What if the home you keep measuring against everyone else's has been good enough for a while now?

When our homes don't measure up, we tell ourselves we're not organised enough or disciplined enough, and that other women manage this better. I know because I’ve spent years using other people's homes as a measuring stick, noticing what wasn't right.

In this episode, I'm talking about comparing yourself to others, and why a decluttering mindset has to start with the standard you're holding your home to.

You'll learn:

• What a pair of jeans in storage showed me about the standard I'd been chasing
• What turned other people's homes into a measuring stick for my own messy house
• Why I stopped chasing the perfect home and what I needed instead
• Why my home still gets messy, and why that's what a normal messy house looks like
• What the paper reset asked instead of building the world's most beautiful filing system
• Why letting go of perfectionism started with my home before it reached my body
• What wanting a lived in home changed about who I'm keeping the house tidy for
• What question helps you stop comparing yourself to others when you look around your home

If you've been searching for how to stop comparing yourself to others or overcoming perfectionism in the home you actually live in, this episode is for you.

Here's to a home that's good enough for the life you're living,
Caroline

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Thanks for listening! For more organizational motivation, support and free resources:
Join my online membership Clutter Free Collective
Join my podcast Facebook group Living Clutter Free Forever Podcast: KonMari® Inspired Organizing | Facebook
Visit my website www.caroline-thor.com
Come and say 'hi' on Instagram @caro.thor
Follow me on Facebook @carolineorganizer

Have you ever finally dealt with a pile you'd avoided for months, then wondered why you couldn't do it again the next day?

We tell ourselves we were just motivated that day, and when it doesn't happen again, we decide something must be wrong with us.

In this episode, I'm talking about ADHD body doubling and task initiation. There's a reason the pile you've avoided for months can suddenly feel doable on a different day, and it's easier to recreate than you'd think.

You'll learn:

• What 15 minutes of virtual body doubling did for piles you'd walked past for years
• What sits underneath feeling ADHD overwhelmed by six months of paperwork on the kitchen counter
• Why ADHD task initiation can be the hardest part of a simple-looking job
• What the cafe where you answer emails has to do with body doubling for ADHD
• Why the answer to “What is body doubling?” involves nobody standing over you
• What an ADHD accountability buddy asks you instead of why you didn't do it
• What the last job you finally tackled says about task initiation strategies that fit you
• Why calendars, alarms and GPS change how you think about support in ADHD decluttering
• What question to ask about ADHD procrastination instead of wondering what's wrong with you

If you've been searching for “Why does body doubling work for ADHD?” or “How to get out of ADHD paralysis?”, this episode is for you.

Here's to the conditions that make starting easier,
Caroline

If you'd like these conditions around you every week, the ADHD branch of Clutter Free Collective is built for exactly that. For a limited time, everyone who joins gets a one-on-one session with me, and you can join here: Clutter Free Collective

Thanks for listening! For more organizational motivation, support and free resources:
Join my online membership Clutter Free Collective
Join my podcast Facebook group Living Clutter Free Forever Podcast: KonMari® Inspired Organizing | Facebook
Visit my website www.caroline-thor.com
Come and say 'hi' on Instagram @caro.thor
Follow me on Facebook @carolineorganizer

If you've got unopened envelopes in bags under the bed and a form you've been walking past for weeks, come and deal with them with me during the Paper Reset starting September the 26th. Join me for three days and leave knowing exactly what to do with the next pile and trusting that you'll come back to it. https://go.carolinethor.com/paper-reset-sept26pod

Have you ever felt frustrated that a pile of paper is still on the dining room table when you know exactly what to do with it?

In this episode, I'm talking about why knowing what to do with paper doesn't make ADHD decluttering easier, and how ADHD decision fatigue grows with every piece you pick up. Sometimes it starts with one question, "Do I need this?", and ends with you on the floor surrounded by folders three hours later.

You'll discover:

• What ADHD decision fatigue has to do with a leaflet you might want someday
• Why out of sight out of mind ADHD leaves a letter sitting on your kitchen counter
• What an ADHD filing system needs that 27 beautifully labeled categories can't give you
• How ADHD shame can grow out of "I still haven't dealt with that"
• How a pile of paper turns into the cycle of ADHD avoidance
• What a 12-minute job left for six weeks says about ADHD procrastination
• Why a five-minute job can bring on ADHD task paralysis when an interesting two-hour one doesn't
• What ADHD organization tips can make a huge pile of paper small enough to start today
• What a bill waiting to be paid changes about how to organize paperwork
• Why paper with logos on it can feel too important to recycle

If you've been searching for how to declutter paper or how to reduce decision fatigue in a way that actually works for your brain, this episode is for you.

Here's to one piece of paper and one decision,
Caroline

If the avoidance cycle or leaving letters out as reminders sounds familiar, you may also want to listen to Episode 227, Why Do I Keep Avoiding Things I Know I Need To Do? The ADHD Avoidance Cycle at Home and Why Getting Started Has Nothing To Do With Motivation, and Episode 228, Why Mental Load Feels So Heavy When You're Relying On Visual Reminders To Remember Everything You're Trying Not To Forget.

📄 The ADHD Paper Reset is back!

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If unopened mail, important papers and “I’ll deal with it later” piles are taking up too much space in your home AND your head, join me for my FREE ADHD Paper Reset, starting September 26th.

Let’s create a simple system you can actually keep up with, so you know where the important things are and paper no longer feels so overwhelming.

Thanks for listening! For more organizational motivation, support and free resources:
Join my online membership Clutter Free Collective
Join my podcast Facebook group Living Clutter Free Forever Podcast: KonMari® Inspired Organizing | Facebook
Visit my website www.caroline-thor.com
Come and say 'hi' on Instagram @caro.thor
Follow me on Facebook @carolineorganizer