Curious Freedom with Kirsty Farrugia & friends

What is your favourite room in your home? Is it your Master Bedroom? Why? Why not? Do you know the difference between a pillow or cushion? (Listen out for Kirsty's mistake when she chats about them.) We challenge you to make it a priority this week to reclaim the serenity and peace of your bedroom by decluttering it. Our antidotal evidence is that you will sleep better if your room is decluttered, no matter what your age. Our master bedrooms can become the dumping room because we close the doors and people aren't often invited into this space. We encourage you to create a vision for this room this week and decide on the purpose, especially if it needs to serve more than one purpose. We give you some really easy steps to declutter your room, reclaim it as yours and honour yourself in the process. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

This weeks topic was requested by Geraldine van Oord, thanks lovely! iTunes review this week from KT Hultson!

Recommended in this podcast:

Episode 055: Grace & Freedom

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This week we are open, honest and vulnerable as we share our mistakes as Professional Organisers. We ask each other the following questions; Have you ever walked into a space and realised this job was not for you? Have you worked with anyone we regretted? Do we have any disgruntled clients? Have we ever thrown out something by mistake? Have we had clients unhappy with the process or with us? Have you ever organised a space and the client hated it? We also give a huge apology to anyone we have hurt unintentionally. We also encourage you to come over to our Facebook group and ask any questions of our clients if you want honest reviews from them. As always, we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

Teresa Boughton requested this week's topic; thanks, lovely! Chantelle Griffin was our iTunes review this week!

This week’s episode is sponsored by Professional Organiser Training by Angela Esnouf from The Professional Organiser’s Edge.

Things we chatted about:

Episode 85: We're not but we do

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This week Amy and Kirsty come with love to question some of your beliefs challenge you thinking about YOU! We recommend going for a walk, or run or walk the dog to processes some of your frustration at us as we deliver some truth bombs in love and grace because we want the best for you! Is there clutter in your home that it is always someone else fault? If only your kids or partner or housemate dealt with their clutter, your house would be a instagrammable home, right? We want to challenge you that maybe you are also responsible for some of the clutter in your home? Maybe you are also a bit of a clutter bug but manage to hide your clutter better? Maybe you need discipline because you know things are clutter but you also know you will get to it one day and you have the mental tab is still opened by you just haven't made it a priority. We want to give you tips to help and empower those around you as well as to know what you can change so you aren't constantly frustrated by the people you live with. We want to encourage you that you are a leader in your home and you can set the standard for a clutter-free home. We absolutely love you all and want you to live in the freedom that a clutter-free home brings. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

Things mentioned in today's show

Episode 044: Cal Revell

Episode 078: Our Kids

One we forgot to mention in recording but is brilliant for this topic too is Episode 065: James' House

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This week we chat about Social Media, the perfect thing to declutter after our episode on the Mental Load! Does decluttering your social media life terrify you, or is it your dream? This week, we want to encourage you to be thoughtful and intentional about what you engage with and what you let influence your life. Do you procrastiscroll? Yes, it is a thing! Do you suffer from comparisonitis (yes, again it is a real thing ;-)) We want you to ask yourself some questions; Why do you use the platform? What value does it add to your life? What is the purpose of the social media channel for you? What are you using it for? Did you know that this podcast would not exist without Facebook? We hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

This topic was requested by Joanne Cassidy! And thanks, Jess Gimm for the FB review!

Things mentioned in this episode:

The Art of Decluttering Episode 19: Digital Life

Slow Your Home Podcast

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This week we chat about Micro Decluttering! We know that many of you don't have hours and hours each week to dedicate to decluttering and organising your home, so we created the idea of a Micro Declutter! The idea is you take a small pocket of time, 2 minutes, and choose an area to declutter quickly. You could be waiting for the microwave to bing or the kettle to boil; any small pocket of time, grab the Bingo sheet and get decluttering! We created a Bingo Game to go along with today's episode, and as always, we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

This week’s episode is sponsored by Professional Organiser Training by Angela Esnouf from The Professional Organiser’s Edge.

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This week we chat about the Mental Load! We all carry it in one form or a thousand. We talk about how the division of labour & mental load is held in our home and how that has changed over the years. We give tips on reducing your mental burden by asking for help from others in your home and how having a decluttered home can help everyone! We get interrupted by Kirsty's watch, and as always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

This topic was requested by Bridge from Birth; thanks!

This week’s episode is sponsored by Professional Organiser Training by Angela Esnouf from The Professional Organiser’s Edge.

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This week we chat about our jobs! What we do and what we don't do in our profession. This is particularly timely as Marie Kondo's Netflix sensation "Tidying Up" takes the world by storm. We talk about our ideal clients and some preconceived ideas people have about our job. We have a conversation around some of the things that we aren't, but we do. For instance, we aren't cleaners but do clean; we are furniture removalists, but we do move furniture. We aren't rubbish removalists but help you eliminate rubbish and donations. The list goes on...it is a fun episode, and as always, we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

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This week we chat about decluttering your sports equipment. What are you still using? Do you have sport equipment for a sport you haven’t played in 20 years? Should it be moved on to a memorabilia box or donated rather than taking up real estate in your cupboards/garage. Do you have a treadmill that makes you feel guilty every time you look or can you not even see it anymore because it has become a clothes horse? In this episode we encourage you to clear all the clutter off the treadmill and use it or let it go! You also get to hear all about the many different sports and exercise activities of Amy (& Kirsty) and we give you great tips on how to store your equipment and where to donate good condition used items to. As always we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

Questions to ask yourself:

Do you still love it?

Do you still use it?

Are you just holding onto the dream of using it again in the future?

Is it in good condition still?

Could someone else get more joy from it?

Boots for All : https://www.bootsforall.org.au/

Thanks to Owen Gray for the requesting this weeks topic.

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This week we chat with about decluttering your teenagers ;-) No, we talk about helping teenagers and parents learn to declutter and stay organised through the fun years! So it is the perfect one to listen to on your smart speaker where the teenager can hear ;-) We give helpful questions to ask yourself, and we encourage everyone to prioritise maintaining relationships over fighting over messy rooms. We know that teenagers intrinsically want to belong and add value beyond themselves, so we encourage parents to draw that out of them by encouraging experiences with them. We chat about organising study spaces and encouraging teenagers to research and watch Ted talks on the benefits of a clutter-free space while studying. We also have a rant on having food in your bedroom :-) Such a fun and funny episode. As always, we hope you have a giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

Questions to ask yourself:

Do you still love it?

Do you use it?

Do you think it fits with your vision for your space?

When was the last time you used it?

Could someone else get more joy from it?

Minimalist Documentary: https://minimalismfilm.com/

Thanks to Felicity Douglas for requesting this week's topic.

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This week we chat about memorabilia (think: newspapers, magazines, ticket stubs, autograph books, order of services from weddings/funerals/christenings, play booklets, brochures from tourist sites, school awards, sports awards, restaurant brochures, anything that reminds you of an event or a person.) We give you tips on how to declutter, how to store it and where to donate some items. We also have a great definition of clutter that will help you discern if an item is clutter or should be honoured by displaying it or storing it well. As always, we hope you giggle with us and enjoy the conversation!

Thanks to Jarred Doueal (our sound engineer) for the topic suggestion!

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