Organize 365 Podcast

639 - Household Economics Stage 4

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You're a business owner - Congratulations!!  In stage 4, there needs to be a mindset shift. You are no longer just doing this little side hustle, you...

638 - Women's History Month -The Secret History of Home Economics with Danielle Drelinger

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the inspirations for me to pursue my PhD was "The Secret of Home Economics" by Danielle Drelinger and I got to interview her for this episode. ...

637 - Household Economics Stage 3

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In stage 2, you were starting to think about small pockets of time that you could make random amounts of money because there isn't enough income to co...

Transformation with Kim B

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Kim B. who just celebrated her 44th wedding anniversary!  Kim and her hubby have lived in their farmhouse for the...

636 - Household Economics Stage 2

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

You are in stage one but you have decreased your expenses as much as possible and still there's too much month left at the end of the money. What do y...

635 - Research Supporting Color Coding

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is color coding just busy work?  We were curious if there were any studies to back up our stance that color coding helps with learning. Anna found a ...

634 - Household Economics Stage 1

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Transformation with Tami T.

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Tami T. who is married with two children at home. A few years before the pre-pandemic, Tami was doing a lot of dri...

633 - Organize 365 Values #6 - Eliminate Busy Work

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, two of our key leaders and I attended a Dave Ramsey Summit. This is how I have gotten some of my best CEO training. I really think about th...

632 - Women Who Plan With Kendra Adachi

03 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As many of you know, following one organizer will bring you to another. In fact, that's how some of you ended up in my community. So many of you reach...

631 - Organize 365 Values #5 - Power of Community

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's 2017, I'm on the plane home from California. I just attended a conference, a mastermind with a virtual friend of mine, Chris Ducker, and I'm writ...

Transformation with Sharon T.

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Sharon T. who is married and at the time of this interview was caring for her special needs sister, full time. Sha...

630 - Organize 365 Values #4 - Proactive Anticipation

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There are two ways you can proactively anticipate. You can act like it's Y2K again. When the 1000's place in computers was switching to 2 at the end o...

629 - How the Structure of American Households Has Changed Over Time

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anna, our lead researcher is back and we are talking about the American Household and looking at the data from the Census of the past. We came across ...

628 - Organize 365 Values #3 - Transformational Freedom

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"We have a hard time just wanting what we want." Transformational Freedom is my driving force through personal development and unapologetic gumption t...

Transformation with Nita M

15 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Nita M. who is married and employed as a stay at home mom by her two young daughters. Nita first found Organize 36...

627 - Organize 365 Values #2 - Life in Abundance

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In Organize 365® we say "Resources are not limited, they are limitless. Through collaboration, Organize 365® connects the right people and resources...

626 - Introducing Connections Podcast Episodes - The History of New Years Resolutions

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Monday!  Introducing the Connections Episodes from Organize 365®. Every other Monday I will be talking to people and the Organize 365® resear...

625 - Organize 365 Values #1 - The Power of Positivity

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I was on a plane in 2017 for a 5 hour flight from Los Angeles to Cincinnati when I committed to 5 values that I wanted to have within Organize 365®. ...

Transformation with Allison G.

01 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Allison G. who lives with her husband, daughter, son, and a furry kid. Allison found the Organize 365® Podcast af...

624 - My 2025 Household Manager Predictions

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I look into my crystal ball and let me tell you what I see. Ok, no crystal ball but I have always kind of had my finger on the pulse of the future. I ...

Transformation with Carrie T.

25 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Carrie T. who is married with two children. She has a daughter away at college and her son is still at home. Carri...

623 - Lisa's 2024 Organize 365 Year in Review

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In business, this was the year in neutral! Try as I might to move forward with initiative, the universe wouldn't allow it. But I had great success in ...

Transformation with April R.

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to April R. She is a single mom of 5 children with a cat and dog to love on, too. April was watching someone on socia...

622 - Lisa's 2024 Household Manager Year in Review

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I love when the podcasters I follow do a year in review and so I thought I'd try my hand at it this year. This year was the year of renovations, like ...

Catching Up With Monique H

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we're catching up with Monique H. who was a long standing Organize 365® member who went to work for that same community and has run ...

621 - Invisible Work & Marriage

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This time of year we have a lot on our plates and a new perspective can always be helpful. I recorded this episode to give examples of what I presume ...

Certification with Emily K Part 2

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we're back with part two of the conversation with my sister, Emily Kelly. The Kelly girls were known for providing good service. We k...

620 - Underinsured and Overinsured: How I Found Out My Policies Were a Mess!

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lucky! That's all I have to say about all the gaps in insurance I found out about recently. You see, when your insurance guy retires it forces you to ...

Catching Up with Emily K Part 1

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, the Emily Kelly, my sister, is back! It's been a minute since her raving Organize 365® fans have been caught up on what Emily Kelly ...

619 - I Have Been Behind For the Last 6 Months... Here's Why and What I Did About It

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

By the end of this summer, I knew my trains were not running at full speed. But what had happened? How did I get off course? Even ultra productive peo...

Transformation with Christine F.

20 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Christine F. who lives with her daughter and their dog. Christine was listening to "The Art of Decluttering" in Ma...

618 - Productively Planning The End of 2024 and 2025

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's time for the last three planning days Organize 365® will offer this year. You are probably thinking "Oh, come on! How much more could we plan th...

Transformation with Lorie G.

13 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I reintroduce you to Lorie G. Lorie lives with her dad but still has her own place, too. I hope you remember previous episodes with L...

617 - Ultra Productive People Are Unapologetically ProActive

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I've stopped apologizing for my natural energy that drives me to want to be productive. And I want the same for you. Ultra productive people are so pr...

Transformation with Mary H.

06 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Mary H. who is married with two sons and a dog. Mary has always been a fairly organized person, but she was lookin...

CC - Understanding Market Shifts: How a Direct Seller Can Thrive Amid Change

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I recently hosted this webinar for those of you who have been displaced by a direct sales company closing their doors or anyone else looking for a new...

616 - Ultra Productive People Understand How Different Time Passes

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ultra productive people think about time differently and likely have kids that are older and are not totally dependent on them. When you are aware of ...

Transformation with Ashley M.

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Ashley M. who is married and has two little boys running around the house. Ashley, an executive director of a Mont...

615 - Ultra Productive People Anticipate Roadblocks

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ultra productive people act in real life how normal people act before they go on vacation. Before you go on vacation, you think about your paid work a...

Transformation with Trisha D

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Trisha D. who sometimes has a very full house of 8 and sometimes just 4 due to her step children and when they hav...

614 - Productive People Are Continually Optimizing - Productivity Building Block #4

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Once you are habitually scheduling tasks that lead to consistency with the ability to adapt and be flexible, you may start looking at how to optimize ...

Transformation with Beatrix S.

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Beatrix S. who lives alone after her husband was transferred to a nursing home where he could get care and supervi...

613 - Productive People Are Flexible - Productivity Building Block #3

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You are scheduled and consistent, but can you be flexible? I am not talking about all of the stuff others want you to squeeze into your week, but you....

Transformation with Summer K.

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Summer K who lives with her son, husband, and dog. Summer originally found Organize 365® in the summer of 2020 th...

612 - Productive People Are Consistent - Productivity Building Block #2

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Building block #2 is consistency. I liken consistent people to dependable people. They keep a schedule and plug in things that they've said yes to int...

Increasing Productivity with Michelle P

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Michelle P. (the voice of the mailbags that you hear every Wednesday), one of our most veteran employees. Michelle...

611 - Productive People Are Continually Optimizing - Productivity Building Block #4

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The first building block to becoming a truly productive person is scheduling. Gretchen Rubin's personality test shows me as a questioner leaning towar...

Transformation with Lori R

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Lori R. who loves having her two adult children live with her. Lori learned her peers were really into podcasts. L...

610 - Productive People's Mindset - Living a Prepared Life

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the mindset trilogy of this series, "prepared" is the last part of mindset. We discussed going pro, being balanced, and now truly productive people...

609 - Productive People's Mindset - Life in Balance

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Truly productive people are always producing due to systems and routines they have established; I call these trains. They have their trains humming al...

608 - Productive People's Mindset - Going Pro

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 10 most productive weeks of the year! About 4-5 years ago, I was able to identify this natural productivity energy cadence in America d...

607 - COO Information Management - Operationally Organize Your Information & Paper [5 Weeks to Your Most Productive Fall]

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How do you remember what you need to do for the people you need to do it for, I mean really? Information management is the organization that will allo...

606 - CFO Household Management - Productive & Profitable Households [5 Weeks to Your Most Productive Fall]

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It recently dawned on me that what takes most of my time when processing the Sunday Basket® is the CFO tasks. I used to spend time reconciling the ch...

Transformation with Betsy B

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Betsy B. who lives in Portland, OR with her husband, daughter, 2 dogs, and one snake. Betsy has listened to the po...

605 - COO Household Management - Operationally Organize Your House! [5 Weeks to Your Most Productive Fall]

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Operational efficiency is where you get your time back. The Productive Home Solution® is a 52 week cadence to organize your home. I like to help chan...

Stay at Home Parent Webinar

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In case you missed it, today I am sharing this audio replay of my recent Stay at Home Parent webinar. I mentioned a previous webinar, Swiss Cheese Org...

Female Employee Webinar

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In case you missed it, today I am sharing this audio replay of my recent Female Employee webinar. I mentioned a previous webinar, Swiss Cheese Organiz...

Entrepreneur Webinar

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In case you missed it, today I am sharing this audio replay of my recent Entrepreneur webinar. I mentioned a previous webinar, Swiss Cheese Organizing...

604 - CEO Household Management - Plan Your Next 120 Days [5 Weeks to Your Most Productive Fall]

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Planning, planning, planning. Always planning, that's me. Greg asks if you can over plan and I just don't think so. As working women with children (or...

Transformation with Kailley S

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Kailley S. who is a busy mom of 6 with number 7 on the way. Kailley has a dog, she's married and her dad recently ...

603 - CEO Household Management - Reset or START Your Sunday Basket [5 Weeks to Your Most Productive Fall]

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I've said it before and I'll say it until I'm blue in the face, the Sunday Basket® is an essential operating system. Period. We are going to pull up ...

Transformation with Jennifer H.

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Jennifer H. has returned with an update. The last time I talked to Jennifer in 2019, she was living with her husband in their home an...

602 - The Role of Household Manager

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week I talked about these large Presidential homes and why they were so big. But it also got me thinking about how they were run. Some had staff ...

Transformation with Julie C

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Julie C., mom of three boys and two dogs and a wife. In December 2019, Julie was starting to organize her office a...

601 - Why Were Old Houses SO Big?

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You guys know I'm a history nut and this episode is all about homes from the past and our current homes. I live in the purple state of Ohio. Fun fact,...

Transformation with Mara D

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Mara D., mom of four boys and happily married up in Connecticut. Mara organized her closet the Marie Kondo way and...

600 - NEW Adult Planning Tools

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Some people say, "Lisa how do you do it ALL?" And some people hear all I'm doing and say, "Me too!" If you say "Me too!," you are going to love this e...

Transformation with Allie H.

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Allie H. Allie is a busy lady being an Assistant Professor, pursuing her PhD, taking care of her four children (cu...

599 - Household Projects: Step 4- Finishing Projects to 110% & Pick Again

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

110% actually came from my team one season. They expressed that they wanted to get the Binders updated. They said they wanted to get them to 110% with...

Transformation with Mechelle

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, I introduce you to Mechelle, married and mother of two. Mechelle found Organize 365® in 2019 through the podcast. One day while on a...

598 - Household Projects: Step 3 - Don't Stop! Keeping Your Project Going

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have dissected S.M.A. from our home organizing acronym, S.M.A.R.T.I.E.S. You know what (S)pace you are organizing. You know at the end of the day t...

Transformation with Rhonda H.

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we are joined once again by the fabulous Rhonda H. You may remember Rhonda from last year on the podcast; she has been part of the co...

597 - Household Projects: Step 2 - Start & Break It Down

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Don't Start Touching Things…First VIS-U-AL-IZATION  Start with the end in mind. We do this in our paid work, but now we need to do it for our meaty...

Teacher Podcast #14 - Annie's Pilot

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now that you know all about Annie, it's time to learn about her Teacher Pilot. Annie was part of the Teacher Friday Workbox® Mastermind. And she had ...

596 - Household Projects: Step 1 - Declutter & Prep

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alright, we're at step one of the meaty project you have decided on. We're talking prep. We need to wrap our minds around what we are doing, when we a...

Teacher Podcast #13 - Meet Annie

11 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm so excited to share another educator that is helping other teachers learn about organization for retention and enjoyment in their educational care...

595 - Pick Your Meaty Summer Project!

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alright, alright…you have put all your project ideas in your Sunday Basket®. You have identified your extended Sunday Basket® areas for larger ite...

Teacher Podcast #12 - The Teacher Workbox Graduate Level Course

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anna feels so strongly that the Teacher Friday Workbox® is the solution to ease the overwhelm and increase teacher retention, she created a course in...

594 - Summer Workbox Focus

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's summertime! Time to put on some sunscreen, let your hair down and get relaxed, right? Wrong! People, you need to plan what you are doing in busin...

Teacher Podcast #11 - Academic Research Support for the Needs of Teachers

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anna is back and we're talking all about the white paper Anna created for the Teacher Friday Workbox®. When Anna came to me with this pink sparkly bo...

593 - Preparing For Projects - Step 4 - Where We Do Our Projects

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ok, just one more detail we need to nail down before you start your project - identify your project space.  We all have a lot going on and I'm guessi...

Teacher Podcast #10 - Meet Anna

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I want to introduce you to another educator that is embracing the Teacher Friday Workbox® and values the benefits teachers experience when using it. ...

592 - Preparing For Projects - Step 3 - Overflow Room 2 - Garage

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alright, this is going to be a little bit shorter podcast. We're going to talk about the garage as an extension of the laundry room. We're in this sho...

Teacher Podcast #9 - How to Implement the Teacher Workbox in Your School

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is our final episode about the Teacher Friday Worbox® Pilot with principal Jayme. We talked about how Jayme suggests getting started in your sch...

591 - Preparing For Projects - Step 2 - Overflow Room 1 - Laundry Room

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How does our laundry room explode? And is there any way we can have it looking like a magazine? Let's discuss. Now, you may not have a laundry room. Y...

Teacher Podcast #8 - Lawrenceburg Middle School Pilot Second Training

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jayme and I were caught off guard by our nerves for this second in person workshop day. I think the reality was that we were using technology we were ...

590 - Preparing For Projects - Step 1 - The Sunday Basket

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This month I am going to record a 4-part podcast series about how we prepare to get projects done, and then this summer I'm going to record a 7-part s...

Teacher Podcast #7 - Special Ed Off Site Deep Dive Day

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now I want to share a bit of a deep dive about refinement of the Teacher Friday Workbox®. I find it ironic that we basically made up IEPs for the wor...

589 - Housework 70+ Downsizing & Legacy

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We've come to the downsizing & legacy stage of life. These are two different things, although I married them together about 6 years ago when I first w...

Teacher Podcast #6 - Special Ed Teachers Started Underwater and Were Drowning

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I just knew in my heart of hearts that the Special Education staff was going to need support. Jayme's building has ⅓ of the student population that ...

588 - Housework In Your 50s - NEW - Emerging Uniqueness

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry, I got a little long winded in that last podcast. But you know, the podcast where I talk about your 30s and 40s I can speak to you more authorit...

Teacher Podcast #5 - Teacher Pilot Launch Day

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the recap of Day 1. I was driving to Jayme to teach the first workshop for her teachers about the Teacher Friday Workbox®. I'd been having co...

587 - Housework in Your 40s - Survival

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well, let's dive into our 40's. What I've observed in these decades as you move through your 20's, 30's and 40's to 50's is if you can imagine driving...

Teacher Podcast #4 - The Lawrenceburg Middle School Pilot - Getting Permission Our July 1 Conversation

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

By now I'm guessing most of you have heard the evolution of the Sunday Basket®. The Sunday Basket® organizes the invisible tasks of home life, right...

586 - Housework in Your 30s - Accumulation

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to our next installment of our phases of organization, our phases of life. So here we are, in our 30's. We're going to assume from this point ...

Teacher Podcast #3 - School Leadership

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now that you know a little bit about Jayme and her background in educational instruction, let's move on to the responsibilities she's had in different...

585 - The Adult Life Span is Void of Developmental Structure at Home - We Are on Our Own!

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It is astounding to me that we live in dwellings all over the world and we don't have much at all (and nothing new) to explain the development of adul...

Teacher Podcast #2 - Personal Organizing & Planning

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jayme was a self proclaimed organized hoarder. She's always been a naturally organized person. In 2017, she hit rock bottom knowing she just had too m...

584 - Emerging Adulthood (18-29): Understanding Time Over the Life Span

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is the next installment of the phases of life series. We're now in the phase of development called Emerging Adulthood. In my PhD studies, I'm try...