EP70: Simple Solutions for Home Organization
Beyond the Norm
Christi Lukasiak
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
“Whatever the space is you're working on, you are emptying it 100%. If you're not emptying first, it’s like you just keep putting a bandaid on it,” shares Ria Safford, CEO of RíOrganize, a luxury home organization business. Ria is the go-to celebrity home organizer with clients all over the United States. In today’s episode, host Christi Lukasiak is joined in conversation with Ria to discuss easy tips you can use to reorganize your home.
Home organization can feel particularly overwhelming if you are not a Type A personality. To make things easier for all, Ria breaks home organization into small steps and helps her clients create systems that align with their daily routines. According to Ria, the first step to home organization is making sure you’re in the correct mindset to begin organizing and that you have the appropriate amount of time to dedicate to it. Start with just one space, which can be as small as the junk drawer, and empty it completely. Focus your attention on organizing that one space and deciding if each item in there is still serving a function. This method will help reintroduce you to the items you own and organize them in a way that makes them more accessible to you.
Tune into this week’s episode of Christi’s Couch for a conversation about home organization. Learn simple tips that you can start using today to make the spaces in your home better serve you.
Quotes
“Whatever the space is you're working on, you need to empty it 100%. If you're not emptying first, it’s like you just keep putting a bandaid on it.” (39:03-39:12) [Ria]
“It's been called a junk drawer forever. One of the little things that we do is we call it an essentials drawer, because that switches your mindset when you're placing things in it.” (41:25-41:35) [Ria]
“It doesn't have to be categorized in the way that people just assume it should be.” (45:03-45:07) [Ria]
“We want your spaces to be routine ready.” (45:26-45:28) [Ria]
“I’ve never been the minimalist that likes to clear all the counters so it looks like no one lives here. People have stuff and that's okay. Let's find a good system for them.” (49:59-50:09) [Ria]
Links
Connect with Ria Safford:
Ria's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riorganize/
Join me in the Keys to Unlocking Your Dream Life Workshop: https://adulting.christilukasiak.com/signature-8-week-course
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XO, Christi
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Christy's couch. My name is Christy Lucasiac and you may remember me as the |
| 0:07.5 | sassy, tell it like it is, I'm only saying what everyone else is thinking past member |
| 0:13.2 | from Dance Moms. But since my time on your TV, I, like the rest of the world, have evolved. |
| 0:20.1 | And I'm now a motivational speaker, masterminds at coach and thought leader who has helped |
| 0:25.4 | tens of thousands of women all around the world, just like you, live their dream life, both |
| 0:31.6 | confidently and unapologetically. So join me each week on the couch for really interesting guests, |
| 0:38.1 | a little bit of gossip, tons of mindset development, or if you just need to hang out with a friend |
| 0:43.7 | who gets it, and still makes plenty of mistakes of her own. You never know what you're going to |
| 0:48.6 | get here, but I can guarantee you this. It's going to be a ton of fun and you just might learn |
| 0:54.4 | something along the way. So thanks for pushing play, hanging out with me, and let's get into it, |
| 1:00.0 | shall we? Hello and welcome to Christy's couch. I'm Christy Lucasiac and we are hanging out today |
| 1:07.6 | on my very pink, very comfortable, very friendly, welcoming couch. So thanks for joining me today. |
| 1:16.4 | Thank you for pushing play and letting me into your life for a little bit. So today's episode, |
| 1:23.6 | I am beyond excited for you to listen to. There are so, so many good little kernels of, I mean, |
| 1:32.1 | your gold for you to take away and apply to your life, but you know, you know me before we get into |
| 1:39.2 | the meat of the episode, I always like to catch you up, let you know what's happening in my world, |
| 1:44.5 | and I guess give you a little peek behind the curtain as to what it takes to run a business and |
| 1:49.8 | live my life and be a working mom and all of those things. And honestly, what it's like to continue |
| 1:55.9 | to be on this journey of evolution that you guys are all on with me, I have read so many of your |
| 2:03.2 | comments that you have been leaving on the podcast. And I know a lot of you think I don't read them, |
| 2:08.8 | that couldn't be further from the truth. When you take a moment to write something for me, I read it |
| 2:14.0 | and I have to tell you, they make my heart so happy to quote Chloe or they make my heart squeeze. |
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