Get Organized for Good with Corinne Morahan: Maximize Your Productivity, Cultivate Purposeful Habits and Have More Fun!

EP 21: Can you love to shop and still be organized?

“Let’s just put this out there: we all buy too much—myself included,” host Corinne Morahan admits on today’s episode of Get Organized for Good. For many of us, shopping is truly a kind of therapy, a way to alleviate stress. The problem? That relief is temporary and leads to a host of extra problems—clutter, stress, guilt, to-dos, and even debt.
Luckily, we have the power to reframe our attitude toward shopping, and Corinne is here to help us do just that. By learning what, where, when and, most importantly, why you shop, you may find that by the end of this episode, your joy of shopping doesn’t hold the same power over you. 
 
As with all of Corinne’s exercises, there is no room for judgment here. We all live in a culture devoted to consumption, ease and convenience, and everyone suffers from over-shopping in one way or another. To show that you are not alone, Corinne reads some of the most common shopping scenarios shared by her Instagram community, including the trap of bargain hunting, being trigger happy and the negative cycle of buying cheap.
 
Quotes
“Everything in our life works as a system: how we shop, how we keep our houses, how we show up, how we feel about ourselves—it’s all so interrelated. And I want to bring attention and awareness to your shopping habits so you can love what you own and you can love your life again.” (4:27 | Corinne Morahan)
“I’ve seen all of this. I’ve seen people who love everything they buy and use it all. I’ve seen people who love shopping and then the adrenaline wears off and they decide to return everything. And then there are people who buy, buy, buy, don’t actually love any of it, it sits in their house unused. We’ve had clients where we'll go through their closets, and we’ll purge thousands and thousands of dollars worth of clothing that still has its tags on it.” (9:13 | Corinne Morahan)
“I want you to think about the joy of delayed gratification, not the punishment of it. It’s like an orgasm: the longer it builds over time, the better it is. Same thing with buying something that we really want.” (15:43 | Corinne Morahan)
“Doing this can actually bring back your love of shopping, or, what I’ve seen for a lot of people who are in my membership, is it makes you realize that shopping doesn’t have the allure that you thought it did, that consumption doesn’t have that allure. Having things no longer feels exciting because what feels exciting is living in a house with breathing room. Living in a house where you know where everything is, living in a house where you don’t have too many things. For most of us we find a middle ground.” (17:54 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
 
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EP 20: For Business Owners: Organize your To-Dos with Asana

“It’s almost like a miracle, that you can get so much done in a short amount of time,” says host Corinne Morahan about Asana, the task management system that she uses to organize the daily tasks involved in running her two businesses, Grid + Glam and The Corinne Morahan Brand. Asana goes above and beyond a task list by organizing your tasks in a way that makes sense for you, increasing efficiency, streamlining communication, keeping your team on task and eliminating the dreaded micromanagement. On today’s episode, Corinne explains how Asana will make growing and scaling your business—whatever that means for you—infinitely easier. Whether you’re navigating the “Wild West” of entrepreneurship as a small business owner, looking to work more efficiently as an employee or manage the daily tasks in your personal life, Corinne will show you how Asana will change the way you Get Organized for Good. 
 
As Corinne reminds us in every episode, setting up the system—which does take a minute, but is totally worth it—is only the first step. You must create—and stick to—the daily habit of checking in with it. Corinne explains how she uses  Asana in a typical day at work, and how it can help you with your weekly Sunday reset, organize a trip with your family, and other day-to-day activities. 
 
Are you ready to make your life easier, more organized and efficient? Corinne will help you get started. Join the episode to learn where to access her complimentary tutorial and downloadable template. 
 
Quotes
“Asana allows you to essentially do a brain dump of every single task that must be completed in your business. It allows you to organize those tasks in a way that actually makes sense. It allows you to communicate with your team in an efficient way, literally assign your team tasks and due dates, and you can tag them in comments to give them more context, all while keeping everyone on task and on time without—and this is a huge one—without having to micromanage. Ain’t no one got time for that.” (5:25 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Invest in systems and processes. It is truly the only way to scale a bigger, more successful, more lucrative business.” (7:39 | Corinne Morahan)
“Yes, it can take a hot minute to set it up, but once it’s up and running, I guarantee you that it will improve your efficiency and it will allow you to manage multiple projects and clients at once.” (12:16 | Corinne Morahan)
“We always say that Asana is our boss. Yes, the ideas came from us but when we put it in Asana, the due dates are non-negotiable and we just get our work done based on that and it really is a way to give that structure to the entrepreneurial landscape which can feel like it is really out of control sometimes.” (14:51 | Corinne Morahan) 
“You have to create the habit of actually using it. It’s both pieces—it’s like everything I talk about in organizing: you can create the system but if you don’t create the habit and the routine around it, the system ain’t going to work for you, no matter how brilliantly you create this Asana board.” (16:50 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
Here's the link to the FREE training + Template for Asana: https://www.gridandglam.com/asana
 
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EP 19: Youth Is Wasted On The Young?

“So much of the good stuff for me didn’t happen until after I turned 40— even though I pretty much had a mental breakdown,”  says host Corinne Morahan, who, on this episode of Getting Organized for Good, talks about aging, both the good and the bad, the excitement for the future, and the wistful feeling that comes with acknowledging that a season of life has passed. There is room in the conversation for all the emotions now that discussing menopause, in particular, is no longer taboo. Today we’re talking about adjusting to the changes—to our bodies as well as our priorities—and how getting organized will help us make the most of the time ahead. 
 
Middle and later age are a whole different ball game than they were even a generation ago—remember the Golden Girls? Women look younger and better longer and are embracing the life-changing benefits of hormone replacement therapy which was once considered a severe risk for cancer. What does all this mean for our libidos, our relationship with our spouses, our relationship with our children? Corinne shares her experience, her concerns, and the books and resources she’s found most helpful.
 
As strange as it may feel to suddenly be the oldest person in the room, with age comes wisdom and confidence. Stay tuned to the end of the episode to hear about the fabulous way Corinne celebrated her 44th birthday. 
 
Quotes
“As you are nearing the midpoint of your life, and you think about all that you have accomplished, you are left thinking about the time that you have left and how you would like to spend it. And not in a morose sort of way, but in a ‘let’s take the bull by the horns, people,’ and actually go after what we want.” (3:31 | Corinne Morahan) 
“The beautiful thing is menopause has become so much more recognized as something that, universally, women have to deal with, and it’s become a lot less taboo to talk about. And I think, on a superficial level, part of that is because women in our 40s and 50s who are going through menopause, we don’t look like old ladies.” (9:17 | Corinne Morahan)
“One of those action steps that was super controversial back when my mom was going through menopause, which has become a lot less—I was going to say less controversial, I don’t know if it’s controversial at all anymore—is hormone replacement therapy. Again, I have not personally explored this but I have several friends who are doing it, are on it, and are feeling incredible. So that’s something that I’m putting it in my back pocket to explore.” (12:27 | Corinne Morahan)
“There are seasons of our lives that have passed and we’ll never get back. And yes, there are amazing seasons that lay ahead of us, but I think, as much as I want us to be excited and look forward to that, I also want us to make room for any sadness that we feel about getting older and about being past seasons of our lives even if they were not the best and even if the better ones lay ahead.” (14:22 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Let’s embrace the wisdom and freedom that comes only with age.” (17:29 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
Here's the list of books on menopause that were recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/shop/gridandglam/list/ZWQUDYJRCKV0
And here's the Mel Robbins Podcast recommendation: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-1-menopause-doctor-how-to-lose-belly-fat-sleep/id1646101002?i=1000649951537
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EP 18: Going Away? Here are my Best Tips for Stress-Free Travel

“Let’s make sure that the stress of travel is not overshadowing all the wonderful memories that you’re about to make.” As she’s shared in past episodes, there was a time when host Corinne Morahan didn’t—couldn’t—enjoy going on vacation. She was too overwhelmed by all the things that had to be done leading up to and returning from her trips. Since getting organized, however, she has taken several trips with her family—including most recently to Portugal—-and enjoyed them to the fullest and with full peace of mind. On today’s episode of Get Organized for Good, she shares her best tips for traveling stress-free with kids, so that you can get the most out of your vacations, too. 
 
Learn the essentials to pack in your and your kids’ carry-on. The easiest way to get to and from the airport and why packing too far in advance may actually leave you scrambling. What should you do about your trash, mail and garbage while you’re away? Corinne has you covered. 
 
Preparation is the key to a good vacation. Join Corinne to learn how to get the most out of being home and away. 
 
Quotes
“A friend told me that traveling with kids is not a vacation, it’s a trip. And that is true. And while many things actually get harder when your kids get older, traveling is one of those things that I would say, at least in my family, definitively, unequivocally, is easier, as your kids get older.” (2:26 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Knowing how you’re going to get around totally takes the stress out of it.” (6:56 | Corinne Morahan)
“Yes, it can be fun to go away and have your most stylish outfits, but then just pack your most stylish outfits. Don’t also pack your schlubby outfits, so that you have the option. Don’t give yourself options. Take out the option before you even pack so that you can bring fewer things.” (12:25 | Corinne Morahan)
“Overpacking will literally and figuratively weigh you down, and there can be a cost associated with it if your suitcase weighs too much.” (12:55 | Corinne Morahan)
“The more organized you get, the quicker that reset gets and the bigger of an impact your vacation has on you because you’re truly able to enjoy it, because you’re going back to an organized, streamlined home and life, and that vacation high gets to live a little bit longer throughout your week.” (19:08 | Corinne Morahan) 
 
Links
Here's your FREE Packing Checklist!
Gridandglam.com/packing
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EP 17: Why Organizing is the Foundation of a Good Life (No, really!)

“I have never met anyone that has done the work to declutter and get organized that doesn’t feel better or happier in a sustainable way,” says host Corinne Morahan on today’s episode of Get Organized for Good. The more tidy your physical environment, the less friction and fewer pain points you have to deal with. You reduce stress, lower cortisol and generally feel more at ease. And when you start by clearing out the items around you, you can begin to address your internal clutter and rid yourself of toxic behaviors, patterns and people. 
 
It is only when we do this inner work that we can experience true happiness. Corinne shares the lesson she learned early in life about the connection between happiness and external validation as well as the number one regret that hospice patients express at the end of their lives. Getting organized allows us the time and mental space to think about what we truly want and who we truly want to be in life. 
 
After all, we only get one. Join today’s episode to learn Corinne’s life philosophy on showing up fully, as ourselves, in our own lives, and making the most of our brief time here.  
 
Quotes
“I learned a very powerful lesson at a very young age, that no matter how many external accolades or external things you accomplish, they are not going to make you happy unless you are already happy inside.” (4:33 | Corinne Morahan)
“The reality is you have reduced so many pain points and friction points in your life when you get organized that there’s just less to be annoyed with and more to feel happy about. And when you do that, it doesn’t cure your mental illness, it’s not going to cure your anxiety and your depression, but what it does do is make you feel a little better, and better enough that you have the time and energy to start making the big changes that really will have that necessary impact on your mental health.” (6:56 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Truly, getting organized is the fast track to the life we want and it is so much easier to deal with our physical items, to really start there and flex that muscle, that then allows us to get rid of our mental clutter and our toxic thought patterns and relationships.” (8:00 | Corinne Morahan) 
“I believe that the perfect amount of stuff for us to own is enough that we feel centered and grounded in our homes and our lives, but not weighed down.” (13:28 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
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EP 16: How To Combat Decision Fatigue

“I remember getting to the point where I felt like every decision I was making was the wrong one because I was too exhausted to make good decisions, or to, frankly, even care,” says host Corinne Morahan, describing the decision fatigue she once suffered. With the average American making 35,000 decisions a day, it’s no wonder we experience symptoms such as fatigue, procrastination, overwhelm, overthinking, regret and pure exhaustion on the mental, physical and emotional level. What’s worse, these small decisions take up so much of our mental space that we have no room or energy to make big decisions with thoughtful care. Luckily, Corinne has a solution—one that she shares with her members in the Grid + Glam Home Organizing Membership and with you on today’s episode of Get Organized for Good. 
 
The key, she explains, is automation. By taking the decision-making out of small inconsequential matters, you create brain space and energy for the big things. She’ll explain how to batch your tasks to avoid the pitfalls of what’s called “context switching,” the best way to do laundry and how she uses the Notes app to make decisions with and for the family. Imagine coming home from a business trip guilt-free with no decisions to make except which book you’d like to curl up with, or sending your children off to school without any stress? These are just some of the success stories members have reported.
 
Corinne herself was able to build her businesses only after she put herself through the membership and solidified a system of automation in her own life and home. On today’s episode she’ll share more about her experience and how you can get started, too. 
 
Quotes
“I remember getting to the point where I felt like every decision I was making was the wrong one because I was too exhausted to make good decisions, or to, frankly, even care.” (1:37 | Corinne Morahan)
“Do you ever find yourself thinking, ‘Why am I so overwhelmed by this very basic thing?’ or I would look at some of my friends and think, ‘That person is so much more competent than I am. Why can they do that thing so easily? Why do I feel so overwhelmed by this?’ Oh, right. Because I’m in decision fatigue.” (8:22 | Corinne Morahan) 
“There are certain decisions that we cannot take off our plate, we have to make them with our best energy. Those are the ones that I want us to have all of the stamina for. All the things that need to be decided, but the outcome of which don’t have a huge impact on our lives—like what we’re going to wear, what we’re going to eat, are the kids’ backpacks packed, do they have their snacks, where are we going to go on vacation?—that’s a fun one. There are ways that you can really automate all of these things.” (12:13 | Corinne Morahan) 
“For me, the gift of this has been feeling like it majorly alleviates the pressure of being an adult because when I had my best thinking on, I made these decisions on how we want things to run. And now we just get to do it. And now I have the time and energy to put that brain space into the bigger decisions I want.” (14:06 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
Doors to the G+G Home Organizing Membership are OPEN until May 31!! This is my signature program, designed to help you TRULY get organized for good!! Click here to join: gridandglam.com/gg-membership
 
Connect With Corinne:
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EP 15: The 7 Pillars of Organizing: Are you Doing All of Them?

“This is the foundation for living the good life.” On today’s episode, host Corinne Morahan shares the seven pillars that she guarantees will help you Get Organized for Good. She’ll tell you what you need to stop doing, what you need to start doing, and what you need to commit to doing long term in order to start living the life of your dreams. These pillars are at the heart of what you’ll learn when you enroll in Grid + Glam’s Home Organizing Membership, where thousands of people have completely changed their lives through decluttering and implementing Corinne’s frameworks for organization in their homes. 
 
Instilling these pillars in your life will help you reclaim your time and start to live life in the moment rather than be anchored down by stuff. By learning to buy less, you’ll only increase the pleasure of shopping. How can you get the whole family on board, how do you make your space so pretty you’ll never want to clutter it again, and what is the one pillar that keeps all the others standing? Find out in today’s discussion. 
 
If you’re ready to be radically self-honest and make organizing a priority, you can start to reclaim your time to spend it on the things that truly matter to you. Join today’s episode to learn how to enroll in Grid + Glam Home Organizing Membership.
 
Quotes
“While I have worked on my perfectionist tendencies—I call myself ‘a recovering perfectionist’—I am still not quite a recovering people pleaser, I still definitely have that piece of me inside, and I didn’t want to let people down. Yet, I was letting myself down, I was letting my family down and somehow that was OK.” (4:16 | Corinne Morahan)
“Life is lived in the everyday moments, but we don’t really enjoy them. We’re focused on buying the next thing, the next product that’s going to make our life better, rather than putting our time and energy into experiences and in showing up for our life.” (6:31 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Everyone in your household is responsible for participating, or at least supporting, the effort.” (10:22 | Corinne Morahan)
“I have seen from thousands of case studies that when our space looks pretty, we are so much more likely to keep it pretty.” (12:35 | Corinne Morahan)
“Staying organized requires maintenance.” (13:08 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
Doors to the G+G Home Organizing Membership are OPEN!! Join us now to get organized for good!! Click here to learn more: gridandglam.com/gg-membership
 
The May 21 workshop is TODAY at noon ET! It's not too late. Join here: https://www.gridandglam.com/get-organized-for-good-may21-registration
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EP 14: Dating Your Spouse: How to Create a Relationship Routine That Is Anything But

“If you want endless repetition, see a lot of different people; if you want variety, stay with one.” Host Corinne Morahan borrows a quote from folk icon Joni Mitchell to demonstrate the paradoxical nature of keeping romance alive: by putting routines in place, you can keep the fun and spontaneity alive in your long term relationship. On today’s episode of Get Organized for Good, Corinne shares some top tips she uses to keep the spark alive in her own 17-year marriage. Working, raising kids and dealing with all the stressors of modern life can take a toll on any marriage. But if you can start from a foundation of love and respect, these tips will help you to remember you’re on the same team. 
 
As promised in last week’s episode, she shares the bean jar technique that she and her husband began using during their first year of marriage (hint: the goal is actually to keep the jar empty). Should you talk about the kids during date night? What do you do when you’re tired, on different schedules, or just don’t feel like doing anything? Corinne explains how to keep a date journal and the importance of flirting. 
 
Stay tuned to the end of the episode for your sexting assignment, and to discover Corinne’s curated sexy playlist. 
 
Quotes
“I very much enjoy being around my husband. We have a lot of fun. We still have a great sex life. And that’s what I want for all of you.” (5:44 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Not every year has looked the same. Not every season has been the best season for us. There—I was going to say there are times we are annoyed with each other–obviously he’s not annoyed with me because I’m perfect—but there are plenty of times where I get annoyed with him. So, I don’t want to paint a picture of something that is completely untrue and unrealistic because that is just not reality. We are two human beings, working through our own shit, raising two of the most incredible children.” (6:03 | Corinne Morahan)
“My husband and I wrote our own vows and in them we said, ‘It’s just you and me, playing catch.’ I don’t even know how to throw a ball, I don’t know how we came up with that, but I love the metaphor. Whatever’s happening around us in the outside world, it’s just the two of us, playing catch. Sometimes it’s the two of us against our kids, if you know what I’m saying. Just the two of us against the world.” (9:58 | Corinne Morahan)
“Listen, sometimes I’m not in the mood. I’ve already shared, many times, I’m a homebody. I like to be in cozy clothes; I like to stay in my house and do nothing. So, sometimes, putting on clothes and getting myself all done up doesn’t feel like exactly the thing I want to do. But I love sitting across the table from my husband, drinking a dirty martini.”  (18:42 | Corinne Morahan)
“Most of us just fall into a rut and we take each other for granted, we get tired, our spouses see us at our literal worst, they see us at our ugliest, they see us at our most disgusting. I’m not trying to be my best self all the time at my house. So, it makes it even that much more important that we get dressed up for date night, that we send each other flirty and fun texts and that we make it fun.” (21:58| Corinne Morahan) 
 
Links
Join me for the FREE Get Organized for Good Workshop! Click here to learn more: http://gridandglam.com/workshop
 
Here's the playlist my husband put together! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/04sQfzRSVKv34wEL5kuP5q?si=j76g4FQbQMSx9KKDt1_DAQ&pi=u-sJi00ZGDR92a&nd=1&dlsi=35f3a478b30b41c3
Connect With Corinne:
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EP 13: Love Your Body: What YOU Need to Feel your Best Every Day

“Having a strong and healthy outlook coupled with a strong and healthy body really is a recipe for so much joy in our lives,” says host Corinne Morahan on this episode of Get Organized for Good. And the opposite is true: No matter how accomplished we are in work and life, having a negative view of how we look can cast a shadow over all of our success. Corinne reveals the toll that founding Grid + Glam took on her health in the early days. As a result, she felt self-conscious about her looks and the image she was portraying, and considered turning down several on-camera promotional opportunities. Since then, she’s maintained a healthy lifestyle based on six pillars, which she shares on today’s episode. She’ll also share the systems she puts in place to solidify her healthy habits and what you can do to create your own best self care routine. When you feel confident in your body, you can feel confident to go after anything you want in life!
 
Corinne reveals how she has overhauled her bedroom for better quality sleep and why she believes that all food is good for us. She’ll share how she keeps herself optimally hydrated and how she prevents boredom in her exercise routine. She explains the best time to make a beauty appointment and how to get yourself in the mood for good sex.
 
None of this is easy, but like Corinne always reminds us, you have to learn to do it anyway. Drawing on wisdom from leading figures such as Susie Moore and Tim Ferris, Corinne will help you assemble and organize your own beauty framework so you can go more boldly out into the world. 
 
Quotes
“When you feel confident, you walk in a room, you light it up. It really doesn’t even matter what you look like, it really is so much of that confidence of feeling good. But partially it is, because we are making choices that make our body and our skin look better.” (5:21 | Corinne Morahan)
“There really is something to this: When we don’t feel good about how we look, and we don’t feel good about our bodies, we don’t feel as good about all of our other accomplishments.” (7:50 | Corinne Morahan)
“You have to pick your hard. Being in a body that you don’t feel your best in, having to say no to work opportunities, is hard. Waking up early, working out five days a week, is hard. Pick your hard. This is not a choice between what’s the easy thing to do. It’s, ‘Which hard am I willing to choose for the outcome that I really want to get?’” (22:18 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Giving yourself a framework like this where everything is allowed gets you out of the cycle of shame and beating yourself up. My daughter and I always say that all food is good for you: some is good for your body and some is good for your soul.” (29:39 | Corinne Morahan)
“You can’t hate yourself into the person you want to be; you have to love yourself into her.” (36:03 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
Join me for my free "Get Organized for Good" Workshops! They're coming up on May 20 + 21. I'd love to see you there! Learn more by clicking here: http://gridandglam.com/workshop
 
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EP 12: Sentimental Clutter: How to Let It Go for Good

“If everything is special, then nothing is special,” host Corinne Morahan reminds us on this episode of Get Organized for Good. Today, she is tackling the topic of sentimental clutter– items that you are keeping solely for the memory and meaning attached to them and not for any functional purpose. In an effort to keep memories of loved ones and good times alive, we often hold onto everything. This not only dilutes the memory, but acts as a barrier to connection and can create a new source of stress. It’s the hardest type of clutter to get rid of, Corinne explains, citing research from the Yale School of Medicine about the physical effects of parting with sentimental items. Luckily, she’s here to tell us how we can keep our memories alive without keeping our clutter.
 
She’ll discuss how to determine what stays and what goes, how to handle pressure from family members to keep things you don’t want, and how to determine whether your items, while invaluable to you, are of any value, monetarily. She’ll share how she determined which sentimental items from her children, from her fabulous grandmother and from one memorable grade school field trip were worthy of keeping. She’ll also reveal what those with difficult childhoods tend to hang onto the most, and why this only creates an undue burden on their children. 
 
As always, we are in control of our own process. Whether our items stay or go, our memories live within us, unchanged. 
 
Quotes
“When we keep every single thing that might have some meaning to us, like any other item in our home it simply becomes clutter. And instead of being able to enjoy it and appreciate it, it stresses us out.” (3:57 | Corinne Morahan)
“When I start talking about getting rid of sentimental items people immediately freeze up and get stressed out. And I want you to know that you are in control of what you keep and what you get rid of. No one is going to come to your house and tell you what you need to get rid of, but similarly, people also can’t tell you what you have to keep. You are an adult and you are the boss of these decisions, and I have every confidence in you that your heart knows what to keep and what to toss.” (5:58 | Corinne Morahan) 
“If at some point, I decide to throw out this pearl necklace, I will not ever be throwing away the memory. The memory lives in me forever and always, the feelings of that moment. I don’t need to hold this necklace in my hand to know that. I can if I want to, but I have countless other good memories for which I do not have anything tangible, I don’t need anything tangible. The memory lives in me.” (8:30 | Corinne Morahan)
“It doesn’t mean you are throwing away that person, it doesn’t mean you’re throwing away that moment, it doesn’t mean you’re throwing away that memory. It just means you’re throwing away the tangible item. Or donating it. If someone in your family is making you feel that way, then they can keep the item in their home.” (9:46 | Corine Morahan)
“If this feels hard, you’re doing it right. This is the hardest part. Sentimental clutter is the hardest thing to part with, but I know you can do it.” (16:20 | Corinne Morahan)
 
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