Renew for Resilience: Declutter Your Most Used Spaces with Ashley Stefanko

Live Like Your Nail Color Podcast with Mary Foley

Are you tired of chaos and clutter in your home? Do you ever wish someone would come in and make it go away? We have all answered “yes” to those questions because life is busy and seems to require a lot of stuff. But stuff can weigh us down and take up too much of our precious physical, mental, and emotional space. That is why spring cleaning is the first topic that sprang to mind for the Renew for Resilience five-part mini-series.

My gal pal, Ashley Stefanko, owner of Home Reimagined, has a great motto: “Less stuff, more life.” She’s an amazing professional organizer who I’ve personally hired. More than once. Because I’m not embarrassed to say I’ve needed professional help to go through all the stuff. What I love is that she’s NOT an unrealistic minimalist, but an advocate for keeping what you need, ditching what you don’t, and making it easy and practical for you to find what you’re looking for when you need it. I’ve learned so much from her about making decluttering doable with immediate happy dance results, that I had to share her with you!

In this episode, we talk about:

Common reasons people don’t declutter

How to build personal resilience by renewing their space

Simple decluttering doables

Tips for organizing the stuff we use every day

Here’s a glance:

[4:42] A Glitter Gal on her toes, but a Naked Nelly on her fingers, Ashley says she hates when 'chip' happens.

[8:25] Studies show that a person’s physical space directly affects mental, emotional, and physical health.

[10:52] How can decluttering and renewing our space increase personal resilience?

[13:30] Common reasons people put off dealing with their clutter and how Ashley gets people motivated to renew their space.

[20:34] What spaces should people start decluttering first?

[32:54] Tips for making the stuff you need easily accessible and organized.

[38:11] Ashley paints a picture of her organizing process when she works with clients.

[49:00] Ashley describes her Declutter Challenge and shares her Declutter Quicklist.

[50:06] GSD, or Get Stuff Done is Ashley’s created nail color to inspire us to renew our spaces.

[53:48] In the Flip the Chip segment, Mary highlights Ashley’s top two tips for decluttering and organizing your most used spaces.

Shareables:

“I love helping people bring out their best.” — Ashley Stefanko on @livelikeyournailcolor

“It is amazing what two people who are focused on an area can accomplish in a half-day or a day.” — Ashley Stefanko on @livelikeyournailcolor

“Most people are not extreme minimalists, that is just not realistic for a lot of people.” — Ashley Stefanko on @livelikeyournailcolor

Discover more about Ashely:

Go to homereimaginedrva.com to book a call, see before/after photos, and get Ashely’s “Declutter Checklist”

@homereimaginedrva on Instagram

@HomeReimagineRVA on Pinterest

@HomeReimagineRVA on Facebook

For more inspiration and fun:

Take the quiz and discover your nail color persona: mynailcolorpersona.com

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