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Dana K. White

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
264 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

Well, okay. Is this normal? Yes. What you just described is your brain spinning out. Yes. That is exactly how my brain worked. Everything you said made sense to me. I get it. Right. And yet when I thought that way, my house was a disaster and I was frustrated with it. And I had all those feelings of what is wrong with me. Yeah. Okay. So, so I mean, I,

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

I hate to just be like, let's go back to the process, except that... No, let's go back to the process. The process is what talks you through all of this. Okay. Okay. So the second decluttering question that I only ask myself, it's my first response to where would I look for this first, whether it's about the jacket, whether it's about a stapler, whatever.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

I hate to just be like, let's go back to the process, except that... No, let's go back to the process. The process is what talks you through all of this. Okay. Okay. So the second decluttering question that I only ask myself, it's my first response to where would I look for this first, whether it's about the jacket, whether it's about a stapler, whatever.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

I hate to just be like, let's go back to the process, except that... No, let's go back to the process. The process is what talks you through all of this. Okay. Okay. So the second decluttering question that I only ask myself, it's my first response to where would I look for this first, whether it's about the jacket, whether it's about a stapler, whatever.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

If I look at the item and I'm like, where would I look for this first? And my answer is... you know, like, okay. Then I asked myself the question, if I needed this item, would it ever occur to me that I already had one? Okay. We're not going to bring the scenario into it. We're just going to ask the fact based question. If I needed this jacket, Would it occur to me that we already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

If I look at the item and I'm like, where would I look for this first? And my answer is... you know, like, okay. Then I asked myself the question, if I needed this item, would it ever occur to me that I already had one? Okay. We're not going to bring the scenario into it. We're just going to ask the fact based question. If I needed this jacket, Would it occur to me that we already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

If I look at the item and I'm like, where would I look for this first? And my answer is... you know, like, okay. Then I asked myself the question, if I needed this item, would it ever occur to me that I already had one? Okay. We're not going to bring the scenario into it. We're just going to ask the fact based question. If I needed this jacket, Would it occur to me that we already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

And it's tough because you're holding it in your hand, right? Like it's there. It's in front of you. I had to make progress in my home. I had to get stuff out of my house, right? So I had to make these hard calls and say, I'm going to be honest. If I needed this, would it occur to me that I already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

And it's tough because you're holding it in your hand, right? Like it's there. It's in front of you. I had to make progress in my home. I had to get stuff out of my house, right? So I had to make these hard calls and say, I'm going to be honest. If I needed this, would it occur to me that I already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

And it's tough because you're holding it in your hand, right? Like it's there. It's in front of you. I had to make progress in my home. I had to get stuff out of my house, right? So I had to make these hard calls and say, I'm going to be honest. If I needed this, would it occur to me that I already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

Because I didn't have a place where I would look for it first, which means I would not have even gone looking for it. Instead, I would have done without, you know, we would have said, hey, here's six sweatshirts, kid who forgot your coat, right? Or, hey, let's run by the store and grab one, you know, or whatever. Yeah. Those are both valid options.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

Because I didn't have a place where I would look for it first, which means I would not have even gone looking for it. Instead, I would have done without, you know, we would have said, hey, here's six sweatshirts, kid who forgot your coat, right? Or, hey, let's run by the store and grab one, you know, or whatever. Yeah. Those are both valid options.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

Because I didn't have a place where I would look for it first, which means I would not have even gone looking for it. Instead, I would have done without, you know, we would have said, hey, here's six sweatshirts, kid who forgot your coat, right? Or, hey, let's run by the store and grab one, you know, or whatever. Yeah. Those are both valid options.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

That right there is me saying, this is my reality check. I'm going to stick it in the donate box. Wow.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

That right there is me saying, this is my reality check. I'm going to stick it in the donate box. Wow.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

That right there is me saying, this is my reality check. I'm going to stick it in the donate box. Wow.

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

If I needed this item, would it ever occur to me that I already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

If I needed this item, would it ever occur to me that I already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

If I needed this item, would it ever occur to me that I already had one?

The Mel Robbins Podcast
How To Declutter Your Home: 5 Tips That Actually Work

You didn't make a decision. Uh-oh. You... asked yourself a question that revealed your instinct of where you would look for it first. Sorry. No, no, no. Great, great, great.