Lisa WoodruffCEO and founder, Organize 365

Transformation with Laurie R. - Where to Start Organizing?

31 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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In this segment of the YouTube interview, Laurie R. (Speaker A) explains why she chose to tackle paper clutter first after moving to a new home and having children. She describes how the accumulation of paper became overwhelming, especially as she ran out of space for clothing, and how focusing on paper gave her a manageable starting point. Lisa Woodruff reflects on her own journey, noting that she introduced the "Sunday basket" method in 2015 and created a prototype paper‑organizing box in 2017, which she had previously discussed on her podcast. She points out that Laurie was following that podcast advice, and acknowledges that paper organization has become Lisa’s specialty. The exchange highlights personal motivation, the practical strategy of using a dedicated paper‑sorting system, and the evolution of Lisa’s organizational tools that have informed listeners like Laurie.

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So like, why did you pick paper? We had a house before this. We didn't have children. We had closets in that house. We had a file cabinet. I had every file labeled so nicely. But then after we moved here and all the kids started coming and my time was getting sucked away and I just gave up. There was a foundation after you get through the piles down to where I found where I originally started, where it was great, but everything had just kind of come on top of that. And I think I started with paper because I didn't have anywhere to put the clothes. There was nowhere else to put the clothes, but I knew after listening to you and the fact that I could get rid of some of the paper, like, okay, I could actually make that pile go down, right? I can actually control that pile. So that's why I chose the paper.
You know what else is interesting about that is that's 2015. So I'd been talking about the Sunday basket, but it's 2017 that I made the prototype that I even said to my mom, we have to have a box. So you were following my advice from the podcast to organize paper. And I, at that point, hadn't even realized that paper was my specialty.