The Decluttering Restart: How to Finally Finish What You Started in January | Clutterbug Podcast #331
6/22/202650 min
Hey Clutterbugs! It's halfway through 2026, and if you haven't decluttered your home yet, you haven't failed—you're just getting started again. In this episode, I'm sharing my best organizing tips and decluttering strategies to help you restart your home organization journey, overcome clutter overwhelm, and get back on track for that clutter free home of former New Years resolution dreams.
If you set big organizing goals in January and you're still drowning in clutter, this episode is your wake-up call. This is all just part of the process - stopping and restarting isn’t just common, it’s part of the process! I’m breaking down why we struggle (spoiler: it's not laziness), how to find your minimum effort threshold, and why your messy home might actually be full of organizing products you don't need.
We're talking decluttering strategies for ADHD brains, the difference between decluttering vs. organizing vs. tidying vs. cleaning (yes, they're different!), and how to use your Clutterbug Organizing Style to finally create systems that stick.
In this episode, you'll learn:
How many times you need to stop and start before habits stick
The visible win rule for instant gratification
Why your minimum effort threshold is the secret to consistency
Stop waiting for the perfect time. Stop feeling guilty. Stop letting your stuff win. You're the boss . . . let's act like it!
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First 90 secondsCas Aarssen· Host0:00
In January, I told you that you don't have to have your entire year mapped out. You don't have to lose 20 pounds. You don't have to become a minimalist. You don't have to completely change your life. You only have one thing, and that one thing, be consistent. I realize now that that is actually one of the hardest things to do [laughs] is be consistent. Because even if it's a really small step, a small habit we're trying to start, it's easier for sure than going balls to the walls doing it all, but it's still tough to show up. So if you failed, if you had a goal or a word or, like, something you were really hoping you would've achieved by now, we're halfway through the year, I'm here to tell you you have not failed. Do you know how many times you have to restart? I think studies say, like, three or four times you have to, like, quit and then restart before things actually become a habit. So the fact that you've maybe fallen off the wagon doesn't mean anything other than that you're human. And today, we're getting back on. We are going to, like, grab the second half of this year by the gonads and make it awesome. At the beginning of every year, everyone thinks they have to get their weight and health under control. They feel like they have to organize and declutter their entire house. They have to completely and radically overhaul their finances