Unknown: Hi, I'm Paige Killian, and I'm passionate about helping
busy moms of littles organize and style their life in three
simple steps. Living this mom life is incredible, and
sometimes completely overwhelming. is stressing about
overstuffed drawers never ending mail piles, a mountain of Legos
and our kids artwork really what God intended. No way. Getting
organized has been a game changer for me, and also my
clients. But it has to be simple, or it just won't get
done. So let's simplify the process and clear the clutter to
see the blessings God has for us. I know your time is
valuable. So thanks for joining me each week for a healthy dose
of organization and a whole lot of motivation. Hello, hello.
Welcome back to another episode today of the bombs organization
motivation podcast. Now, if you happen to see the title of this
episode, no Motivation Monday, I would like to let you know that
there is going to be a silver lining here. I am going to say
some helpful things. But I wanted to actually I don't know
commiserate with you for just a little bit is that the right
word? Is that the appropriate word? I'll be looking that word
up after this podcast episode is done recording. I wanted to let
you know that sometimes, we just can't seem to get motivated. And
that's okay. I did an episode episode 114. A little while back
called I need motivation. And I went over to my girlfriend Kelly
mobix house if you've been around and listen to this
podcast for any length of time, you know, I am a huge Kelly mo
Beck fan. She's got a podcast called let's be honest, before
we start pretending best title ever. And she has recently had a
knee surgery. And I went to check on her. And I tried to
take her a cute little orchid that she couldn't kill. But the
funny thing is, whenever I got to her house, I realized that
one of the leaves, I only bought it a couple days before I gave
it to her had like, totally almost died. And I tried to spin
it and be like, so I feel like you're this shining star gold
sparkling human and you needed an orchid that had one leaf.
It's not bright and green, but shiny and gold. Really, I think
it might have a bit of a disease. But that's okay,
because the intention was there, right. And she laughed and we
chatted it up all day, I was truly supposed to just go drop
off some yummy soups and salads, half dead or good and fun little
surprises in a gift bag. And it just turned out we needed each
other. We needed each other for a couple of reasons. I have
really enjoyed my friend Kelly, for years as a friend, but also
as my business coach, she has helped me through thick and
thin. And again, if you've been listening for a while, I started
my three E's philosophy. In 2015 2016. When I started my
business, I started talking about doing anything you want
basically in three simple steps. And she was actually one of the
people that helped me come up with the ease the names of the
ease. So she's been around forever. And she and I just got
talking, she is doing really well after surgery. And I'm so
proud of her because she really went into it sharing a lot on
the podcast about how anxious she was about it and nervous.
She was about it. And then she got to this place where she was
thinking, I need to ask for some support and some help. And she
was asking for prayers. And she was really doing the work as far
as making sure her health was great going into it. She wanted
to make sure that she asked all the questions and so she felt
prepared in that sense. And then also she shared with us that she
was going to be getting a second knee surgery as well on the
other knee. So she was really wanting to make sure that this
one she did everything she possibly could to sort of gear
up for surgery number two, which I felt like was just so smart
for her to be thinking ahead like that. And you know, there
were days that she really struggled with that because
nervousness and you know anxiety can happen and I share all that
because when we were talking yesterday, she just said you
know I like I got myself so worked up Yes, I did the work
and I asked for the prayers and I did a lot of praying myself
but then after it was over I was feeling pretty good. I feel like
the recovery is going as well as could be expected. Right now,
you know, I have energy, my appetites, good, all that kind
of stuff. She was saying, but gosh, if I had just kind of
said, I worked myself up for no reason, and I got so nervous and
anxious and there's really no reason like it's okay. Then she
would have negated the power of prayer that all these people
were doing for her that she, in fact was doing for herself as
well. She would have negated the fact that God really move
mountains with her surgery to help her not only have all the
resources when she was doing that research and asking those
questions, and in great communication with doctors and
nurses, and people who had had these procedures in the past and
all that, she would have negated all of that good stuff. And that
effort that she put into it, if she just was like, you know,
this was no sweat. Not that it was no sweat. There's definitely
some recovery that goes with it. But I just said to her, I was
like, you know, you're really right. And I said, I have been
crazy in my head lately about how do I this is sort of a hard
pivot, but I'll tie it together. Let's see if that happens. How
do I pivot my business from being this professional
organizer and running my own business? And podcasting, and
author of a book? How do I pivot all of that, take all of that
stuff, turn it into being a public speaker, I really feel
passionately about sharing some of these things that I've
learned over the years with lots of not just busy moms of
littles, but lots of other people as well. And being able
to get organized to really sort of help people save people from
themselves sometimes, the way that organization has saved me
from myself. And I said, I just am struggling with this
motivation to move forward to really work on those parts to
move my business forward. What is going on with me? Like, why
is this such a struggle? I don't have just this motivation. I
have this desire, but I'm really struggling. So we just dove in.
And she's like, Girl, I'm so glad you're here, because I'm
taking off of work technically, because I'm supposed to just be
focused on recovery. But she goes, I am missing it. I'm
missing that coaching aspect. Let's dive in. Oh, let's talk
about it. And it was so interesting. We had this really
great conversation about motivation and getting motivated
to do things kind of breaking through whatever those barriers
are that stop us from moving forward on these things that we
really do desire. Okay, it is true. I'm not talking about how
do I get motivated to do something that I just really
don't feel like doing? You know, today, I knew that I wanted to
batch record some podcast episodes, and I got a Bible
study later on tonight with my mom life crew. And I knew that
today was the day that I needed to get some stuff done. Because
originally I was supposed to go organize for a client and she
had a big presentation this week. And she just said, You
know what? I feel like I need to focus on the presentation. Can
we do some organizing later I said, Sure, no problem. That
happens all the time in my business. It's not a problem. I
prepare for that. Because oftentimes, I work with busy
moms of littles and like kids get sick at the last minute.
Literally, before I hit record on this podcast episode, I'm
getting an email from the nurse's office at school saying
that poor Duke got a zipper to the face when someone was
slinging around one of their sweaters, their you know, school
hoodie, and he got a zipper that hit really close to his eye and
just the ice pack just really was not doing the trick. And so
the nurse reached out so she let me know she's like, alright, we
did the ice, later came back did a little Tylenol. I think he's
okay, I think the eye is okay, I'm looking at the eye. And
since I got the Go ahead, that's
the I was okay. I'm like, You know what, I'm just going to do
this real quick podcast episode. And we thankfully just live very
close to the school. And I said, and I'm on my way. So they're
like, Okay, great. And I know that things can come up. And I
know that that can be something that keeps us from just not
being motivated to do what it is we need to do. Because
especially as busy moms, like all these other things pop into
our lives that we either weren't planning for or you know, we
know that these things are gonna come up, and they just get in
the way and we keep sort of pushing those desires that we're
having off to the side, and we do that thing that pops up right
in front of us. And, you know, scrolling Instagram, because I
was avoiding doing some of these things that I'm supposed to be
doing right now. You know, reaching out to different
companies to say hey, I'm a speaker. I'd love to speak at
your next event. Here's my information. Here's my one
cheat, here's my speaking real, you know, instead of doing all
that I chose to sit in my car. And as I'm in my car scrolling
to avoid doing the thing, because it's just a no
Motivation Monday and PS, I am recording this on a Tuesday,
technically not a Monday, if you're here to judge, you're in
the wrong place. If you're here to understand, pull up a seat.
So I'm watching on reels. I'm watching this mom talking about
how one of her favorite places on earth is in her car. Because
it's quiet alone, I should say that wait, there's a very
important distinction, alone in her car is one of her favorite
places to be because she's got multiple kids, there are no kids
asking her for SNAP, or arguing and fighting with each other. Or
saying that they need something else while she's trying to do
something. And she said, It's temperature controlled. The hum
of the AC or the heat in the car feels a little bit like spa
music to her just kind of helps her zone out. And I really
identified with that because I thought when I don't feel
motivated, I can easily just go sit in my car and kind of hide
out. And I know some of you moms who are listening, totally
identify with that. And I just really got to thinking and then
talking more with Kelly about what is it that stops us from
being motivated? How can we get motivated to do stuff? And she
told me something really interesting is that we really
can't motivate other people. And I said, Well, gosh, Cal, my
podcast title is mom's organization motivation. And she
said, Well, yes, because what you do on your podcast is you
inspire people to get organized by way of motivating themselves,
because they have the information that you've given
them, the tools, the tricks, the systems, that you lay out for
them in order to get organized. Or if we're talking about mom
life, and just different things that are going on in our lives,
it's maybe not necessarily a specific organization episode
that day, I'm sharing stories about what's going on in my
life, or I'm having amazing guests on to share things that
are happening in their lives or businesses that would be
advantageous for my listeners to hear, right. So she said, what
you do is you inspire other people by giving them all this
information that they need and encouragement to know that they
can do things themselves. And she goes on, I know, you're
always telling people that they can ask for help. If they can't
do it themselves, they can absolutely ask for help. But she
said at the end of the day, the motivation has to come from the
person who's getting it done. And that was eye opening. For
me. Like I said, if you've listened for a while I share
stuff that Kelly says and has said for years, like when she
told me there's no such thing as balance. And I was like, that
just blew my mind. Because I remember the days of every other
thing on social media and out in the world saying like, gotta
have that work life balance. And truly, she opened up my eyes to
the fact that a lot of times there is no balance. And you can
shoot for harmony, where you're asking people for help. Because
this is a season where you need to be focused on your business
or a project in your home you're wanting to work on or really
being home and being present for your family or you name it,
whatever it is you're working on. And then other times, you
are a little more available to help other people. And that is
when you can work in harmony. And you could say, Gosh, you
were amazingly helpful these days when I needed this. I want
to help you How can I help you? And sometimes it starts with you
where you're the one that needs to say, hey, look, I would love
to help you with something. What can I do to take this off your
plate? How can I help you? How can I inspire you so you can get
motivated to do something that you want to work on. And then
hopefully that'll come back to you as well as when that
recipient sees and feels how great it is to be held out. They
will be willing to help you as well. So, you know, I just
wanted to share with you today on this Monday, or this Tuesday
or any day of the week. If you're not feeling motivated.
First, I wanted to share with you that episode so you can go
to my shownotes just scroll down wherever you're listening to
this episode and see the show notes. And there will be episode
114 And it's called I need motivation and in that I
actually was motivated before I hopped on this episode to just
go back and take a look at what I shared in that episode. And I
talked about how sometimes it's the season of rest. Sometimes it
is not the season To be motivated to do a bunch of stuff
because you need to rest and that is okay. I also talked
about the three E's philosophy, which is something that I have
used and tested and it is tried and true, it is all about
getting organized or focusing on whatever it is you want to
accomplish in three simple steps. So that overwhelm does
not cause paralysis by analysis. I also talked about the 1% rule,
which is just shooting for 1% better getting 1% more into a
project. So often, it's the starting something that is the
hardest part. And I talk a lot about the 1% rule and how
shooting for 1% inevitably leads to way more percentage of growth
or of moving forward on that project. And I would love for
you to go back and listen to that as well. But I just I
wanted you to know that if motivation feels like a struggle
for you right now. And you just are not motivated not only go
back and listen to that episode, because it does actually give
you tangible tips. But I just wanted to share with you that it
really felt a lot like that was kind of new information or a new
perspective where I'm not necessarily motivating you to do
something, I am encouraging you. And I am giving you the
resources that you may need to move forward with a project. But
the motivation has to come from within a they're quick reminder
that now there are four ways to get my book. If you head over to
Amazon, you can search up I've got your girlfriend, why getting
organized and living this mom life is not a solo mission. You
can now get it on the Kindle app, paperback hardcover, and
the audio book is finally here. So if you've been enjoying this
podcast episode, I have a feeling you might love the
audiobook. Thanks so much for making it a best seller. And now
back to the show.
I will tell you that even before I hopped on this podcast
episode, the zoom to do this recording to share this
information with you. I was thinking, I don't really feel
that motivated today. And so I thought, Gosh, I'm going to take
my own advice. What is 1% that I could shoot for better toward
moving along to getting this podcast episode recorded?
Because I do feel like it's important. And it really landed
on me hard yesterday. And guess what my 1% was? The first thing
I did is I made up my dang bed. Now I know that might sound
weird. What in the world does that have to do with getting a
podcast episode up and running? Well, I'll tell you, it made me
feel like I accomplished something productive instantly.
When I did that, it also made me say okay, Paige, there's no
climbing back into bed for you today, there is getting
something done today. Whether that's getting this episode
done, whether that's following up with some amazing guests.
Spoiler alert, I have some incredible guests coming, I
already have three, I've taken a little bit of a break from
booking guests lately, because I just like to hop on at my own
pace and just share some things that are happening in real time.
But I have been bombarded with some incredible and super
convincing pitches lately. I have three guests who are going
to be coming on in the next month or so who I've never met.
But they reached out to me and I looked at their businesses,
several of them have podcasts of their own. Several of them have
guested on other podcasts and I got to listen to them. And they
are magic, they are bringing some incredible information. And
dare I say they are going to inspire you to get motivated to
do some things. So be here for that. I was talking about making
up my bed and how that really sort of set the wheels in motion
to getting this episode recorded today. Well, then, after I did
that, I had to do the next thing. And that was opened my
laptop and set up my little chair. Thankfully, the setup is
really simple in my bedroom, I pulled my side chair over, I
opened my laptop, I opened my windows. And then what I can
sometimes look a little scary when I get all that natural
light on me. If I have not actually you know, showered,
washed my hair, put on a little makeup curl those lashes, you
know what I mean? And I thought, Gosh, I'm going to do that. I'm
going to get that motivation flowing. And then I'm going to
open the laptop and as soon as I hit zoom, I'm going to be like,
Ooh, this is cringy she looks scary. This is not going to be
one of those episodes. That makes it on YouTube. I'm gonna
need to let my Simon know about that because he does all of my
YouTube production videos, I'm gonna need to reach out and be
like, don't even go near this episode because I don't want
anyone to see what I look like today. And I thought, You know
what, I have made up my bed, I have gotten my laptop open and
my chair set up. And I have really got a great idea for this
episode, because I think a lot of people who are listening
today totally resonate with no Motivation Monday, really not
feeling motivated, and really just wanting to know how we pull
ourselves out of that. I owe them a little bit of pulling
myself together. And so I went into the bathroom, and I just
decided to at first brush my teeth, that feels like a win. I
like to think that that happens every day and multiple times a
day. But I'm going to be real. Sometimes, I'm just flying out
the door to get the kids to carpool in the mornings. And
suddenly, I realized three hours later, I never brush my teeth.
That's gross. I will tell you, little mom hacks. If you were
around a couple of weeks ago when I shared the fact that I
put my makeup on in the car in the front seat with an organic
tampon because I decided that it was a good idea to leave my
sponges behind accidentally, and then get to the parking lot
before I went into my mom life meeting. And I didn't have
anything to apply my makeup, right, I was going to try and
save time and energy by not doing my makeup at home. But I
was just going to jump in the car, get the kids to carpool and
then was going to have a little time to put it on. So yeah, I
learned a new mom hat that day on my own your organic tampons
that are in your travel makeup that work just as well as the
good spongy thing on your face. So there's some information for
you if you didn't hear that episode a few weeks ago. Also,
can I tell you I know you're listening mom, hey, girl. My mom
just came to visit that was a lot of fun. And she said that
she thought about staging a little, you know, like FaceTime
chat for us before she got on the plane to come to be like, Oh
yeah, I'm just, you know, just getting ready for the trip. And
then seeing her pat on her concealer with a flattened
tampon with the string hanging down on camera. I was like, Mom,
you're too much. Also, thanks for listening to the podcast.
She's the best. So with those mom hats, I'll tell you, I just
thought I am going to go into the bathroom. And I am going to
start putting on some makeup. But this time, not with a tampon
because I think you only make that mistake once and you from
now on make sure you have lots of sponges in your travel makeup
that and I just thought you know, I'm going to do anything
and everything I possibly can today to help myself out. And
I'm going to show up the way that I feel like my listeners
deserve. And who knows, maybe this will make it onto YouTube.
I don't know, maybe this will be the episode that just goes viral
because people totally relate to not having motivation. And then
suddenly, it's become a trend to put your makeup on with a
tampon. I don't know. You never know Right? on that. No, you
never know what can happen when these things that you've been
putting off in your life because you are feeling like you have
this desire, but you lack the motivation. You never know what
could end up happening. When you just take the leap and do 1%
toward that goal. You never know your world could change.
Something amazing can happen. I never planned on writing a book
and getting it published. I never planned on starting a
podcast I never planned on leaving my amazing teaching job
that I loved so much to start a professional organizing
business. I never planned on doing those things. When those
ideas popped into my head. I just remember thinking, Wow, is
this even something that I want to attempt to do that feels like
a lot that feels really overwhelming? How will I ever
get motivated to do that? I talk about tech being a mega hang up
all the time for me. And even the fact that I'm struggling
right now pivoting my business and reaching out to some places
to say hey, I'm a speaker, and I would love to speak at your next
event or your next conference. And for some reason, can you
believe I am getting hung up because it's a matter of putting
together an email creating a template so that I can reach out
to all these different businesses and I'm making sure
I'm crafting these emails appropriately. So I can send
them out to people, and really talk about how what it is that
they're doing is impacting me, and how I'd love to be able to
contribute to that if they felt like my message would jive with
theirs. Can you believe that me feeling like, oh gosh, what if
they asked me to create a PowerPoint presentation? I've
done that before. But it's stopping me in my tracks. How in
the world? Do I move past that? Well, first, you get somebody to
talk to you about it. And I talked to my friend about it.
And Kelly and I are going to be getting together in the next
couple of days. Because we are going to do that next step for
me, I'm going to make my list, I'm going to figure out who is I
want to reach out to I'm going to have those email addresses.
I'm going to have my fancy email crafted. And actually, it's not
even going to be that fancy, it's going to be pretty
straightforward and easy. I'm going to attach my little one
sheet that has all the good info in it. What is it that you need
to do to get motivated? Do you need to start with simply making
up your bed? Do you need to start with simply opening up
your laptop and doing something that you've been putting off? Do
you need to pick up the phone and hire someone to help you
with something that you've been putting off? What is 1% toward
your goal that you could put in today? And maybe listen, maybe
it's an organization project that just feels completely over
whelming? If you need my help, do you know that I do virtual
organizing sessions, I always say you would be shocked at what
we can get done in one hour over a zoom. Absolutely reach out to
me, if you are struggling with something, I do not want that to
be a struggle for you anymore. If you are lacking that
motivation, get on a call with me. Let's have a chat. And let's
figure out how in three simple steps we can accomplish the goal
that you really want to see achieved. All right, let's do
it. I am here for you. Because I know that feeling of just not
being motivated. And sometimes we just need a girlfriend to get
on a zoom with or a phone call with or jump into the car and go
to happy hour or have a cup of coffee and say this is what's
going on in my mind. And I need motivation. And they can offer
some encouraging words, and they can offer some inspiration. And
then it's up to you to take that first step. And I can tell you
that first step really does seem to be the hardest. And I can
also tell you that once you do that first step, it's oftentimes
not quite as scary or as big, or as overwhelming a task as you
might think it is. Because when we shoot for just 1% better, and
we make the decision that we're going to simplify whatever it is
that we're wanting to accomplish, it takes that big
huge stress out of the equation, because you're just shooting for
one teeny tiny little thing that you can do, that you can
accomplish, then it's going to end up being that motivation
that kicks in that's going to propel you toward the next 1%
And then the next 10% And the next 50%. So I just want you to
feel completely validated today. If you are just like man, I
cannot pull myself out of this. No Motivation Monday, you know,
Monday's are supposed to be the day that we jump out of bed and
get the kids to school and then conquer the world. Right? Not
always and that's okay. It's totally okay. It is relatable,
and it's normal. And we have to find the motivation from within.
So I'm gonna say a little prayer for you today. And feel free to
say a little prayer for me, I can use it, let's all say a
prayer for my friend Kelly, because she's doing so great.
And I am so proud of her. And she is going to have some
amazingly healthy knees soon. And I think we're just gonna
have to go out dancing. I think that's what is going to be on
the docket on the docket. Is that a thing? Two people say on
the docket? I don't know. But maybe we should start. I'm gonna
look that word up too after this. Okay, I hope you guys are
having a great day. And maybe you're feeling a little more
motivated today. If you need a little bit more inspiration to
get motivated today. Do check out that episode 114 go back and
listen to it. It's gonna break some things down and give you a
little bit more of a tangible tip sort of a an episode versus
this crazy episode that I'm sharing with you today. Okay, I
will talk to you next week. And you guys get excited for these
amazing guests who are coming. I cannot wait to share with you
you a little bit more about them. I will talk to you next
week. Go make your bed, go open your laptop, go get started on
that organization projects and keep me in the loop. And if you
need more backup, please reach out I would love to do a virtual
organizing session with you. All right. Until then, I'll talk to
you soon. Bye. Thanks for listening to another episode of
the moms organization motivation podcast. For more resources to
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