Julie discusses spring cleaning and other topics with Holly Tanner on WGXC.

Julie discusses spring cleaning and other topics with Holly Tanner on WGXC.
Julie Ulmer went to Spectrum News reporter Erika Leigh’s apartment to help her organize and declutter.
November 2018 Interview – the Smead Keeping You Organized podcast
Join us as we discuss everything from storage to cutting boards.
With the aging baby boomer generation and life spans extended by advances in medicine and technology, America’s population has an ever-growing predominance of those over the age of 65. Plenty of older people are staying in the same homes they raised their families in, even when facing medical challenges that used to require a hospital or nursing home setting.
It may have been easy to navigate one’s home in younger years but aging in place requires an honest, practical evaluation of belongings and furnishings. Safety first should be the mantra of all homeowners. If there are ample trip factors in a space, we all stand the risk of tripping and falling but falls can be potentially very serious for seniors. Read more
On Keeping You Organized with John Hunt of Smead Manufacturing, Julie discusses the different forms of anxiety that may come along with organizing and how to manage or overcome them.
Julie discusses some of the dilemmas that Boomers and Seniors face when downsizing with Marshall Miles of WHDD Robin Hood Radio.
Way back in the day, spring cleaning was the chance to disperse of wood stove leavings and soot, hang the braided rugs over the clothesline and beat the dust and dirt out of them and use vinegar and newspaper to clean windows. Experienced housewives knew to work in one room at a time so the whole house wasn’t thrown into confusion and there certainly were homes that only had 1 or 2 rooms. Clutter didn’t seem to be a problem in the 19th Century but today, it’s as daunting as the cleaning process itself and statistically, we live in bigger homes with a lot more stuff.
One of the most important aspects of decluttering is decision making. Clutter is usually the result of deferred decisions, not knowing what to do with something so it gets put down instead of put away. Trying to make too many decisions in a single decluttering session can bring on a case of “decision fatigue”. The point where our brains are tired from deciding what should go where or even what something’s purpose in our life is. Making constant decisions is one of the reasons that decluttering and organizing sessions are best when kept short. I usually work in blocks of about 4 hours with clients but for the amateur declutterer, it’s best to keep work time to an hour or less or broken up into mini-sessions.
So open the windows for some fresh air, vacuum behind and underneath everything and send stuff that you don’t use, don’t need, or don’t love packing!
It’s always fun talking about decluttering, organizing and downsizing and this former broadcaster loves small town radio like the Berkshires WSBS Radio (860 AM and 94.1 FM).
November 2017 Interview – the Smead Keeping You Organized podcast
Learn what some of the hallmarks of hoarding disorder are and how to approach a hoarding situation from a positive, beneficial standpoint.
October 2017 Interview – the Smead Keeping You Organized podcast
Julie Ulmer from Minding Your Manor gives quick tips on decluttering in a hurry, and how to deal with some of the overwhelm that comes with it.