I’m going to form a bridge between you and this person because you’re going to encounter them on the Slack channel. Maybe if this person took me to their house and said, “I haven’t tidied up in four years,” I don’t know. For the person who wrote, they’ve never had to tidy up in four years, I would say false. She’s been great for organizers across the world because our profession is well-known now. I would not dissuade you from reading the book. The more information about organizing, the better, but I personally don’t think she has the perfect method, but she’s got some great ideas. Personally, I don’t see her method or her ideas to be any better or worse than other organizers, but she had a great marketer that got this book up and out there. She put out this little book called The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, which has been huge. It helps me clarify so many other aspects of my life.” Suzette, I want to ask you, for the one person reading this who doesn’t know who Marie Kondo is, who is she? Is she good or bad for business? When you do it right all at once following Kondo’s method, you never have to do it again. I’ll be excited to hear the episode, though. I haven’t had to tidy my spaces in the past four years since doing the full program outlined in her book. I’m going to start with one, which is more of a comment. In this episode, I’m going to be interjecting questions and comments from the SOLO community. If the readers are interested in getting more involved with people like you and getting to get involved in the community, they can go to /solo and sign up. I found you there, obviously, and thankfully. For this episode, I’m going to rely pretty heavily on the SOLO community. This is the 800-pound gorilla of organization and tidying up. Before we get to that, you mentioned Marie Kondo. You don’t need to be involved in a reinvention to begin this process. Whether it’s to clear your head to start the rest of your life or to start with a win, tidying up is a good place to reinvent yourself. It’s an easy way to make a change for the better. When it’s cleared out, your head is cleared out. If you have too much stuff and clutter, you know it’s there, whether it’s in a storage unit, whether it’s in your back bedroom, whether it’s right in front of you, your head knows it’s there. She says the same thing, the first step to the rest of your life. Even Marie Kondo says so, although I have my issues with Marie Kondo. What I have seen in my years of working is it clears your mental space. I agree that tidying up is the way to begin. When people are interested in reinventing themselves, I like to encourage them to begin by tidying up. I was once called persnickety by a member of the SOLO community. You can access that conversation by signing up at /solo. We discuss her experiences and she shares some of her favorite episodes. She has her own channel where she writes about her musings in response to episodes as part of the bonus material, which you can find in the SOLO community. Suzette is a member and special contributor to the SOLO community. We discussed the steps to tidying up, motivations, challenges, best practices, and Marie Kondo. It’s a great conversation and an inspirational one. A proud solo, she enjoys swing dancing, motorcycle riding, and spending time with her 21 nieces and nephews, as I call them, nibblings. Suzette is a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals, and she’s the owner of White Space. I invite Suzette Smith, a professional organizer with many years of experience, to talk about a topic that is dear to my heart, tidying up. She enjoys swing dancing, motorcycle riding, and spending time with her 21 nieces and nephews.īonus material is available to the Solo community. Suzette is the owner of White Space and is a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and A proud Solo. He invites Suzette Smith, a professional organizer with ten years of experience, into the studio to discuss Marie Kondo, motivations to tidy, and best practices and pitfalls.
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