Summary: Making decisions on what to declutter can be exhausting and often bring up emotions like guilt. I am offering my life coaching and decluttering advice on these topics as well as organizing and cleaning kid's toys. <br> <br> <br> <br> <a title="110. Our relationship with stuff, and other decluttering questions" href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/decluttering-life-coach/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Listen to the previous Q+A here</a><br> Questions I am answering on decluttering:<br> <br> * How to know what to get rid of? With each thing I'm asking why I am I keeping this? what should I consider getting rid of and will I regret getting rid of it (mementoes from kids school days, some of their special clothing items, my dressy clothes from over the years, kids trophies, certificates, extra furniture in the basement ...)<br> <br> * Recognizing decision fatigue<br> * How to create a decluttering decision framework<br> * How to handle the potential of regretting what you get rid of<br> * <a title="90. Declutter ‘what if I need it one day?’ items from your home with THIS shift" href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/declutter-what-if-i-need-it-one-day/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Listen to Episode 90 on 'What If I Need it One Day?' </a><br> <br> <br> * What are good ways to handle kid stuff so that it's easy to get into when we need it but keeps things neat when we don't?<br> <br> * Organization is the second part of decluttering <br> * <a title="36. 5 common home organization mistakes and what to do about them" href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/ss36/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 36 on the mistakes we can make when it comes to home organization</a><br> * <a href="https://simple-on-purpose.ck.page/7735f344ad" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Get the cheatsheet on the Top 10 Organization Mistakes we Make</a><br> * Bring your <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/simpleonpurposecommunity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">storage/organization questions to the Facebook group</a><br> <br> <br> * How to handle the cleaning routine and storage of kid's toys? My kids don’t have *much* stuff in total but they love little toys that spread far and wide<br> <br> * Toy tidy up strategies we use in our home<br> <br> <br> * The emotions around decluttering— my constant struggle! Feeling overwhelmed, feeling wasteful by trashing stuff that’s still “good”, feeling guilty about getting rid of a gift, an inherited item, and so on…<br> <br> * How to handle decluttering and not wanting to be wasteful<br> * The guilt of getting rid of something <br> * Honouring the relationship vs keeping the items<br> * The guilt of decluttering gifts<br> <br> <br> <br> If you are interested in life coaching contact Shawna at shawna@simpleonpurpose.ca<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Full Transcript (unedited)<br> <br> Hey friends I'm Shawna, your nerdy girlfriend and life coach from simple on purpose.ca. Welcome to the simple on purpose podcast. This is part two of the decluttering q&a, but you don't have to listen to the other one. First. It's fine. If you are showing up here. I'm glad you're here. I hope that this q&a answers some questions that you might have in your own life around what to get rid of, and how to deal with the emotions that come up. In the previous q&a, we talked more about really just liking stuff like liking stuff and wanting to create a home that feels like us, while still clearing out our home on just getting started knowing where to get started, and we wrapped it up with the age old question of no one else is putting things away like they should. And that is such a relatable question. So I hope you also go check that out. Let's continue on with the questions. And the first one that I'll be sharing today is how to know what to get ...
