Christina Hidek is an organizational expert, and today she’s going to talk us through some basics in spring cleaning. We all tend to coop ourselves up all winter, and come the sunny season, we just want to throw open our windows, let in the fresh air, and give ourselves a fresh start. Christina has some valuable tips and tricks for us to get started, as the task can seem at times to be entirely overwhelming.

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Table of Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:50 This week’s guest – Christina Hidek, Organizational Expert
02:00 Icebreaker – What is something about you that someone would be surprised to know?
03:20 What makes you happy?
04:25 Have you always been tidy?
09:25 Why is tidiness important?
10:00 Spring cleaning as a global phenomenon.
13:35 Where does someone begin with spring cleaning?
20:45 What are messy people getting wrong?
25:40 How long does it take to become a tidy person?
33:30 Trello and organizational systems.
36:30 Lightning Round Questions
37:00 -Most important space to declutter.
37:45 -Least important space to declutter.
39:05 -One item you know you should throw away but can’t.
40:45 -Most common complaint or excuse from people you help.
42:30 -Marie Kondo says to organize by category vs. space. What are your thoughts?
44:45 How to get in touch with Christina Hidek
45:25 Happiness Fact (1)
47:50 Inspirational Quote (2)
48:30 Weekly Challenge is going away! NEW SEGMENT: Something I’m curious about – Economics.
51:00 Closing Thoughts

Sources:

1. An article from Psychology Today in 2016 linked a bunch of studies showing the positive link between cleanliness and mental and physical health. A study at Indiana University showed that people with clean houses tend to be healthier than those with sloppy houses. The scientific journal “Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin” used linguistic analysis software to show that women who used words like “cluttered” or filled with “unfinished projects” were more likely to be depressed and fatigued than women who called their homes “restful” or “restorative.” There’s more in the article. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-truisms-wellness/201607/the-powerful-psychology-behind-cleanliness)
2. “Coming home to a tidy, pulled together space will help everything in your life feel the same way.” -Bobby Berk of Netflix’s “Queer Eye.

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