Dana K. White
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Podcast Appearances
Before I would pick up every single crayon and be like, well, I mean, I know it's broken. But broken crayons still color, right? Oh, yes, that's right. So I would make all these and it took forever for me to analyze every single one. And instead, it's just I'm going to put my favorite ones in first and I'm going to let the container make the hard decision for me. Wow. Yeah.
Before I would pick up every single crayon and be like, well, I mean, I know it's broken. But broken crayons still color, right? Oh, yes, that's right. So I would make all these and it took forever for me to analyze every single one. And instead, it's just I'm going to put my favorite ones in first and I'm going to let the container make the hard decision for me. Wow. Yeah.
Before I would pick up every single crayon and be like, well, I mean, I know it's broken. But broken crayons still color, right? Oh, yes, that's right. So I would make all these and it took forever for me to analyze every single one. And instead, it's just I'm going to put my favorite ones in first and I'm going to let the container make the hard decision for me. Wow. Yeah.
And then when I go to put the red bucket on the shelf, I have to acknowledge that the shelf is also a container. The shelf is a limit and it determines how many red buckets I can have. And the size of the room determines how many shelves I can have. And the size of my house is the size of my house. So I'm like, the size of my house is the size of my house. And if I'm gonna put my favorite things
And then when I go to put the red bucket on the shelf, I have to acknowledge that the shelf is also a container. The shelf is a limit and it determines how many red buckets I can have. And the size of the room determines how many shelves I can have. And the size of my house is the size of my house. So I'm like, the size of my house is the size of my house. And if I'm gonna put my favorite things
And then when I go to put the red bucket on the shelf, I have to acknowledge that the shelf is also a container. The shelf is a limit and it determines how many red buckets I can have. And the size of the room determines how many shelves I can have. And the size of my house is the size of my house. So I'm like, the size of my house is the size of my house. And if I'm gonna put my favorite things
in first, and I'm going to realize my house is a container. My house is a limit. What's my favorite thing in my house? It's the people who live in it, right? So like we deserve space first. And so that just shifted everything. It actually doesn't matter how valuable something is, how much sentimental feelings I have toward it. It doesn't have space.
in first, and I'm going to realize my house is a container. My house is a limit. What's my favorite thing in my house? It's the people who live in it, right? So like we deserve space first. And so that just shifted everything. It actually doesn't matter how valuable something is, how much sentimental feelings I have toward it. It doesn't have space.
in first, and I'm going to realize my house is a container. My house is a limit. What's my favorite thing in my house? It's the people who live in it, right? So like we deserve space first. And so that just shifted everything. It actually doesn't matter how valuable something is, how much sentimental feelings I have toward it. It doesn't have space.
I can keep anything, but I can't keep everything and my house ever have a chance of being under control. Okay. Wow. Yeah. So that's the container concept, which changes how you look at your house and how you look at your stuff and lets me let go of things because I'm like, it's not me. It's the container. I don't have the space for it. And that is very freeing. Wow.
I can keep anything, but I can't keep everything and my house ever have a chance of being under control. Okay. Wow. Yeah. So that's the container concept, which changes how you look at your house and how you look at your stuff and lets me let go of things because I'm like, it's not me. It's the container. I don't have the space for it. And that is very freeing. Wow.
I can keep anything, but I can't keep everything and my house ever have a chance of being under control. Okay. Wow. Yeah. So that's the container concept, which changes how you look at your house and how you look at your stuff and lets me let go of things because I'm like, it's not me. It's the container. I don't have the space for it. And that is very freeing. Wow.
I recommend that you go to the place that visitors to your home will see when they either come inside or are standing at the door and you're trying to keep them from coming inside, right? Because it's a mess, whatever. That is the place to start. And we're going to go through the decluttering process there. I'll explain that.
I recommend that you go to the place that visitors to your home will see when they either come inside or are standing at the door and you're trying to keep them from coming inside, right? Because it's a mess, whatever. That is the place to start. And we're going to go through the decluttering process there. I'll explain that.
I recommend that you go to the place that visitors to your home will see when they either come inside or are standing at the door and you're trying to keep them from coming inside, right? Because it's a mess, whatever. That is the place to start. And we're going to go through the decluttering process there. I'll explain that.
But the reason why you want to start in a visible space is that you will see the progress that you're making. You will see your house getting better. The people who live with you will start to see your house getting better. You'll experience that it is easier to live in a space with less stuff. Okay. Okay. Because here's the thing.
But the reason why you want to start in a visible space is that you will see the progress that you're making. You will see your house getting better. The people who live with you will start to see your house getting better. You'll experience that it is easier to live in a space with less stuff. Okay. Okay. Because here's the thing.
But the reason why you want to start in a visible space is that you will see the progress that you're making. You will see your house getting better. The people who live with you will start to see your house getting better. You'll experience that it is easier to live in a space with less stuff. Okay. Okay. Because here's the thing.
So many times when we get that desire to declutter, we go to the pantry, we go to the linen closet, we go to the top shelf of the master bedroom closet. Yes. We do those spaces because we think, okay, if I will work really hard on this, we really don't use this space that much. And so maybe it'll actually stay that way, right? Yes. When in reality, you can work really hard on that.
So many times when we get that desire to declutter, we go to the pantry, we go to the linen closet, we go to the top shelf of the master bedroom closet. Yes. We do those spaces because we think, okay, if I will work really hard on this, we really don't use this space that much. And so maybe it'll actually stay that way, right? Yes. When in reality, you can work really hard on that.