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Welcome everyone to our newest episode.

We are absolutely thrilled to have the lovely Tiffany Summers.

Her company is Let's Organize.

She is a board certified professional organizer and has been, has had

her business for eight years and she loves helping people.

And she has a theory, everything has a place.

So I can't wait to hear where all my stuff should be.

So thank you, Tiffany, for joining us today.

Thank you so much for having me.

It is an honor and a pleasure to be here with you ladies today.

So I am board certified.

I've been doing this for eight years now.

Prior to this, I was a special education teacher and I felt that there was more

of a need out there in people's homes.

People don't realize how much clutter and things in our, keep

us, hold us back from things.

Honestly, it's not so much the stress.

It's not so much the visual.

Looking around and seeing it just really who it affects you as a person.

So looking at the big picture after teaching it, I said, this is

what I want to branch off and do.

I started doing it part time and I fell in love with it.

Helping people in that way, being in their home, getting to know them

on a personal level and really just taking things out of their system.

Face to give them more life, which sounds so strange.

You're taking something away, get you're getting more.

It is that the new lease on life to be able to give back to people.

They have a new mindset and a way to, it's not just going in and doing

the projects, it's really teaching them tools and techniques that they

can take over time to make their life happier and just more, more efficient.

That's amazing.

And I think as business owners, I love the concept of that our clutter holds us back.

And I think when you start a business and you're running a business, there's

so many different things going on.

And so if you can be more organized, then obviously you

are going to be more productive.

You're going to be more successful.

So I think the first point we want to talk about is organization.

How do you define organization and how can you see that helping business owners?

Organization for each person is very personal and different.

And a lot of my clients go out and they purchase bins and all these products.

What do I do?

So when it comes to organization, I really start with going in, meeting

with my clients, deciding what's going to be best for them, because

everybody's fit is different.

And then going in and decluttering and purging the items they no longer

want, whether that be donating them to people here in need or giving

back or selling them, everybody's functionality is different in their homes.

So I really try to sit down with my clients.

Make sure that we have something set up for them that's going to

be absolutely perfect for them.

And most importantly, something that they're going to be able to keep up with.

I don't want to go in and organize for a family or a business.

And then in two weeks, a month, it'd be completely a disarray.

I want to set up systems more than anything that keeps

the functionality for them.

I'm a container store junkie.

Just fine.

Like you said, after you've decluttered.

So what is your advice for someone who has, let's say a home office?

Like where should they start?

I say with home offices, always remember if it's after

seven years, you can shred it.

Now, obviously that's certain things with taxes, things like that.

I think people have to remember, no matter what they have, there

is a file somewhere with that.

And it just being that don't keep that paper product, shred it,

keep it in a file, keep it on your computer just to keep it.

The stuff less in your home, if you will.

But when it comes to an office, I think it's really important to have what is

most a deadline, if you will, of, okay, these are closest to me and then work

your way back, almost like a book.

So whatever's closest to me, I know I need to do next.

And then I work from that point back just to have an idea of what needs

to be taken care of immediately.

And then just some easy bins, or if you want to get drawers, just something

that keeps everything together.

Um, But also makes it where you see it.

It's visible and things don't get lost.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

Everything it's gone so electronic now, even yearbooks.

I had a client and she goes, I want to keep all my kids yearbooks.

And I said, those are things that are now online.

Oh, really?

And it's yeah, just get rid of them.

Which is so crazy.

Cause we all were generations of having yearbooks and signing them.

I probably have it in a box of the closet somewhere.

That's most people they're up in an attic.

They're dusty.

They haven't been open in you ever.

And if they're online, you want to look up

We get to see all these people in their life stages and what

they're doing, et cetera.

So it's amazing.

We've gone from paper to now all online.

It's beautiful thing.

And one of the things you talked about when you talk about organizing is systems.

And I know for me, I function best if there's a system.

Can you talk a little bit about some office systems

that might work for clients?

A business owner.

So some of the best systems that I have created are visual ones.

So you put stuff in a drawer, you forget about it, you don't see it.

One of the biggest things when it comes to organizing is the visual appeal

of it, looking good at the end, but most importantly, things that you're

going to have an eye on every day, but it doesn't become overwhelming.

I recommend to my clients, if you have an.

open planner to close it every night.

Almost like you're closing your book at the end of the day.

Like you're waiting for the day you're refreshing yourself for you.

So you're ready to go for tomorrow.

That's a visual thing when you walk in.

Also, I tell people to have your desk cleaned up at night.

Don't leave papers everywhere.

Make sure whatever's most important.

Sometimes I tell people, sit it on your chair.

Or on top of your keyboard, because that's going to be the first thing that

you see when you hit your desk in the morning, and it's going to be a reminder,

okay, I need to take care of this first.

And then, like I said, the stacks next to you, just, this is the next thing.

And once those things are dealt with, either shred it, throw it away,

file it, if it needs to be filed.

I'm running across so many people nowadays that use the file cabinets that we come

off to leave, but, um, keeping those things where it's readily available.

Right there, visually ready to go for things on the desktop.

I would say on your actual top of your desk, different bins, just even flat ones.

I almost recommend to people clear.

And I know people think, Oh, it's going to see everything, but

that's the purpose and the point.

If you can see what's inside of it, you're not losing things.

And even those basic folder holders or paper holders on your

desk, things can get shuffled in.

And then you're looking at a stack of papers and who knows what's in it.

It was a clean desk policy.

You could have your cup holder on the desk.

And I think one other thing.

And then your computer.

But so at the end of the day, everything was left exactly the same.

And then the office always looked neat and tidy.

And it really was interesting because you just knew exactly,

well, my staplers in this drawer, you just knew where things were.

And I think that was mind blowing to me.

Cause that was the first time I ever really got into that concept of

having everything on my desk, have a place, but at the end of the day,

it's left with very few things on it.

I absolutely love that.

That is, that's perfect.

Cause yeah, everything's going to have it.

So we don't go to the staplers it's focused right then and there on the

current, starting on a fresh page and fresh chapter, and you have a

clean desk that you can come in and set things on and start your day.

So you're more productive and not starting the morning just doing

spinning your wheels until lunchtime.

Then you get a little food in you and then you feel a little bit better

and able to take on to the day.

Do you recommend any apps to help you people to stay organized?

But to do lists or anything like that, I'm huge on note sections and I know both

iPhone and Android have the writing down notes or I constantly set reminder for and

then it pops up in my phone comes up at the top and then until I clear it out, it

helps remind me because there's so many things or if I write it down and I'm not

seeing it, but it pops up on my phone.

We're always on our phones.

They notice our constant go to it is our everything.

And although that may not be a good thing at times, it's our way of life

now, as well as just setting reminders on your phone or a huge thing for me

just to, Oh, yep, got to take care of it.

Cause we all want to take care of everything and stay on top of

everything, but we need those reminders.

I get notified 30 minutes before each of my appointments that are on my calendar.

And it is so helpful, even though I've looked at my calendar in the morning and

I know what I have coming up, it's just nice as that reminder of who I'm going to

speak and speaking within like 30 minutes.

Yeah.

So I think reminders are incredibly helpful and I think people

don't always think to set them.

Yes, and I think people forget or they just don't go through and a lot

of people like my husband for example He'll set it and then he'll remind

him every 15 minutes So you can that's an option for people too because they

may get the one reminder and it go to the back burner But then you get that

reminder gonna oh, okay It's like hitting the snooze button like you eventually

got to take care of it or get up Even if you don't want to it's happening.

And do you have a recommendation with your clients every week pick one day

a week where you can Run through the decluttering the purging And then putting

everything back where it belongs because inevitably it doesn't always end up

where it belongs by the end of the day.

Yeah, that's huge.

That is part of keeping up with the systems that I create for my clients.

So I tell them at night, when you go to bed, if you guys are all out on

the couch, say you're single, you're married, you have a family, take those

blankets and put them in a basket.

They don't need to be neatly folded.

They don't need to be just somewhere where they can go where they're off the couch.

Fluff your pillows, Put the remotes back, make sure the kitchen

counters are free and clear.

And that make your coffee for the next day.

What I do for my husband, I example, I set out a little coffee mug.

If you start these little, little things every day, how much of an impact it

makes at the end of the week, that way, when the weekend comes, shoot, maybe a

load of laundry, maybe something yard work, et cetera, I've needed to get to.

But you're not redoing your living room or your kitchen or even your bedroom,

setting up places and like for shoes too, where's the dedicated place?

So for myself, when we walk in the door, shoes go right underneath

the sofa table, right behind.

And then they're out of the way.

Nobody's tripping on them.

That's the go to.

So we get ready the next day.

We know where to go for shoes.

I think just having purpose, intention, and a place for

everything is the biggest thing.

And if you have too much.

So just those little intentional moments is really what's very

impactful for the overall goal.

I think for a lot of us, or a lot of people, it is the challenge of having too

much, so everything doesn't have a place.

So I guess that's the first goal, is for everyone to get to that place

where they don't have too much stuff.

But like you said, two minutes, so it takes like less than two minutes to wipe

down all the kitchen counters, like you said, and put whatever needs to go in

the dishwasher and then it's done and you do feel so much better when you

get up to a clean, organized kitchen.

Same thing with the bathroom.

When you finish getting ready, if you put everything away.

And wipe things down again, two minutes, but I think we forget that I think we

forget how quickly things can be done.

And we think we don't have enough time when I say we, I mean, me, I've always

like, I secretly, I'm a minimalist inside.

I want to be a minimalist.

No, and everybody does.

You think about at the end of the day, it's stuff, it's things.

And there's so many seniors that I work with here and then families who.

Their, their family has moved on and they're no longer here.

And so then it's just stuff we can't take it with us.

Our families are mourning our loss.

We don't want to put them in that burden, if you will, to

have to go through their things.

I think that's what's so important, whether you're 18, 20, 30, 60, in your

nineties, just to be really conscious about what you buy, what you bring

in your home and kind of the overall feel that you give to your family.

Hey, because the more stuff there is, the more clutter, the more hectic, the more it

really just, it brings you down where if you walk in with clean lines, everything

has a place, everything's in a spot.

You've got the things that you only love, use or need.

That's so huge.

So I really recommend to my clients that are moving from up North down

here to Florida or moving from other areas, maybe to a community or in with

family, really keep a hold of what's really, truly meaningful to you.

Because at the end of the day, it is just.

Stuff and a lot of our family has to just donate it.

A lot of it's just actual trash and it's awful to have it go to the

landfills, but at the end of the day, it's stuff, it literally is just stuff.

It's nothing more.

It doesn't change the person you are.

It doesn't change how you feel about your family and friends and how you go

about your day, because it's just items.

So, at the end of the day, it's stuff, but everybody's stuff's different.

I love the confidence.

I love when you leave your house, especially as a business owner,

if you're going to a networking event, which is where you and I

met, or you're, you have a business meeting or whatever that looks like.

If you feel really confident in what you're wearing, you look

nice, you look put together.

It does make you feel more confident.

And I know we don't want to think people judge us, but they do.

If you don't look put together, people see that, or they can also see how you feel.

So a lot of times, even if they might not really notice that much about what you're

wearing, they can see you don't feel good.

And what you're bringing to the table.

A hundred and ten percent, and it is, yeah, if you're not feeling your

confidence that day because of the outfit, because of tripping over your

kid's shoes on the way out, or you couldn't find something, people don't

realize how much that affects your day.

It puts that cloud over your head and it's just with you all day.

If you can get up in the morning, and what I personally do, I set out

my jewelry, I set out my clothes.

I have an intent, that intention the night before of, okay, I

tried this on, this feels good.

Good.

I'll be ready to go for tomorrow.

And if you're showing up with that great energy and you're showing up with that

outfit that's making you feel good and confident, that's going to shine through

and people are going to want to be around you and want to know what you're

talking about and doing, et cetera.

Like it feels good and I can make other people feel good in turn, which sounds

different, but it's the absolute truth.

Yeah.

It's funny.

I have a, I had a girlfriend who actually on Sundays.

She lined up everything she was wearing.

She had a hook for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.

So she had everything hanging.

She knew what shoes she knew what jewelry and, and she enjoyed that view.

Like it probably took her 15 minutes on a Sunday, maybe 30, if she was

playing around with her jewelry.

So it didn't take her a whole lot of time to do it.

But it just set her up for a really good week.

She always looked really put together.

She always looked really nice.

Absolutely.

It's setting yourself up for success.

And it's for adults.

It's for children.

I do that for kids.

We have Monday through Friday.

And whether kids are wearing uniforms in school or they're

wearing the everyday wear.

And it's fun for them to pick things out and feel like they're part of it.

And that's circling on that.

When we teach our kids at a young age, these little tips and tools, how much

success it takes through, through life, their dorm rooms are better organized.

Their bedrooms are better organized.

Their life is more in focus and more direct purpose

with what they do every day.

So setting that purpose and that intention early in their life, that will take

them through all their days to make them happy, content, and have purpose.

That's beautiful.

Yeah.

Thank you.

It was from the heart.

Honestly, ladies, this is from the heart.

I don't know.

Sometimes God just comes through me.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But you think about it.

It's so true with children, right?

Like we were talking to you now we're talking earlier today about habit and

what really makes a difference is do we have a good habit because everything

really just boils down to that.

Yeah.

Do we, are we doing something productive or that we need to do or are we avoiding?

So it's all about teaching your kids good habits early on.

It is absolutely.

Yeah, it is.

It's starting it early on and just they say it takes 20 days to

change your habits, if you will.

It's like us as adults going to the gym and making better choices,

eating things and coming home.

And they can often go a little sideways sometimes.

I think that is one of the reasons why we need to be even more organized though,

is because we are always Learning new things and facing different challenges.

So yeah, and the frustration always comes up, whether it's work or home

with, Oh my gosh, where is that?

I can't find it.

And then you figure out how much time you're spending, even

if it's only a few minutes.

But it's how many times a day are you not finding what you need, and then how

many times a week, and then cumulatively you have spent an awful lot of time

looking for things that should have just had a home in the first place.

Absolutely.

They say that on average, the average American spends two

days a year looking for things.

Two days a year.

It's that's 48 hours that you were looking for things in your home and

a lot of my clients I asked them and just gauging where they're at.

If you were to go blind, would you know where your morning medicines are?

Would you know how to go from your bed to your bathroom?

And that really opens up people's minds of Oh my gosh.

Are you going to be stepping and falling over things?

Are you going to be directly purposed to your bed, to the bathroom?

I know this pill here is my one in the morning.

I know things here.

And it's an interesting question to ask people.

Gosh forbid that happened, but if it does, do you know where your shampoo

and conditioner are in your shower, your soap bar, things like that to get

you through the day to stay As much, Oh, what's the word I want to use

to see as independent as possible in that moment, because then your life is

completely changed for business owners.

Things are constantly changing.

You're juggling things.

You're making up for somebody that didn't do what they needed

to do or catching the things that have fallen through the cracks.

None of us want that to happen.

Those cracks we want seen together, but we're all surrealistic to life is cracked.

So it's just, I think.

We'll give you a confession here.

Jeannie and I ordered a box of checks because we very seldom use checks

because we do everything digitally.

And so we ordered a box of checks.

We paid for them.

And then we both just forgot about it because we had a couple

checks left and it could go months before we ever use a check again.

And there's a small chance that they really could be

at her house or at my house.

One of us could have just put them somewhere to keep them, right?

We could put them somewhere safe, but.

Because they don't have a place and they're not part of our day to day life.

That box of checks may be found at some point.

It might be years from now, but they can very well be found.

There's somewhere out there that is things like that happen.

And especially ordering stuff.

We all order from Amazon and it's a blessing and a curse.

And it's always amazing to me when I show up in clients homes and

businesses, all these packages unopened.

And I'm thinking, Oh my goodness.

When an Amazon package comes for me, it's like Christmas morning.

Ooh, what did I order?

Majority of the time it's product for clients.

I'm like, ah, man, But still exciting.

But I'm always amazed at people that don't open their boxes.

It's like, how do you know what's inside?

How do you know what you ordered?

How have you not used it yet if you ordered it?

It's really the question of if you've ordered something and it's out there

for three weeks, did you really need it?

And so shopping online gave them that quick That quick little buzz made

them feel better for a little while.

And then the fact that they got it, because the reality is they

got the buzz when they ordered it.

Not so much when they get it.

True.

And that's an absolutely beautiful point you make, because that's so true.

It's filling that right then.

And it's the late night scrolling and, Ooh, I need this.

And then you go to bed and then you forget that I even ordered it.

And it's, Oh, so you're absolutely right.

It is.

It's an, in the moment you're filling that yay.

And then once you get it off and now I've got to pay for it, it does, it changes.

It definitely changes your mindset for sure.

For sure.

Yeah, I actually have to make a staples run to be honest, like going to the office

supply store is our favorite place to go because we're such dorks, but yeah, I

just being out and networking more often.

I used to have a binder that kept everyone's card so I could just

stay more organized and I got rid of it because I didn't need it.

And of course now I'm beating myself up because I did, but it's, if I

would have used it for a decade, so it probably would have dried.

Just let it go and go buy some flipping new ones.

That's probably going to cost you.

10 bucks at the most.

Absolutely.

And that's the thing.

If things are worn out, of course, get nukes at a client.

I've always had this preference.

Yeah, but it's got one good leg on it.

Okay.

If you then buy, like people then get too worried.

I can't spend anything at all.

And it's like, don't drink bad milk.

Like my goodness, that's something that you can throw away.

That's something that can't go anywhere else.

So it's just, I think it's just having that, that intent and that

thought and that purpose of what we buy, what we do, et cetera.

I know like with the law of attraction and manifesting, we follow a woman, Denise.

Yes.

And she talks about again, manifesting what you want and starting to

live the life that you want.

And it's really cute because she talks about just upgrading

your life in little ways.

So just upgrade your underwear, just whatever you're buying

now, just go one level up.

You don't have to go to the really crazy high end underwear, but upgrade yourself.

So you feel like, okay, I'm stepping into this new life of who I want to be.

And so I think it's important for us to really think about

what we're buying in regards to.

Is this representing who I am now in my life and who I want to be, or is

it just a knee jerk reaction purchase?

Yeah.

And you know what?

That's absolutely perfect.

Cause it is like you said, just that even little upgrade and how

much better it makes yourself feel.

And then circling back to when you step out the door, this

underwear makes you feel powerful.

You made your feel put together, like personal story, buying bras and

stuff over the years, never bought the best and you don't have to buy a

million things, but buying just that one little thing to help you feel Make

yourself feel better to feel better about your overall day and to manifest.

I'm moving up.

I want to do more.

I want to be more.

I want to help more.

It just, those little things make a big difference.

Fox, everything.

Just if you've got bad ones, throw them out.

That's okay.

Or donate them up.

They're still in good shape and then get something new.

That's what I was just going to say.

Don't forget to get rid of the ones that are worn out or ripped or have

holes in them or don't work, toss those when you bring the new ones in.

Absolutely.

In and out.

As I tell my clients, if you bring something new and something

old got to go out, it has to.

I have a new concept.

It's called out then in.

Oh, I like it.

So if you really want something, you need to let go of things

before you bring it in.

Before you can go shopping, you have to get rid of things.

But it's out the door before you get the privilege of shopping.

And that's great because then those hangers and that rod are ready for

them to be hung up and ready to go.

I love that.

Out, then in.

That's absolutely perfect.

And then knowing too, okay, I went through these and I need something new.

That way you make your intentions purposeful when you go out to the

store and buy things or online and know this is replacing this.

So you, it makes you feel a little better about bringing new things into the home.

I love that.

Out, then in.

Perfect.

Thank you.

I'm going to use that.

Tiffany, this has been an absolute pleasure.

Please let people who are listening know how they can reach out to you.

If they need your help.

Absolutely.

So I have my social medias and my direct number.

My direct number is 941 557 9577.

Or you can reach me at email tiffany at let's organize.

biz.

And if you're not ready to reach out to me directly, you can go ahead and

follow me on Instagram and Facebook.

I give tips and tools and just pictures just to motivate you.

My Instagram is at let's organize three one one.

And my Facebook is facebook.

com slash let's organize Oh three one one.

I would love if you followed me, like I said, tips and tools and just that

pushing you to want to make yourself better and do better for yourself

and your family and your home.

You're such an inspiration, Tiffany.

We appreciate you so much.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you for being here today.

This was fantastic.

Oh, ladies.

Thank you so much.

It was my absolute pleasure and honor.

I appreciate you both so much, and this was so fun to do.

Thank you so much for having me.

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