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Organize Your Closet And Your Life Will Follow
What does it mean to be more with less? I’m Ruma Tenbrink and welcome to the “Organize your closet and then your life will follow” podcast. If you feel like you are drowning in things and need to take back your life, you are in the right place. I am excited for you to “move towards minimalism” right along with me! Let’s do this together!
First, let’s talk a little bit about the Pareto Principle. It’s otherwise known as the 80/20 Rule and the law of the Vital Few, The Pareto principle states that for many outcomes roughly 80% of consequences come from 20% of the causes - the “vital few”. So, if we translate this idea to our closets, really think about your wardrobe. You probably reach for 20% of your clothing 80% of the time. I know for a fact this was so true for me and that realization really hit me! It was the first time I went through all the fancy-wear and business clothing I was holding onto in deeper storage. Meaning, I never, ever, ever used them. I love being comfortable and wearing comfy clothes that feel good on my skin and make me feel good. So, I decided to be bold and just dropped them all off at a consignment shop in a funky little community here known as The Piedmont District in Oakland CA. I made it easy on myself and asked her to do her best and whatever didn’t sell well or fast enough for her, she could add to her donates pile which she took to a local women's shelter.
The magic of doing this was I went home to a lighter space that felt a lot less overwhelming and easier to organize. I also did good by providing clothes for someone else to love and use. It’s a win-win-win-win. The consumer creates a small carbon footprint by reusing something and getting a good deal on the item, the shop makes their money for holding and displaying the item, the local charity gets really nice clothes donated to them and I go home to the start of serenity and freedom in my closet.
Are you ready to change your life simply by organizing your closet? Could it really be that simple? Actually, yes it can. As a professional home organizer, I have seen the phenomenon take place with all of my clients. Every. Single. One. As you start to change your environment for the better, you inherently change along with it. You simply cannot help yourself. This opens a doorway into the world of positive change and along with that, infinite possibilities to uncover who you really are without all the physical stuff bogging down your home and your mind. Ultimately, your creativity hides deep within you because it is so muffled by the things taking up all of the open space and also things you choose to hide behind.
Let’s make this shift right now. By the way, did I mention this will be life-changing? Stay tuned and be ready for it!!!
Organize Your Closet And Your Life Will Follow
Episode 10 - Find Your Simple Pleasures
What are your daily simple pleasures? If you can start writing down your daily simple pleasures, you may actually find so much more to be grateful for in your life. More gratitude brings more feelings of joy, more feelings of joy bring more happiness into your day every day, more happiness can bring more feelings of fulfillment and the cycle continues. You can now share your joy with others and allow it to become a gift that you find yourself sharing daily with yourself and those around you! Enjoying and really noticing these simple daily pleasures can train your brain to find the joy and the positive and the beautiful things that surround us all the time:
1) Lazy afternoons with nothing to do
2) Sitting down in my favorite cozy spot
3) The sound of water
4) New growth on plants
5) Sunrise (blue hour/golden hour)
6) Sunset (golden hour/blue hour)
7) Fresh Air
8) Waking up to a clean kitchen
9) Putting away clean dishes
10) The song my dryer makes as it finishes the cycle
11) The smell of garlic, onions, and ginger sizzling in EVOO
12) Clothes that fit beautifully
13) 3rd-day hair
14) Checking off my to-do list
15) The smell of fresh coffee brewing
16) Watching my puppies at play outside
17) Chamomile tea in bed
18) Alone time woot woot
19) Clean linens and a cozy bed
20) Bowl of fruit salad
A few extras I forgot to talk about:
21) The smell of book pages and listening to the sound when the page turns
22) A clean home that smells fresh and feels welcoming
23) Piles of clean folded laundry ready to be put away
24) Watching the birdies outside frolic, play and chirp all day
p.s. sorry I messed up the numbering lol lol
Consume less, live more!
Consume less, live more!
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What are your daily simple pleasures? If you can start writing down your daily simple pleasures, you may actually find so much more to be grateful for in your life. More gratitude brings more feelings of joy, more feelings of joy bring more happiness into your day every day, more happiness can bring more feelings of fulfillment and the cycle continues. You can now share your joy with others and allow it to become a gift that you find yourself sharing daily with yourself and those around you! Enjoying and really noticing these simple daily pleasures can train your brain to find the joy and the positive and the beautiful things that surround us all the time:
1) Lazy afternoons with nothing to do
2) Sitting down in my favorite cozy spot
3) The sound of water
4) New growth on plants
5) Sunrise (blue hour/golden hour)
6) Sunset (golden hour/blue hour)
7) Fresh Air
8) Waking up to a clean kitchen
9) Putting away clean dishes
10) The song my dryer makes as it finishes the cycle
11) The smell of garlic, onions, and ginger sizzling in EVOO
12) Clothes that fit beautifully
13) 3rd-day hair
14) Checking off my to-do list
15) The smell of fresh coffee brewing
16) Watching my puppies at play outside
17) Chamomile tea in bed
18) Alone time woot woot
19) Clean linens and a cozy bed
20) Bowl of fruit salad
A few extras I forgot to talk about:
21) The smell of book pages and listening to the sound when the page turns
22) A clean home that smells fresh and feels welcoming
23) Piles of clean folded laundry ready to be put away
24) Watching the birdies outside frolic, play and chirp all day
p.s. sorry I messed up the numbering lol lol
Consume less, live more!
