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

EP06: Getting Organized to Live a Life You Love

Ready for the sexiest and most fun step of the 4-step organization framework? In this episode of Get Organized for Good, Corinne Morahan describes the various reactions guests have had to the state of her home, including that of an old college friend who compared it to a Pottery Barn (and whether or not he meant it as a compliment)!  Everyone has a different threshold for chaos, she says, and different appetites for organizing. You have the privilege of determining your individual level of organization and your personal style of home decor. 
 
Sites like Pinterest and Instagram should serve as inspiration and information, not comparison. Have fun while you gather data and cultivate your own approach! Corinne explains what to do when you and your partner have different organization thresholds, and the important distinction between putting things down and putting them away and why she strongly prefers big labels. 
 
Getting organized has not only changed Corinne’s life, but allowed her sons to thrive and be empowered in their approach to stressful situations. Join us to learn how you, too, can start living your most expansive life, today!
 
Quotes
“Imagine how freaking sexy it feels when every space in your home is dialed in, and if you are going to have guests over at any moment, you don’t have to clean up for them. This is the beauty of being organized.” (3:43 | Corinne Morahan)
“We all have a different threshold for chaos.” (5:13 | Corinne Morahan) 
“As you are embarking on this journey, I want you to feel empowered that you get to decide what your threshold is for you. Don’t let the pictures of my house, don’t let what you see on Instagram or Pinterest dictate that for you. Use it as information.” (6:14 | Corinne Morahan)
“It’s been so interesting to watch my kids grow up in a home that’s so organized and how they really now thrive in such organized spaces. Their default now is that they’re feeling stressed about something, they’ll ask me if I can help them declutter or purge or set up a new system as they’re growing and their needs change. And it’s extremely empowering to them to feel like they have a say, but they also have tools to help them feel like they can control their environment a bit more when so much is out of their control.” (9:37 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
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You can download your FREE organizing roadmap here! 
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Connect With Corinne:
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnemorahan/
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EP05: The Power of Decluttering: Free Your Mind, The Rest Will Follow…

“The external looked perfectly pretty and organized but underneath it all was one big gigantic mess. And that’s really how I felt for a lot of my life,” says Corinne, who’s back with Step 2 of the four step framework for living a more organized life. On this episode of Get Organized for Good, she’s focused on decluttering. And while it’s tempting to simply organize your clutter and call it a day–even putting it in pretty containers–unless you purge the things that no longer serve you, you’ll end up back in the same mess sooner rather than later. 
 
Corinne knows firsthand what an undertaking this is—the decision fatigue, the overwhelm, the emotional drain–because she’s lived it. Now, she’s here to show you how to move confidently and purposefully through it all and follow through with your decluttering mission. She reflects on the cost of hanging onto your stuff–and it goes way beyond money–and she addresses the concerns you may have about throwing stuff away. She’ll even have you rethinking your attitude toward shopping.
 
Your home should be where you live your most glamorous life, not a massive storage unit or a living landfill. Purging your physical environment sets the framework for purging the clutter in all other areas of your life. 
 
Let Corinne help you put the grid in place so you have plenty of room for the glam. 
 
Quotes
“You have to purge [your clutter]  to achieve the glam life you want.” (4:47 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Organized clutter is still clutter. And this was the life that I lived. Everything looked organized but I had too much stuff because I had lots of clutter and I could never keep it that way. If you try to organize your clutter, you will eventually end up with the same mess and overwhelm you started with. ” (5:51 | Corinne Morahan)
“Purge burnout is real, even if you’re super committed to it and you’re dedicated to the process, you can really burnout because there are so many big decisions. And I’m guessing that when you tried to get organized in the past, you started pulling things out and you got overwhelmed because it got worse before it got better.” (7:26 | Corinne Morahan)
“Clutter affects us daily. There is a massive, massive cost to that. It takes away our freedom.” (12:29 | Corinne Morahan) 
“Do you want to keep your house as a massive storage unit for the ‘what-ifs’? I would personally rather live in a house that is organized and streamlined and has breathing room.” (13:04 | Corinne Morahan)
Links
http://gridandglam.com/roadmap
Connect With Corinne:
https://www.gridandglam.com/
https://www.corinnemorahan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gridandglam/
https://www.instagram.com/corinnemorahan/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnemorahan/
https://www.facebook.com/gridandglam
https://www.youtube.com/@gridandglam1
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EP04: The Organizing Mindset: Why Your Mindset Matters More Than You Think

Though she’s an organizing pro now, Corinne was once like so many of us: a stressed out mom trying to do it all, whose lists of tasks grew longer as her patience grew shorter. Finally, after reaching her breaking point, she decided to create a framework that would change her life, her family’s life, the lives of thousands of women with whom she has shared it. Now it’s time to change yours, too. On today’s episode of Get Organized for Good, she shares the first and most important step of this framework: shifting your mindset. 
 
Corinne starts by walking you through a visualization exercise, so you can feel what it’s like to live a truly organized life. But good feelings alone can’t change you into the person you want to become and neither can shame. She presents some of the most common internal roadblocks–overwhelm, perfectionism, not knowing where to start—that keep many people from getting organized and invites you, in a loving manner, to identify those that you recognize in yourself. 
 
Each of the next three episodes of Get Organized for Good will be devoted to one of the framework’s more tangible steps. In the meantime, this all-important step of shifting your mindset is the first toward a new life.
 
Quotes
“If you couldn’t tell by now, I need a plan or the wheels fall off the frickin’ bus. Yes, I’m organized. Yes, I’m super productive, highly capable. But the reason I can show up that way is because I have created a framework for our lives that allows me to thrive in that way. Because when I don’t have a framework, it’s not pretty, friends.” (3:27 | Corinne Morahan)
“In that visualization, you didn’t win the lottery, you didn’t lose ten pounds, you didn’t get a new spouse. Your life is the same, but it’s organized. That one change can change everything.” (8:07 | Corinne Morahan)
“You can’t hate yourself into the person you want to be. You have to love yourself into being her.” (8:50 | Corinne Morahan) 
“There really is no such thing as perfect. So, really, just remember that you’ve just got to get started. You’ve got to start anywhere. It’s not going to be perfect but it’s going to be amazing. Like anything worth doing, getting organized is a marathon not a sprint. P.S., I fricking hate running. So maybe it’s neither, but you get the point.” (14:17 | Corinne Morahan) 
“This is what a mindset shift will do: What was once so hard starts to feel like, ‘Oh, wait, this actually the easier thing to do.” (15:08 | Corinne Morahan)
Links
http://gridandglam.com/roadmap
 
Connect With Corinne:
https://www.gridandglam.com/
https://www.corinnemorahan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gridandglam/
https://www.instagram.com/corinnemorahan/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnemorahan/
https://www.facebook.com/gridandglam
https://www.youtube.com/@gridandglam1
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EP03: Procrastination Disruption: Do This To Stop Procrastinating Today

“Tomorrow always had this special allure. I didn’t trust myself today, but I just thought maybe tomorrow would be the day I could show up as the best version of myself and get this thing done perfectly.”
 
In this episode of Get Organized For Good, Corinne confesses to a past of pure procrastination. As a college student, she put everything— from decluttering her room to waiting until a week before the deadline to writing her 100-page honors thesis– off until the last minute. This wasn’t due to laziness, or even just a matter of having a packed partying schedule. Like many people, her procrastination was driven by perfectionism. She handed her tasks off to an idealized future self who could do them perfectly, until finally, with a deadline looming, she scrambled to get them all done. 
 
And her results? They were great, like a lot of peoples’ who work under the pressure of the last minute. So, why do it any differently? Well, because there is a much better way! Corinne will show you how to hack that deadline pressure and use it to get to your tasks in a timely manner. She shares the methods and systems she uses to hold herself accountable and gain momentum as well as the mentality she has adopted to let go of that perfectionism. And when that temptation to procrastinate becomes too strong, she has an ace in the hole!
 
Looking back, all the fun Corinne had in college could have been a lot more fun if she didn’t have all of those tasks hanging over her head and if she had more time to celebrate her wins. She wants you to start celebrating, too. Join the party–Corinne even provides a productivity playlist!
 
Quotes
“Tomorrow always had this special allure. I felt like somehow tomorrow it would be easier to get (insert task here) done. Tomorrow I could do it more perfectly. I didn’t trust myself today, but I just thought maybe tomorrow would be the day I could show up as the best version of myself and get this thing done perfectly.” (1:35 | Corinne Morahan)
“We think because our output of doing things at the last minute is good that that’s the only way we can produce good work.” (4:18 | Corinne Morahan)
“I now lean hard into my mantra ‘do it anyway’ that I shared in Episode One. I don’t wait until I know I can do it perfectly, or when I’m in the mood. Because I might never be in the mood, and what is ‘perfect anyway?’ I just do it.” (5:34 | Corinne Morahan)
“The other huge piece of this is to say, ‘Done is better than perfect.” (7:33 | Corinne Morahan)
“I realized though, that all that fun time could have been way more fun if I had actually gotten the work done first and didn’t have it hanging it over my head. And that’s the way I live now. I get the things done and with my free time—and I do have plenty of it now—I actually get to enjoy it because I’m not trying to fill it up with trivial tasks and I don’t have things hanging over my head.” (9:12 | Corinne Morahan)
 
Links
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1OQIPld47GeHvN0Ysux3KX
 
Connect With Corinne:
https://www.gridandglam.com/
https://www.corinnemorahan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gridandglam/
https://www.instagram.com/corinnemorahan/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnemorahan/
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EP02: Organizing As Self-Care

“When we live in an organized home, that is the ultimate form of self-care that we can give ourselves.”
 
Self-care is a ubiquitous term these days and usually brings to mind spa treatments, nail appointments, or long soaks in the tub. But if we can shift our mindsets, we will see that getting organized is the ultimate form of self-care. On today’s episode of Get Organized For Good, Corinne explains that not only is self-care more impactful than any beauty treatment, but it lasts longer and gives you the kind of peace of mind that allows us to enjoy those other treats and breaks more fully. 
 
Organizing our interior spaces–our homes and minds—has countless benefits to our mental and physical health. From stress relief to increased productivity at work and even better sex, Corrine discusses how organization can improve our lives and for the long term. The rest of the world benefits from your organized home as well, since organized people show up as kinder and more patient. As she says, ‘getting organized for good’ has a dual meaning: once you get it done it becomes a matter of maintenance from then on, and it allows you to bring more good into your life while you put more good out into the world in return. 
 
Life is not a dress rehearsal. We should be striving to fill each day with joy and productivity. Join today’s discussion to learn how getting organized will help you live your life to the fullest. 
Quotes
“We get one life. We should have as much fun and joy as possible.” (0:47 | Corinne Morahan)
“I’d rather be selfish but show up in a kind way, in a grounded way, in a mature way than be annoyed all the time. So, I know that self-care is not selfish, but even if it is, OK, I can live with that. I can live with being selfish because I know I show up as my best self when I’m taking care of myself.” (4:12 | Corinne Morahan)
“I get it. It’s more fun to go get your nails done or to sit in a bath than it is to organize your house. But imagine what it would feel like if you spent the time to declutter and organize and set your house up in a way that functions for you, and you thought of that as your self-care?” (7:32 | Corinne Morahan)
“The most beautiful thing about it is you see the rewards immediately.” (12:07 | Corinne Morahan)
Links
http://gridandglam.com/selfcarejournal
Connect With Corinne:
https://www.gridandglam.com/
https://www.corinnemorahan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gridandglam/
https://www.instagram.com/corinnemorahan/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnemorahan/
https://www.facebook.com/gridandglam
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EP01: The Myth of Motivation: Do It Anyway

“When I was in that inertia of wanting to do absolutely nothing, I realized no amazing stroke of motivation was going to fall into my lap.” 
 
Though she is a professional organizer and business strategist, Corinne Morahan is like a lot of us: sometimes she would rather sit on the couch and do nothing than do the hard things on her daily list. So while she can’t provide you with motivation —no one can, and it’s fleeting anyway—Corinne is kicking off the Get Organized For Good podcast with some inspiration–and more importantly a strategy-- to tackle your own to-dos! 
 
It starts with a simple yet powerful mantra: Not in the mood, do it anyway. Corinne reveals three questions you should ask yourself each day to prioritize your to-do list. She’ll show you how to anticipate and outwit your internal negotiations and excuses before they get the best of you. Everyone’s hard stuff is different. She walks us through her own internal dialogue which she engages with every day when faced with working out—-and how she gets it done anyway. 
 
Adulting is hard, but with self-knowledge and a plan, Corinne can help you create the balance between productivity and truly restful and rejuvenating downtime free from the stress and shame of unfinished tasks. It’s the first step toward creating a more expansive and beautiful life. 
 
Quotes
“We know that motivation may come, for some of us it may indeed come, at some point. It may fall in your lap if you’re lucky enough. But it really is so fleeting, even for the most motivated of us, and it is oh so unreliable.” (3:53 | Corinne Morahan)
“That laying around doing nothing is not actually restful and rejuvenating when you have a huge to-do list hanging over your head. And instead of really enjoying that down time, I was beating myself up for not doing more or stressing out about all the things I had to get done.” (2:47 | Corinne Morahan)
“Every morning, almost every morning when I wake up I think ‘Oh, well I could snooze for 30 more minutes and then I’d be 30 minutes more rested…’ Guess what? In 30 minutes, I’m still going to be tired, I’m not going to want to get up, but then I also won’t have done my workout.” (7:35 | Corinne Morahan)
“Here is the thing about being an adult: We have a lot of control over our lives in some ways. We can eliminate the things that bring us down, we can create a beautiful life that we love. But if you are someone like me that inherently loves to do nothing, you’re going to have to do a lot of things throughout the day that you don’t want to do, and you’re going to have to figure out how you are going to combat that inertia of doing nothing so that you can show up in the world as who you want to be.” (9:51 | Corinne Morahan) 
“I really want us all to have downtime to do nothing, but I want us to be able to enjoy it without shame or without a lingering to-do list.” (11:01 | Corinne Morahan)
Links
http://gridandglam.com/doitanyway
Connect With Corinne:
https://www.gridandglam.com/
https://www.corinnemorahan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/gridandglam/
https://www.instagram.com/corinnemorahan/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnemorahan/
https://www.facebook.com/gridandglam
https://www.youtube.com/@gridandglam1
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Get Organized for Good with Corinne Morahan - Trailer

Getting organized doesn't have to be hard. In fact, it can be really fun. Don’t believe it? Listen along. This show will provide valuable insights, practical tips, and funny, inspiring stories to help you not only maximize productivity and cultivate purposeful habits, but also infuse a sense of joy and playfulness into your daily routines. 
 
Corinne thinks you’re amazing. And she knows that you can live a life you love, if (and only if!) you get organized. For GOOD! So let’s do that together. Corinne will drop primarily solo episodes weekly, with some inspiring guests sprinkled in.  
 
Create a life you love by getting - and staying - organized!