Dana K. White

And this also is part of that accepting how I actually function as opposed to how organized people function. And I wish I was like them. Fingernail clippers were the thing when I came up with this question. As I was like... Everybody else in the whole wide world surely would put their fingernail clippers in the bathroom drawer because that's where they're supposed to go, right?

And this also is part of that accepting how I actually function as opposed to how organized people function. And I wish I was like them. Fingernail clippers were the thing when I came up with this question. As I was like... Everybody else in the whole wide world surely would put their fingernail clippers in the bathroom drawer because that's where they're supposed to go, right?

But in my family, whenever somebody is looking for fingernail clippers, they look in this junk drawer that's like on the edge of the kitchen. That is just our reality. And I said, you know what? I would rather have things be in the first place where we look than... try to be like other people and never be able to find anything in my house.

But in my family, whenever somebody is looking for fingernail clippers, they look in this junk drawer that's like on the edge of the kitchen. That is just our reality. And I said, you know what? I would rather have things be in the first place where we look than... try to be like other people and never be able to find anything in my house.

But in my family, whenever somebody is looking for fingernail clippers, they look in this junk drawer that's like on the edge of the kitchen. That is just our reality. And I said, you know what? I would rather have things be in the first place where we look than... try to be like other people and never be able to find anything in my house.

That's great. If that's where you look first, that's where they should be. But then there's the second part of the question, which is not actually a question, but is actually the key to my no mess progress and only progress decluttering process. Okay. And that is when you answer that question, where would I look for this first? Take it there now. No piles.

That's great. If that's where you look first, that's where they should be. But then there's the second part of the question, which is not actually a question, but is actually the key to my no mess progress and only progress decluttering process. Okay. And that is when you answer that question, where would I look for this first? Take it there now. No piles.

That's great. If that's where you look first, that's where they should be. But then there's the second part of the question, which is not actually a question, but is actually the key to my no mess progress and only progress decluttering process. Okay. And that is when you answer that question, where would I look for this first? Take it there now. No piles.

Because before I would step away for an hour or three weeks or whatever. And those neat little piles where I had totally made all these decisions, those neat little piles now morph into one big pile outside the space that I was initially decluttering. So my house looks worse than it did before. Yes. People... get all worked up over this.

Because before I would step away for an hour or three weeks or whatever. And those neat little piles where I had totally made all these decisions, those neat little piles now morph into one big pile outside the space that I was initially decluttering. So my house looks worse than it did before. Yes. People... get all worked up over this.

Because before I would step away for an hour or three weeks or whatever. And those neat little piles where I had totally made all these decisions, those neat little piles now morph into one big pile outside the space that I was initially decluttering. So my house looks worse than it did before. Yes. People... get all worked up over this.

Like they are like, no, but that's can't be the most efficient way. And yet in the end it is. So here's the deal. I used to make all these piles. I would be like, okay, this is the stuff that goes to the kid's room. This goes to the garage. Yes. This goes to the bathroom. Yes. And when I'm done. Yes. I will go deliver all these things through the house.

Like they are like, no, but that's can't be the most efficient way. And yet in the end it is. So here's the deal. I used to make all these piles. I would be like, okay, this is the stuff that goes to the kid's room. This goes to the garage. Yes. This goes to the bathroom. Yes. And when I'm done. Yes. I will go deliver all these things through the house.

Like they are like, no, but that's can't be the most efficient way. And yet in the end it is. So here's the deal. I used to make all these piles. I would be like, okay, this is the stuff that goes to the kid's room. This goes to the garage. Yes. This goes to the bathroom. Yes. And when I'm done. Yes. I will go deliver all these things through the house.

And that makes so much more sense than taking it there right now. Yes. But that's how things work in an ideal world where I don't get distracted in the midst of a project. I don't stop halfway through. Nobody starts bleeding, right? Like I just... That's the ideal world. I don't live in an ideal world. Okay. So I decided I'm going to go ahead and take it there right now. No piles.

And that makes so much more sense than taking it there right now. Yes. But that's how things work in an ideal world where I don't get distracted in the midst of a project. I don't stop halfway through. Nobody starts bleeding, right? Like I just... That's the ideal world. I don't live in an ideal world. Okay. So I decided I'm going to go ahead and take it there right now. No piles.

And that makes so much more sense than taking it there right now. Yes. But that's how things work in an ideal world where I don't get distracted in the midst of a project. I don't stop halfway through. Nobody starts bleeding, right? Like I just... That's the ideal world. I don't live in an ideal world. Okay. So I decided I'm going to go ahead and take it there right now. No piles.

When I do that... I can stop. I'm accepting the fact that I will get distracted or life will happen. I can stop at some point and the space is only better. It is never worse. I have never created a bigger mess. I'm taking one item at a time. Making a final decision on it. And I'm acting on that final decision. So it's either gone in the trash bag. It's gone to it's already established home.

When I do that... I can stop. I'm accepting the fact that I will get distracted or life will happen. I can stop at some point and the space is only better. It is never worse. I have never created a bigger mess. I'm taking one item at a time. Making a final decision on it. And I'm acting on that final decision. So it's either gone in the trash bag. It's gone to it's already established home.

When I do that... I can stop. I'm accepting the fact that I will get distracted or life will happen. I can stop at some point and the space is only better. It is never worse. I have never created a bigger mess. I'm taking one item at a time. Making a final decision on it. And I'm acting on that final decision. So it's either gone in the trash bag. It's gone to it's already established home.