Decluttering 101: Best-ever hacks to cut through the clutter

Now, let's talk about organizing your home.

This can be such an overwhelming thought.

And a lot of us don't even start because when you think of the house, it is huge.

It's a whole house.

And we don't all get, you know, Marie Kondo popping in with a whole team to do a Netflix show where they fix your house up in a day.

You know, we have priorities, jobs, kids, things to do, and we can't possibly overhaul our whole house in a day.

And I think we do put a lot of pressure on ourselves to do that, to think we need to click our fingers and the whole house needs to be perfect.

And look, guys, as you know, I am known for my organization.

You guys call it Stephing.

And I can tell you now, even my house isn't fully Stephed or organized 'cause we are humans and things happen in life, and that is okay.

One big thing I always preach is when you think of organization, I don't want you to think of the whole house.

I don't want you to think of the big picture.

I want you to think of that drawer, that bench, that surface, and that's how you're gonna conduct it.

But one huge mistake a lot of people make when organizing is they go out and buy all these tubs and containers before they even know what they're gonna do with it.

And then they get home and they realize they've got so much mess and clutter that they need to cull.

And it really is quite simple.

Clutter equals mess.

So the less stuff you have, the less mess you're gonna get.

And yes, the house is still gonna get messy every day.

It needs to be lived in.

People have children, have pets, have Ryans.

[laughs] But it's all about having a routine and it's all about upkeep.

I always say organization is like fitness.

You know, you don't decide one day, "Okay, I wanna get fit." You go to the gym for a few months and then you finally do get to a level of fitness you're happy with and then you stop, and you stop going to the gym, stop eating healthy.

You can't do that because your fitness won't be upkept.