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I had a conversation recently and was asked if I thought the root of this problem with keeping a house under control had more to do with nature or nurture. I’ve been thinking a lot about that question since. So I thought I’d talk about it.
--Nony
Excellent podcast Dana!!! Fantastic advice and happy growing🤗 Thanks to you my house is under control and I can garden too😊
You mentioned that you don’t really write blog posts anymore; I just wanted to tell you I really miss that!
This is a helpful way to look at the generations and what is remembered or doesn’t happen. I have thought deeply as to what is behind me not consistently maintaining a tidy organised house, but feeling bad when people come over. I can get the house tidy and the visible parts clean, but it takes days, then Im exhausted and don’t bother to keep it maintained after the guests have gone. Part of it when much younger in my 20s, was rebelling against the previous generation! Plus the fact that there is more stuff available nowadays. Way back when my parents were young( I’m elderly myself now) , they were affected by scarcity during the depression and during and after world wars. So they kept stuff, lots of stuff in the house, sheds and barns. Then I keep stuff as well,( I have no shed or barn) but I have buying power and much more choice in today’s world so I have way more stuff than they had, plus I was married to a pack rat, so fell in to managing his piles and collections. But in the end I couldn’t. I thought he was the only problem!
Also you are right about the word ‘just’ – it is minimising the following instruction that comes after the word ‘just’. ‘Just tidy up after yourself.’ ‘Just do the vacuuming every second day’ or whatever the advice is from the well meaning person.
Loving your attitude and tuning in to us where we are at. I don’t think anyone feels judged.
Many are the clutter books and housework timetables I have tried and then stopped using.
Your podcasts and U tubes help me dig deep and change my attitude and self understanding – during the 2 weeks since I found you, I am noticing trash, donations are now flowing out and I keep asking myself the questions when finding out where items belong, in my mind.
I LOVE being able to sort ‘a container’ without tipping it out – what a small thing but it is so transforming not to have to return and tidy away
the clean up.
Thank you.
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I have been listening to Dana’s podcasts before bed for a long time now and slowly things are sinking in. But the other day, in the above podcast, she said “Decluttering is Nuturing” (I think that is how she put it.) and it was a revelation. Rather than thinking of decluttering as a chore, think of it as a way to take care of myself.
When Dana said decluttering is nurturing a light bulb when off in my head. Taking care of oneself is much more inspiring than doing chores.
I have a number of decluttering ladies that I get sensational ideas from but Dana is the one who makes me feel understood.