392 The clutter advice I'd give my 30-year-old self

What would you tell your younger self about managing clutter and wellbeing during life's most demanding decade? How do the pressures of building careers, managing homes, and raising families contribute to our clutter struggles? What essential routines and mindset shifts could transform your relationship with your belongings and mental health? 🔗 Read / Listen more: https://declutterhub.com/392 In this deeply personal episode, Ingrid and Lesley share the wisdom they wish they'd possessed in their thirties. They explore how understanding the connection between emotional wellbeing and clutter could have transformed their approach to creating organised, peaceful homes during life's busiest phase. The hosts delve into the unique challenges of the thirties - juggling career ambitions, family responsibilities, and home management whilst navigating emotional shopping patterns and perfectionist tendencies. Through candid personal anecdotes, they reveal how establishing simple daily routines and recognising the impact of mental health on our relationship with possessions can create lasting positive change. This conversation addresses the reality that even decluttering experts face struggles with organisation and wellbeing. Ingrid and Lesley discuss how embracing progress over perfection, prioritising meaningful friendships, and adapting to life's inevitable changes can lead to more sustainable decluttering success and improved mental health. About the Declutter Hub Podcast We're Ingrid and Lesley and are super excited you're here! If you're sick to the back teeth of clutter dictating your home life then we are here to help you get control back and spend your valuable time doing the things you want and not shuffling piles of stuff around 24/7. We have been decluttering and organising homes face to face and online for over 30 years together and have helped thousands of members and clients to regain the home of their dreams. We have a passion for people, practicality, and piles of paper and love nothing better than to carve out solutions for anyone overwhelmed with clutter. If that's you, you're in the right place. Our podcast is packed with actionable tips, inspiration and motivation to get your decluttering done. We believe decluttering is all about emotions first, stuff second. Tune in, subscribe and enjoy! New episodes every Friday. Want more? We have so many ways that you can reach out to us for additional support on your decluttering journey. Free Facebook Group - for community, info and support - The Declutter Hub Community - emotions based decluttering. Instagram - daily reels and posts with decluttering hints and tips - @declutterhub Website - the best place to get access to all our free content - https://declutterhub.com/mp Membership - this is the best place to take your decluttering to the next level https://members.declutterhub.com/mp Book - you can order a copy of Reset Your Home, Unpack your emotions and your clutter, step by step here https://declutterhub.com/book/ Support - if you want signposting in the right direction support@declutterhub.com Can you spare 5 minutes of your day to leave us a review? Your reviews mean the podcast can be found more easily which will mean more people get the benefit of our decluttering advice. You can share a review on your chosen podcast player. Don't forget to hit follow or subscribe too. The Declutter Hub 2025 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices