The Organized Couple - Discussions About Organization & Lifestyle: Recent Episodes
Nick & Carol Keesey
Professional Organizers Nick & Carol Keesey, aka The Organized Couple, explore the world of being organized, both at home and in life. They discuss how to get organized while detailing the positive impacts decluttering and organizing will have on your life. You’ll learn how to become more efficient, sleep better, project a better image of yourself, save time on chores, and think more clearly. Organization also helps to reduce stress, anxiety and mental clutter.
Taking back your personal finance and getting physically fit & healthy is easier than ever when you’re organized, too. Each episode is packed with insightful and actionable content covering topics such as organization, lifestyle, business and today’s trends. If you want to take back your life and get healthy, tune in weekly for new episodes.
In this episode, we further discuss Marie Kondo and the KonMari method of organizing your home, as well as what it’s like to work as a couple and manage a work/life balance.
Episode highlights:
• Differences between KonMari method and full service method. • What’s our working relationship like? • How is it being “the organized couple”? People always think our home must be immaculate but really, it’s just very manageable • Why we use shoe boxes, just like Marie Kondo, etc • Challenges of a Work/life Balance, not talking about work all the time
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In this episode we dive deep into American consumerism and dissect some hard to hear facts about how much the average American buys and stores in their home.
Episode highlights:
• We provide a few updates from episode 1 • Exciting news! Marie Kondo’s Tidying Up series on Netflix • Answered: what is the KonMari method?
• Effects of the show: CNN Reports thrift stores nationwide are experiencing a surge of donations. Instagram is full of people showing pics of bags they donated and empty bookshelves that were just collecting dust.
• We are really excited about the series, and we’re actually going to her 3 day organizing seminar in New York where she will be, and this is part of becoming KonMari certified consultants
• We discuss American consumerism and some hard to hear facts about the state of consumption
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There are 300,000 items in the average American home (LA Times).
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1 out of every 10 Americans rent offsite storage—the fastest growing segment of the commercial real estate industry over the past four decades. (New York Times Magazine).
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3.1% of the world’s children live in America, but they own 40% of the toys consumed globally (UCLA).
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Nearly half of American households don’t save any money (Business Insider).
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The average American woman owns 30 outfits—one for every day of the month. In 1930, that figure was nine (Forbes).
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Over the course of our lifetime, we will spend a total of 3,680 hours or 153 days searching for misplaced items.The research found we lose up to nine items every day—or 198,743 in a lifetime. Phones, keys, sunglasses, and paperwork top the list (The Daily Mail).
Links: Free DIY Kitchen Pantry Organization Course https://the-organized-couple.teachable.com/p/pantry-organization
All statistics mentioned in this episode found here: https://www.becomingminimalist.com/clutter-stats/
Real-world effects of 'Tidying Up' Netflix series as reported by CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/entertainment/marie-kondo-konmari-tidying-up-netflix-trnd/index.html
Interested in learning more about home organization? Visit https://www.TheOrganizedCouple.com where we have tons of information, as well as before & after photos of recent projects.
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What would a new year be without resolutions? The Organized Couple look back on their 2018 new year resolutions and outline their 2019 new year resolutions. Topics cover food, diet, exercise, health, meditation, fitness, finance, entrepreneurship, and relationships.
Episode highlights:
· We take a look back at some of our resolutions from the past, covering items from 2017 and 2018 such as eating out, grocery budget and revenue goals
· Our 2019 resolutions are detailed and include:
Food and meal management
Personal finance
Business expansion
Education
Health
Fitness
Sleep patterns
Meditation
Entrepreneurship
Relationships
Time management
Screen time
Links:
Interested in learning more about home organization? Visit www.TheOrganizedCouple.com where we have tons of information, as well as before & after photos of recent projects.
Engage with us:
Twitter @OrganizedCouple
Instagram @TheOrganizedCouple
Facebook.com/TheOrganizedCouple