Tyler Moore
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first heard Feb 2025
last heard Feb 2025
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We Can Do Hard Things · How to Survive This Absurd Life with Samantha Irby (Best Of) · 2 Feb 2025
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And so I feel like zoning can be a really important sort of organizational approach where it's like within the kitchen, you need to have a prep station, you need to have a cooking station, you need to have a serving station, you need to have a cleanup zone. If you have kids, you need to have the items where kids can access them. And that's exactly what the top restaurants around the world do.
Like there is this organizational blueprint and there is these zones that are established because the goal is to make really beautiful, wonderful, savory foods in a very quick or efficient manner because it could be the best restaurant in the world, but if it's not set up for efficiency and it takes two hours from the time you've ordered to the time that dish lands on your plate or on your table, like
It's not going to taste as good and people aren't going to be happy.
I think that people have these sort of like catch-all zones. And whether it is, you know, you live in a small space or you live in this like palatial sort of farmhouse. I've also had people who live in castles who are like, can you please just help me declutter? And I'm like...
I think I can help you with that castle but like first we've got to sort of pare down these different wings that you have but I feel like people are notorious for having these like catch-all I'll get to it later sort of areas and so often when you have closets or wardrobes or dressers. Like you don't actually think about them as real estate that's important within your home.
You know, like when we get architectural blueprints, we often see the purpose of the room that is named. Like it's very clear that there's the living room, there's the kitchen, there are the bathrooms. But then there are those smaller closeted areas that people don't give a specific name or purpose to. And so, I feel like
One strategy that I've shared with people is to actually treat your closets like rooms and like, can you name what is the specific function or purpose? And like if you were doing this overhead layout of your entire space, could you tangibly name for yourself and for others what the purpose of that closet is, which then helps you to set up the organizational system
which then helps you with the tidying process of putting things back in their place, which then can also help you with the process of cleaning, which is like the removal of dirt and grime and signs of life. But so much is interconnected and related.
And oftentimes that catch-all can just feel like this huge overwhelming barrier that often is drawn from the fact that you're not actually clear what the purpose of that space is in the first place.
Yes, and then it leads to that overspending and consumption because when you can't find something, you're like, well, I've got to go back out the store to get it. Or when you have a spouse or kids and you're like, just go to that closet, just go to that bedroom. That's where it probably is. No one is actually going to take the time to sort through everything that's in there.
And so, I think that... you know, establishing the purpose, establishing zones, committing to stopping that trend of like, that's just our catch all space. I don't know.
It's something that's really important because it, as I mentioned, it like leads to you going and buying more stuff or it leads to resentments or frustration or sometimes just embarrassment where you just have that door that like nobody's allowed to open. Nobody could go in there and you just sort of try to forget about it, even though it's sort of like subconsciously lingering for you.
And then I just love that then it's like the person who found it somehow gets to become the person who like blames it on everyone else who lives in the house. Because we've all done that, we've like opened the drawer and then it's immediately like, who put all this stuff there? Why is everyone doing this? Why can't people just put their stuff away?
Even though you have may actually caused some of that disorganization yourself.
Yes. And it's like, well, I've held on to this for all these years. Like, why would I get rid of this now? Which again, just sort of perpetuates this cycle. And I think it's why, you know, the processes of decluttering and organizing, tidying and then cleaning, I think it's why they're so important. And it's why those four really do need to be treated as separate things.
you know, sort of routines and systems that also all are intertwined. And it's just like, you know, a few months ago, my youngest daughter like completely clogged the toilet, which then caused it to like flood into our downstairs neighbor's apartment. And, you know,
it was like where did I need to shut off that water like our water valve for the entire bathroom is like underneath the bathroom sink and like if that was an untidy place it would then cause you know me to not be able to actually get to the valve to turn it off and it's one of those examples where
Yes, that sort of feels like a catastrophe sort of like situation, but there are practical realities that like disorganization does make it really hard for us to maintain our homes.
And when we don't maintain our homes, there are a whole host of issues that can surface and problems that can happen where we have to throw money at things simply because we didn't like either know how to take care of it in the first place or actually take care of it in a way that like keeps things maintained and organized.
I think that just some people do, but you know, like the example that I gave of like, we have a cottage in Pennsylvania and one of the best things that we did when we purchased our home, a friend said, find yourself a home inspector that will allow you to walk around the house with you because that home inspector is actually going to teach you how to take care of your home.
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