Why do you keep walking past the same bag by the front door when you know exactly what needs doing with it?

We tell ourselves that if we cared enough, we'd have done it by now. So when the bag has sat there for six weeks, we decide we're lazy, or messy, or just rubbish at this. What we never count is how many decisions that one small job is asking for before we've even picked it up.

In this episode, I'm marking ADHD Awareness Month by talking about what I wish more people understood about ADHD and clutter, including why task initiation is so much harder than it looks from the outside. The women in my recent paper reset had put off their paperwork for months, some for years, and what got them going had nothing to do with motivation.

You'll learn:

• Why decision fatigue makes putting one thing away feel enormous
• Why you buy another one when you already own three
• Why out of sight out of mind makes clear counters backfire for some brains
• How clutter blindness stops you seeing the letter you left out as a reminder
• Why being overwhelmed by clutter doesn't mean you're lazy or don't care
• How making the job smaller gets you past task paralysis
• Why decluttering is easier with someone alongside you than on your own
• Why a home that looks fine can still mean someone is struggling
• Why ADHD organization works better with fewer steps than with matching containers
• What question to ask yourself to find where to start decluttering

Whether you're trying to work out how to start decluttering when overwhelmed or you want to understand task paralysis in someone you love, this episode is for you.

Here's to asking what's making it hard,

Caroline

Resources Mentioned:

• Episode 228: Why Mental Load Feels So Heavy When You're Relying On Visual Reminders To Remember Everything You're Trying Not To Forget
• Episode 231: Why ADHD Task Initiation Feels So Hard (and How to Get out of ADHD Paralysis Without Planning the Whole Project)

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
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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

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

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