How to Avoid Adding to the Clutter This Holiday Season: 5 Practical Tips for Navigating with ADHD

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In this episode, Megs of 'Organizing an ADHD Brain' reflects on the challenges of holiday clutter and provides practical advice for ADHD individuals on how to manage their holiday season. She emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries, making thoughtful gift choices, and implementing strategies to avoid impulsive spending. Megs also discusses how to plan, budget, and organize holiday gifts and experiences to ensure they are meaningful and not adding to the clutter. Additionally, she offers insights into involving kids in gift planning and shares tips for supporting small businesses.

02:36 Avoiding Holiday Clutter

08:52 Setting a Holiday Budget

15:48 Experience Over Stuff

21:00 Managing Holiday Clutter

21:54 Designating Spaces for New Items

22:40 Decluttering Toys and Electronics

25:25 Evaluating New Purchases

27:05 Practical Examples of Decluttering

30:04 Setting Boundaries for Holiday Shopping

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Beautiful people. Welcome back to organizing an ADHD brain. It's Thanksgiving week. Okay, so holidays are here we're in it, we're in the thick of it. And life is a little crazy. I have been doing a lot of reflection this holiday season, as I reflect on setting boundaries, focusing on what's really going to matter for me and my family. Versus trying to do everything that comes my way. I just want to welcome you back if you've been here for awhile. Thank you for being along the ride. If you're new here. Welcome to the show. I talk a lot about organizing ADHD and how our brain works and why some of these things, when it comes to organizing. Can be a little bit more difficult for us. My name is Megs. I left my corporate career back in July of 2023. I am now a podcast host and I'm a professional organizer coach for women with ADHD who want to have less. If you want to know about how to support my small business this year, you can support my small business by signing up for my holiday card planning class. So if you. Are avoiding doing holiday cards this year, because it's just too much or it's annoying, or you're going to leave it off until the last minute until you feel like you absolutely have to, you could do that. Or you could sign up for my holiday class. Not only are you supporting a small business, but I break it down into the easiest steps possible. And I give you a template that you can use for years to come, including, but not limited to knowing exactly what platform you're going to sign up for, because I signed up for seven of them, so I could break down and find out which one was the most ADHD friendly this year. So those are a couple of different ways that you can support me. So right now, as we speak as I'm recording this episode, because it is Monday and I'm recording on Monday, sometimes this happens and that's okay. My kids are in the other room painting. My husband had to do some work this morning and leave the house. And. We're making it work. They are five and seven. So you're probably like how could you possibly leave them in the other room with paint? I don't know, I've, I've trusted them for a long time and I just kind of teach them to ask themselves questions before they do something that might be a little crazy. And I trust them to be on their own. I'll let you know if that was a good idea or not. Regardless in my email this week, I'll definitely send you a picture of, the before and after of the paint. I really wanted to talk about this week. Five different ways to avoid adding to your clutter this holiday season. Because this is the source of a lot of our madness. The impulsivity, it's almost as if we have the freedom to spend more over the holidays. Even if we don't have the money, we feel like it's justified to put more money on their credit card or to pull money out of savings to buy bigger things because we're supposed to, and it's the holiday season. It feels like this is the time to do it. And so when it comes to impulsivity, we don't even double check with it because we need to spend more, we need to make sure that all of our kids have enough under the tree or even more than enough. And that, while it's the thought that counts in this case, I'm going to overspend on this person because it just feels like that's what would be better. And willpower is not enough. I mean, we could sit around all day long and say, this year it's going to be different and I'm not going to spend, and this is how I'm going to do it. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But willpower is not enough. It's not enough just to say it. And sometimes we allow life to just. Take us by the hand and lead us without having a plan for it. Having a plan this year is going to be the key to you being successful. And it doesn't necessarily have to be written down. It can be all in your head of it needs to be. But there's gotta be some sort of plan that you're sticking to when it comes to avoiding, adding to the clutter. Because. Gosh, there's so much stuff we have already. And if you're trying to let go and have less, how could you possibly have less when you're adding more over the holidays? So I'm going to talk about some of the ways that I'm approaching the holiday season this year with ADHD and also in a home that I've now worked on decluttering to the point that we have so much less. So, how do I avoid bringing things in that could add to the clutter again? Well, I'm going to tell you. Step number one, acknowledge that you don't want to actually add to your clutter. Okay. So the first step is admitting. I don't want to add to the clutter this year. I don't want to look around and say, how the heck did I possibly add so much stuff under the tree? That's just going to get absorbed. by everything else in our home. The last few episodes we talked about manifesting what it actually means to, get to that end result. What is your goal? So if your goal is to not add to your clutter, think about that for a second. Close your eyes. If you're driving, don't close your eyes, but close your eyes and think, what does it actually mean to not add to my clutter this year? What does that mean to you? I know for me, it's going to mean something different than it means to you, especially if you're on a different journey with your organizing and decluttering your home. It could mean that you don't add little trinkety items that could end up all over the floor, you stepping on them and cursing at the world because it's so annoying that there's little trinkety toys all over the place. It could mean that you don't buy any of those. Ridiculous things that you're just trying to fill up. Someone's stocking more, but you know, they're probably never going to use, but the idea seems kind of cool in the moment. The thing that comes to mind is like a mini chess board for mini chess games. Now some of you might be like, that was the best game I ever got in my entire life. Cool. That's awesome. But for many people, that thing is going to sit in a drawer or is going to add to clutter in one way, shape or form. What does it actually mean to you to not add clutter this holiday season? Think about that and then think about what are some big things that I need to consider to not add to the clutter, to get to that end result. So say for example, I'm not going to add to the clutter this year. So my goal, my big goal is to look back on Christmas and say, wow, I'm so proud. Of how thoughtful I was in each of the gifts I decided to purchase this year. Okay. So in order for me to be thoughtful, I really need to sit down and make a list. I need to understand who I'm shopping for and who I'm not shopping for. What are some things that my kids would actually enjoy and would elevate their life over the year versus just a day or versus just a couple of days. What do you actually remember getting last year for Christmas or for Hanukkah or for any of the holidays that you're celebrating? What do you remember? What is something that elevated your life last year? And if there was nothing. What could this year, what is something that you wish you did every single year that is going to add to it? I've been working so hard on elevating the experiences that I have with my family versus the stuff, because the stuff is just going to sit there, taking up space. Or it's going to add to the frustration I have in the clutter, in my home. So then take it back one step further and say, what is one thing I could do today? To get to the point. Where I'm not adding to the clutter this season. So what's one thing. The one thing I could do today, and I could even set a timer and say 15 minutes. I could have a conversation with my girls about. What is going to elevate their life, talk to them about the stuff that they already have. I actually did this this morning. I sat down with my girls and we talked about some of the stuff that they play with. And I'm like, okay, so you love playing dress up. What's something that you want to add to your dress-up collection that would make it more meaningful. And they really want Taylor swift outfits. Cool. Right? Like, I didn't even think about that, but this is a good. Conversation. And that's something that we already have a home for and that's easy. So things like that, what's one thing you could do to take a step in the direction that you want to go in. Number two. This is actually like a three parter, but it's all important. Make a list. And set a budget. Make a list of the people that you are going to be purchasing for this holiday season. So think about your spouse, your kids, your in-laws, your parents, your siblings. Do you have a gift exchange? Who are the people that you're not going to be purchasing for, make a list of them too, because sometimes we feel obligated to purchase as we get closer and our impulsivity rises. We could feel like we have to buy a gift for them, because maybe they mentioned in passing that they might be getting a gift for us, something like that. There's other ways to elevate people's lives, then purchasing for them. And when we go outside of our budget, it affects us for more longterm than what we truly think. So make a list and set a budget. Now if you've never set a budget before, it's not going to go perfectly beautiful the first time. But the point is, is to do it. And then to start evaluating, where did I go wrong here and what did I not do well? And how could I evaluate that? And do that differently in the future. Just because we have ADHD, doesn't mean that we can't learn from some of the mistakes and the errors of our ways in the way that our brain works? It just means that. We do need to be a little bit more mindful of the way that we approach certain situations. And if we keep doing the same thing over and over and over again, we're still incredibly intellectually brilliant enough to ask ourselves, how could we go about this differently next time? As you're approaching the holidays and you see that you've overdone your budget. If you're over your budget, you can start to take a look at your list and say, am I done now? What does done actually look like for you? That's such a great question that I ask my kids sometimes when they're playing on their tablets or something like, what does done look like? When do you get to be done shopping for the holidays? How does that work out for you? Whatever that looks like you get to decide what rules you now live within. We do really well with rules. Believe it or not, we don't like them, but we do really, really well with them. When we start to establish some rules for ourselves. So, what does your budget look like? What does done look like? Who are you purchasing for and what are your limits? Because we've got to establish limits for ourselves so that we don't get ourselves into a position in January. We've got this gigantic bill. and no means within which to pay for it. With that said. Something that will help you as you're creating a list and as presents are coming in, whether from Amazon or from the store or this or that. Put all those darn presents in one spot. Stop hiding them all over the house. I know you can hear me. You're going to forget about something. You're going to forget about multiple things. If you try to hide them all over the house, do you want to know how I know. Because 90% of the clients I've ever worked with. We have found gifts that have been hidden. In little places all over their house that they never got to use. Whether if it was for Christmas or birthday presents, They were still in their Amazon boxes and now they don't matter. If something's coming, if something's arriving. Allow yourself to put that in one spot. And then write down the item on the list so that you know exactly what you've gotten. Part of why this is so important is because our working memory is awful. Our working memory, meaning the memory that's like right up here in the front of our brain, remembering what we got. If we're buying things and then squirreling them away for the eventual wrapping party that we're going to have. At the end of all of this. We're going to forget everything that we got, which means that instead of looking at everything and seeing if it's enough and deciding that that is what done looks like. We might start to buy more and we might buy like 10 extra items just in case, just to make sure that it's enough. So, instead of thinking about what matters this holiday season, we're just so worried about spending enough money. To put enough presents under the tree. It's okay to have a limit and it's okay. To take a step back and figure out what that looks like. This gets incredibly hard with ADHD, because if you're writing it down in one spot and then you've left it over here and then you've left it over there. That's where we start to bring it back to a basic system and say, what's one place where is one place that I can write all of this down. I'm going to keep it one space over the holidays. That way, I don't forget where it is. You could put it on the notes app on your phone. You could have just one notebook that you leave in your office, and this is your one notebook for Christmas things. And you have that one page, I know ADHD can be very frustrating, what are some things that have worked for you in the past and how can you build upon that to make this holiday season a little bit easier for you? Another thing to consider here. If you don't have a budget is just the fact that if you continue to spend. And you're not keeping track of it. At the end, you're going to feel like you've spent too little and that's another thing that's going to drive you to spend more. We live in such a consumeristic society that everything that we see is another space for us to spend money. Like all of the influencers on Tik TOK marketplace or Amazon, or all of these articles on Facebook, everything is trying to get us to spend more money over the holiday season. But a lot of these things are things that you're going to use once. And then it's going to sit in a closet. For ever, without ever being used again. I'm trying not to get too high on my high horse there, but I will tell you. You are capable of keeping a budget. You are capable of making a list. You're capable of making a plan. If it's not something you've ever done before, it's kind of feel yucky. It's not going to feel good. And that's okay. I just want you to know that when you start to implement some of these strategies to help you in your life. You can start to combat that clutter even easier. Number three, make a list of the doing stuff. Make a list of the experiences. That you want for the holidays? Not only are the experiences, but what do you want for Christmas? What do you want for Hanukkah? What do you want for the holiday that you're celebrating this year? I'm thinking about that when someone asks you what you want. It's okay to tell them. If there's something that could elevate your life. Let the people in your life know. There's absolutely nothing wrong with telling people exactly what you want.'cause then at Christmas time. You get to be so incredibly thrilled at the things that you get. Now, there's some people that are so good at planning for the holidays that you don't need to tell them. Right. But they're also not going to ask. They're going to get you exactly what you want and you didn't even realize that good for them. That's incredible. I have aspirations to be that person one day. But think about the things that you actually want, because those are the things that you are going to remember. My mother-in-law does this really cute thing with the girls for Christmas and for their birthdays where she not only gets them gifts like things for them to do, but then also writes little notes. Of the experiences that they're going to have together, like going to the craft store and buying slime. Or going to an adventure park to have a day with grandma and grandpa. Those are some really cool ideas, other ideas for your kids and things that we're going to write down on their list today is maybe you have the grandparents purchase or, or anyone, aunts, uncles, you name it. Anyone who's contributing to your kids this year. Ask them if they would contribute to say gymnastics or dance or horseback riding lessons or swimming lessons. What if they bought you a membership to the zoo for the entire year? What if they bought you in experience like. a, massage a couples massage, a facial. Something that can elevate your life, where you get to enjoy the experience of doing something. Instead of stuff. Think about something that could help in your day to day. My husband and I need new whisks and we really want some that are easy to clean. We could stick in the washer, but they're also going to last, we also want new cookie sheets because ours are like, Probably dollar store quality. So those are some things that we've been keeping track of because it's something that could elevate our life. Maybe. And then ask the people in your life, what they want. Ask your kid's teachers. What do they actually want, please? For the love of God, do not buy anyone a coffee mug this year. Speaking from experience again, the amount of coffee mugs that I have taken to Goodwill. And to any other place that'll accept donations is. In sane. When you're so focused on everyone else around the holidays, it's hard to sit down and think about what you actually want. is there a store that you'd really like to shop at that I can buy you a gift card for so that you can take yourself shopping? I just went into a store with my friend the other day and I was like, oh my gosh. I would love to go shopping here. And I'd love to get a gift card here because that could give me an excuse to buy something really nice for myself over the holidays, but not something where someone's picked it out for me. And I haven't had the chance to try it on. It's, it is kind of insane that we buy people clothes because buying clothes for myself. I know I'm very particular about the things that I want, but things that I need, the colors that I'm purchasing for myself. There's nothing wrong with it. And it is just very interesting, but get somebody a gift card. Then it's easier for you to stick within a budget too, because it's a finite number, right. I'm going to spend$50 on a gift card. That's it? You give it to the person and it's, it's very nice. You could even do it to the point where you buy. Like a local craft or like a cute little decor that could elevate someone's life. Stick a gift card in there and go from there or buy a class for someone. Maybe you ask someone to go on a retreat with you, and that's what you decide to gift yourself for Christmas. Or you asked from your spouse for Christmas. Hey, I really want to go on a yoga retreat. Is that something that you could purchase for me next year or a book? Oh gosh, there's so many really, really awesome things that you could consider. But because we haven't written these down all year, we feel like we're so behind, but we still have over a month before. Christmas. Oh my gosh. We have a month. Today is November 25th. Okay. That's fine. That's totally fine. Everybody's fine. We have plenty of time. I'm we're in no rush. Nobody's in any rush. slow it down. It's totally cool. All right. Number four. How to not add to clutter in your home. This holiday season decide where things are going to live. Where it's the stuff that you're bringing into your home. Going to live. Most of the time when people don't know where to start with their clutter, it's because they don't know where things go. They don't know how to find a home for things. And so instead of finding a home for things, designating home for things and building upon that, we just bring more into our home because we can't find the things that we originally bought in the first place. So now we're just replacing it because it's been absorbed by the clutter in our home. This year avoid adding to the absorbed clutter. By deciding where things are going to go. for example, if you've asked for a sweater. And you're so excited about that sweater. It's probably going to go into your closet, right? That's an easy one. That's where you'd go to look for it. So do any of your existing clothes need to leave in order for you to make room for that sweater? So it's not going to get absorbed into the clutter of your closet. Same thing for shoes. Is anyone in your house getting new shoes for Christmas? Okay. So where are those shoes going to go? Where are you going to go to look for them? If you were to try to find them. Is there space right now for new shoes. Because if not, that's where you can start to declutter, get rid of at least one pair of shoes. So you can make room for the new shoes. Toys. Oh, my gosh, the endless amount of toys that we bring into our home. For the holiday season. And some of us are trying to relive a holiday that we feel like we missed out on. We want our kids to have maybe the Christmas that we did have, or that we didn't have. And sometimes we feel like we need to overcompensate with the stuff that we purchase, but where is it going to go? Have you designated a home for it? If you're buying a Barbie dream house and your kids already can't keep up with the mess in their room. Where is it going to go? And is there anything that's leaving so that you can make room for it? What about electronics? If kids are getting new headphones or new. Video games to play or anything like that. Where is it going to go? Does it have a space? And is there anything else that needs to leave because those new items are coming in. What do you do with that? There's so many different ways that we can think about this. Something that I've noticed that I cannot stand, not only because I've been helping my girls clean up their room, but also because I have cleaned a lot of other little kids' rooms help, tidy, and organized. Are the little intricate trinkety teeny, tiny items. What are some of the things that you can't stand that are in your home? That your kids really don't play with all that often. Just the idea of it is really cool. Please do not buy that this year. That's where you get to start to look back and say, I really don't need that. Now I can tell you this from experience because of all of the stuff that I've gotten out of our house and. A couple of weeks ago. And I think I might've even mentioned this on the last podcast. I helped my girls get rid of so many toys and clothes in their room so that it could be easier for them to clean their room. This is the cleanest, their room has been for the longest period of time in such a long time. Because things have a very clear space in where they belong. They're so much less. And. My kids aren't complaining. It's not perfect, but it's not as if they're complaining of a lack, they don't have a lack of toys just because we got rid of 30% of them. It's okay to let go. And it's okay to have more room in your life to say, play. Than it is to just live because you are. Surrounded by so much stuff. And then number five, ask yourself. How will this add to your lives? I do this now on a regular basis when I'm purchasing anything off of Amazon or in the store. And sometimes I feel bad cause especially if I'm in a small boutique, I feel like I have to buy something, especially if I know the owner and I'm shopping with someone, I almost feel obligated to. But it's okay that you don't buy something. If it's not going to add to your life. I'm going to give you a couple of examples here. I love plants. And I would take all the plants in if I could. I've gotten so much better at taking care of plants that I feel so much more confident now. But earlier in this year, we started to take in more plants than I could honestly handle. And so while it was a great idea in hindsight, There's only a certain amount of plants I want in my home. That's not only going to elevate my life, but it's going to be at the point within which I can handle. So it's okay. That I don't adopt all the plants. It's okay. That if I have a clipping, I don't just stick it in water and hope that it roots. I can't get that to work anyway. Um, and be honest about that. That's not something that I have a forte in maybe I can grow into that. But it is okay. That not all of the plants in my life. Live in my home. At what point is there a limit to the plants that I bring in? Okay, so plant clutter, right? Who thought that this episode would be about that? Okay. But let's think about games. How many games are you considering purchasing for your family this year? What is your game collection already look like? And how often do you actually play games? Do you feel like this is going to be the thing that gets you back into games? Are there other games that you can let go of? When you look at your game collection and if they're all in one spot and you're looking for a specific game, every other game that's sitting there is going to distract you from getting to the game that you actually want to play. And there's some games that you literally never want to play again. You look at it and you're like, I don't even want to learn how to play that. The first time I tried was just so annoying. You can let some of those things go in order to make room for the new, or you can start to evaluate, wow. We really don't play games anymore. I don't know that that's something that we are going to be doing again. And it's okay that I don't buy any games this year. Or maybe. socks. How many of you really need socks this year? I walked by a Harry Potter soap. The other day in the store. And I was like, oh, what a good stocking stuffer. And then I smelled it. And the only one that smelled. Good was Griffin door or Raven claw, but my husband is neither of those and the Slitherin didn't smell good enough to buy and. Yeah, it just didn't make sense. So I put it back and I'm like, my husband doesn't even use bar soap. Why would I buy him this? Sometimes we buy things because it aligns with the interests that we have. But the truth is my husband is interested in listening to Harry Potter, not washing himself with a bar of soap that is Harry Potter. And while it's fun in the moment, how does that add to our lives later on? I mentioned earlier in the episode, too, about throwaway items, a lot of the stuff that we buy off, Amazon, things like that. They're throw away items. It's stuff. That's not going to last for a very long time, but is entertaining in the very short time. But here's what we do we buy these things. We use it once and then we feel like we need to store it because we're hopeful that we might use it again. One day. But sometimes we stick it back into a box half used, and then none of us want to use something half used anymore. Again, from experience working with clients in our craft closets and in our stuff and in all kinds of different aspects of our lives, what are the things that you can bring into your home this year that are going to elevate? I say this a lot. And this is from Dana K White's book decluttering at the speed of life. If I were going to look for this item, where would I go to find it? That's how you start to establish homes for the stuff. In your life so that it makes sense. I gave you a lot. There's a lot of things that I'm contemplating this holiday season, but I wanted you to get on that level with me because. There's power in saying no there's power and moving on to the next thing. I'm such a victim of, especially with TIKTOK, shop, all of these really cool things that you can buy and they're cheap. And they feel like they're going to elevate my life in the moment. But guess what? When I move on to the next thing. It's not even remotely on my mind anymore. It's just because it's in my visual and if I don't purchase it right there, I'm not going to remember it now for some of you, they're like, yeah, I'm not going to remember. I better get it right now. Except. If you don't what happens. You move on with your life and life still is incredible. And you still get to be grateful for the stuff that you do have and the things that you are going to buy for the holiday season. And you can still save things for later. You can save things and figure out is this going to be in my budget? Is this something that's really going to elevate? My kids' life, my life. Is this something that I'm going to use for the longterm or is this something that's kind of throw away? I remember two years ago, my husband, I couldn't find or keep a tape measure in one spot for the life of us. So for Christmas, I bought him a 10 pack of tape measures and wrap them all individually and stuck them in his stocking. And then guess what? We still could find a darn tape measure to save our lives. Is that crazy? It's so insane. That's one of the reasons why I became an organizer. I was so curious. At how people could keep things in one spot that I had to prove to myself that I could do it. But now, because I can do it, you can do it too. There's ways to make life easier. And have less. So you don't need to have 15 tape measures in your life in order to find one, because guess what? The abundance of tape measures in your life, doesn't make them easier to find. In fact, sometimes you get even more frustrated because you're like, I know I have 15, how could they all not be it anywhere that I'm looking for? Oh, the clutter. Start here. This is where you get to start this season. Figure out, how could I move forward with less? How can I move forward by not adding to the clutter this holiday season? Because there are ways to do it. You just need to challenge yourself to do it. And yes, ADHD is going to make it harder. Impulsivity is going to make it harder. And then just thinking to yourself that, well, I have ADHD. I can't keep a budget. I'm an impulse buyer. I'm going to do what I want. That's going to make it harder. If you can't. Start to change the way that you think. Then you're not going to be able to make any of these changes, but in the end, I've given you a lot of different ways to try this. And the truth is. Is that you're only going to be able to do or sustain one thing at a time. So what is one thing that you could take away from this episode and then maybe listen to it again next week and take away something else. But here are the main things. And I want you to pick something from this list. Don't pick eight things from this list because it's not going to work for you. Pick one thing. One thing that you could try. Is acknowledge that you don't want to add to your clutter. And then what does that look like? What's one thing that you could do. To avoid adding to the clutter. And that could look like I'm not buying anything off Amazon today. two. Make a list and a budget or just do one. One or the other. Or pick a spot for all the toys to go. For all the stuff to go for all this stuff, that's coming into your home. One spot to keep it. I know this can get complicated with hiding things and making sure that we don't have snoopers in our life. Um, that's a whole nother conversation. Number three. Make a list of what you want. Ask other people, what. They want. So that you can add to their lives because you've asked and you're seeking to find. What would make sense? And if they don't have an answer right away, that's okay. Say, Hey, I want you to think about that. And I'm going to get back to you and then set a reminder to get back to them. Cause otherwise we might not. Actually decide where things live in your home before you make a purchase. Where's this thing going to go. Maybe even before you make a purchase for someone else, is that something that they could put somewhere in their home? And then five ask yourself how. Does this add to my life? How does this add to my dreams to make goals to my lifelong goal of being decluttered of having things have a home. How does this thing that I'm bringing into my life add to that? What are some things that you really want to do in your life? And how does the stuff that you're purchasing add to that? You get to decide. I don't have the answer to any of these questions for you. Because I only have the answers for myself. But it's okay to start asking yourself these questions. My ask for you. This holiday season is to please consider purchasing from small business owners. If you would like to donate to me in any way, shape or form, one way you can support my small business is by joining my holiday card planning workshop. So if you've avoided planning cards or you don't want to do it because it seems like too much or you've considered doing it, but you don't know where to start. I have laid out the entire process for you and put together a card workshop. And this week, all of the classes are two for one, which means that you can buy two tickets for the price of one, which means that if you're home for the holidays, visiting family, and you want to do this with someone else, you can check it off your list. I have three different workshops going on this week and this week, there's one in the evening. There's one early in the morning and there's one mid afternoon so that we can hit every spot that could make sense for you. In addition to that, I put together a special body doubling class on Friday to ask some additional questions and to continue to work on getting those cards planned and sent out before it is too late. Now, if you're still interested in doing it, but this week is not the time these classes are going to be going on until December 12th, December 12th is the last day that I'll be holding a holiday card planning workshop. This week, I'm also going to be adding one holiday manifesting class. That's going to be on black Friday, if you want to avoid shopping, but want to do something fun with your family instead. Come learn how to manifest your best holiday in another one of my classes. If this podcast has added to your life at all during the holidays, sending me a quick email on how it's changed your life for the better would mean the absolute world to me. Leaving a review would help so much. And as a reminder, I am a coach. What does that mean, Meghan? What does a coach do? It's a 90 day program that I have. I coach you through letting go decluttering and organizing your space so that you can understand how you can absolutely live a life with less. Understanding how to let go. and starting to believe in yourself that you can actually do this. If you want to work with me my calendar is in the show notes below. I'd love to chat with you to see if we'd be a good fit. Regardless. I can't wait to see you next week. Thank you so much for tuning in. I'll talk to you soon.