能够改善家居环境的愿望。 Dana K. White: 清理的关键在于找到自己的‘杂乱阈值’,即能够轻松掌控的物品数量。超过这个阈值就会感到难以控制,需要清理掉多余的物品。容器的目的是设置界限,而不是单纯地存放物品。清理的目的是减少物品数量,降低大脑的认知负荷,让人感觉更轻松。清理过程中,要先处理没有情感依附的物品,再处理有情感依附的物品。清理能让人对物品的看法发生改变,从而减少购买新物品。如果伴侣比较邋遢,应该先从自己开始清理,而不是对方的物品。

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The episode begins with Mel Robbins discussing her struggles with organization and introducing Dana K. White, who explains the fundamental difference between organizing and decluttering.
  • Organizing and decluttering are not the same.
  • Buying organizing containers often leads to more clutter.
  • Decluttering can change everything by making spaces more manageable.

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This episode blew my freakin’ mind.

After you meet our expert today and learn her revolutionary approach to simplifying your life, you will never approach the topic of picking up, cleaning up, or organizing the same way again.

Whether it’s your desk or closet that is overwhelming you, or like me, you are guilty of constantly starting projects and putting things in piles, only to run out of time or get flustered, creating bigger projects to deal with in the future, today’s episode will change your entire life.

I had no idea how simple it could be to feel organized and in control.

I learned from our expert today that I was attacking organization completely wrong, and that was the problem.

Her 5 steps are so life-changing that from the moment I finished talking to her, I started putting them into practice, and the results are incredible.

Get ready to laugh and learn as I confess the details of what a disaster I am (my husband even rats me out).

Luckily, the incredible Dana K. White, founder of the hit blog, A Slob Comes Clean, and author of How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind, is here to help us all.

And that's not all.

Don’t forget to sign up for "Take Control with Mel Robbins)."

It’s free. It’s my gift to you for supporting this podcast.

It features 3 brand-new training videos, two hours of research-backed curriculum taught by me, and a detailed 21-page workbook.

This training will provide you with the coaching, structure, and support you need to hit reset, take control, and level up your life.

And if you combine this training with Dana’s advice about decluttering, you, my friend, won’t even recognize yourself in a week.

All at zero cost to you. Why? Because you deserve it, and it’s my way of thanking you for being here with me.

You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain. So why not take advantage of this opportunity?

Sign up for free at melrobbins.com/takecontrol) now.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

 

  • 2:00: What Chris thinks about living with a slob. 😂
  • 4:40: Wait. Organizing and decluttering are NOT the same thing?
  • 6:20: Focus this way on organizing, and it will change your life.
  • 7:30: Why doesn’t it work to buy all those organizing containers?
  • 9:45: How do you know what your “clutter threshold” is?
  • 12:15: We’ve gotten the purpose of containers all wrong!
  • 17:40: Use “the visibility rule” before you do anything.
  • 20:00: This is why you begin with a BLACK trash bag.
  • 23:30: This part is still pretty easy. I can do this and you can, too.
  • 25:00: Here’s why you don’t want a fancy “donate” box.
  • 26:30: The decluttering question you’ve never heard before.
  • 30:45: Here’s what REALLY happens with those organized piles.
  • 31:50: No piles. Here’s what you do instead.
  • 34:15: This is why we always put off organizing in the first place.
  • 37:35: The second decluttering question you’ve never heard before.
  • 39:00: Stop making organizing seem so big!
  • 43:30: Spoiler alert: avoiding clutter doesn’t make it go away.
  • 48:30: So how DO you live with a partner who’s a slob?

 

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