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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I follow a gal on instagram, and her big thing - it isn't YOU, it's your systems. So adjust your systems to your life.

For example, she is really big on mini trash cans. Where does trash pile up at your house? Maybe beside the sofa in the family room? Put a mini trash container (its like a small 4"x4" box) and leave it there. Now you can drop all your candy wrappers or whatever in there, and it still looks tidier and is easy to dump out.

Or if you have a landing zone at your front/back door where you leave everything. Instead of trying to train yourself to put it all away, just find a system that organizes it where you drop it. So a little system that has a hook for your keys, a container for your important mail, one for your junk mail, a basket with mitts/gloves, a place for your sunglasses, etc. [/quote]

The trash thing is so weird. That isn't a "declutter and organize" thing. It's for people who can't be bothered to clean up after themselves. [/quote]

I agree with strategies about naming and solving the actual issues. If there are candy wrappers all over the family room, reality is that person isn't getting up to carry their trash to the kitchen. It doesn't matter if it's because they're lazy, exhausted, or disabled. There's a reason it's hard for them, and if it was easy for them, there wouldn't be wrappers there. If it can be solved by a little trash can, [b]they should stop judging themselves [/b]and get a little trash can.

I've found this general framework applies to a lot of things. If you take the judgment away, you can get to an actual solution.[/quote]
I love this. No one is perfect. If we can find small solutions that help our lives, why wouldn't you encourage people to do that! [/quote]

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