Summer of Success Series: Organizing for Joy: Tips To Organizing Your Space and Life with Rebecca Johnston

In this episode, Coach Kooley is joined by a professional organizer, Rebecca Johnston, who shares her journey to becoming organized, tips for decluttering and organizing spaces, and advice for those overwhelmed by disorganization. She talks of the emotional and financial impacts of clutter, the value of professional organizing services, and practical strategies for getting started with organizing. Rebecca further discusses the benefits of getting organized, how to approach organization based on your personality, and advises busy parents trying to maintain order. Rebecca emphasizes that organization should work for you and doesn't have to be perfect to be effective.

Don’t miss out on these insightful and empowering tips!

Timestamps:

[04:14] Rebecca's background and journey to becoming organized

[09:00] Common challenges clients face with organization

[12:56] The value of professional organizing services

[21:55] Tips for budgeting time for organizing projects

[25:00] The importance of progress over perfection in organizing

[26:15] Understanding "things out" vs "things away" organizing styles

[29:55] Why not everything needs to be folded perfectly

[31:38] Making organization work for your style

[33:26] Adapting organizational approaches for different family members

[35:36] Advice for busy working parents trying to stay organized

[39:55] How to delegate age-appropriate organizational tasks to children

[00:47:14] How household organization can enhance leadership development

Quotes:

• Being disorganized is not a personality trait or a character flaw. We are all good at things and not so good at other things.
• Don't set out to organize your entire house in one weekend. I would say pick your biggest pain point.
• Practice makes progress. You get credit for doing something. I think that might be hard when we've been raised by that grading system of you get an A, you get a B. Um, life doesn't actually work the way that we started through school, where you studied hard for the test. It's you're doing these little tasks, and you get credit for that, and incrementally, they build over time.
• Organization without perfection is still being organized. And it gives you your time back to do other things that are more important.
• The key takeaway of being organized is it has to work for you!

Resources:

National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals: https://www.napo.net/

QC Design School: https://www.qcdesignschool.com/

Connect with Rebecca on:

Website: https://www.soundorganizing.net/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soundorganizingsolutions

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soundorganizingsolutions/

Recommended products page: https://www.soundorganizing.net/recommended-pr