Are you tired of buying organising products that promise the world but leave your spaces just as chaotic as before?
What if the secret to lasting organisation isn't about having the right tools, but knowing when and how to use them?
How can you tell the difference between a game-changing organising solution and just another pretty storage basket that will gather dust?
Ingrid and Lesley tackle the age-old question of whether organising tools actually work, sharing insights from their conversation with Tasha from Get Organised HQ about strategic organisation habits versus product dependency.
This episode dives deep into the psychology behind organising purchases, exploring why so many people fall into the trap of thinking the next storage solution will solve all their problems. Ingrid and Lesley discuss practical strategies for choosing tools that genuinely support your lifestyle, rather than creating more clutter disguised as organisation. They also share exciting details about the upcoming Get Organised HQ Virtual Summit in early September, where Declutter Hub will be contributing their expertise.
From the effectiveness of baskets to the power of label makers, this conversation covers the organising tools that truly make a difference. You'll discover how to ask the right questions before making purchases and learn practical tips for maintaining organised spaces long-term.
🎙️ In this episode:
- Introduction to organizing tools and the philosophy behind effective organisation
- Meet Tasha from Get Organised HQ and her approach to sustainable organisation
- Overview of the Get Organised HQ Virtual Summit and what attendees can expect
- The crucial importance of decluttering before organising
- Strategic questions to ask before purchasing any organising tool
- Discussion of favourite organising tools that actually deliver results
- The role of aesthetics in maintaining organised spaces
- Practical tips for implementing organising systems that stick
- The transformative power of label makers and when to use them
- Solving common dilemmas like the spice jar organisation challenge
- Detailed breakdown of the Virtual Summit sessions and speakers
- How to maximise your learning experience during virtual events
- Benefits of the All Access Pass and lifetime access to summit content
Ingrid and Lesley emphasise that successful organisation starts with decluttering and continues with thoughtful tool selection. Rather than rushing to buy the latest organising gadget, they encourage listeners to first understand their specific needs and habits. This approach ensures that any tools you do invest in will genuinely support your organised lifestyle rather than becoming expensive clutter themselves.
The conversation also highlights the value of learning from experts through events like the Get Organised HQ Summit. With sessions covering everything from digital organisation to seasonal storage solutions, the summit offers comprehensive strategies for creating organised spaces that work with your life, not against it.
What's your biggest challenge when it comes to choosing organising tools that actually work?
Share your experiences in the comments below, and don't forget to subscribe for more practical decluttering and organising insights! ✨
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Transcript of this podcast episode
Ingrid: In this episode, we're diving into the world of Organising tools, what works, what doesn't, and how to avoid the trap of thinking that products alone can solve our clutter problems. I. We'll be chatting to Tasha from Get Organized HQ right before the upcoming Get Organized HQ Summit where we'll be delighted to be contributors.
Whether you are a basket lover, a label fanatic, or a spreadsheet queen. This conversation is all about staying intentional and realistic with your Organising habits. Let's talk about the tools, systems, and how to ask why before you buy.
Ingrid: Hello and welcome listeners. I'm Ingrid.
Lesley: And I am Lesley. Now, if you are here for the very first time today, or you've been listening in for ages, we want to say a huge thank you we have a little favour to ask.
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hello and welcome, Tasha to the Declutter Hub Podcast.
Tasha: Hello. Thank you. I'm excited to be here.
Ingrid: of course we already had the pleasure of being on your podcast, so we're so glad that you're now coming onto our podcast to tell us more about Organising tools. But of course, after the break, we're also gonna talk about the get organized HQ Summit that is happening in the beginning of September and for the first time, we'll, we're, there.
Tasha: Yes, you're gonna be presenters. It's awesome.
Ingrid: Thank you so much. gosh. Yeah. Can't believe it, Lesley. it's fantastic, right? first time included in the Get Organized HQ Summit. we were delighted when you reached out to us. We've recorded our presentations. It's all now in the works, isn't it? It's all happening. So yeah, we definitely wanna know more all about this.
Some, we're gonna talk about that later. But Lesley, what do we wanna talk about first with Tasha?
Lesley: I just thought it would be really handy to dig into another expert in the Organising industry Organising industry about tools that you can use to help you declutter and organize your home. 'cause Tasha and Laura are incredible at, sharing fantastic tools that are really gonna help you.
So obviously, you know what we think, so we have a kind of bit of a love hate relationship with Organising tools sometimes. And so we wanted to talk a little bit more delve into that, Tasha. So let's go. Let's cut to the chase here. Tools can be in one, in the one sense, really helpful.
And then the other way is a distraction 'cause we're too focused on the tools and not enough about the Organising. But having said that, there are loads of tools out there that are fantastic, right?
Tasha: Yeah, definitely. And I think one of the first questions to ask when you're thinking about an Organising tool is. Do I actually have this problem? one of the keys of any company that is marketing anything or selling anything, they want you to decide that you have a problem so that they can sell you the solution, right?
So if you are just at the store and there's this tool and it's man, this tool is going to organize all of my. Spice packets or my spice jars or like however you organize those and like you don't actually have a problem with those. Like you can find all of your spices. They're not cluttered.
That is the situation where bringing in a tool when there wasn't a problem might actually make a problem where there wasn't a problem to begin with.
Lesley: Absolutely. I have to, and sometimes there are. There is an argument for an aesthetic upgrade sometimes, and sometimes we want things to look nicer. And I think that's it. But I think you're absolutely right. You need to delve deep depending where you are on your decluttering journey as well. Because I think we can also, I.
Be forgiven for thinking that's gonna fix things and actually not get to the heart of the matter. So it's all about the right time really, isn't it? To, look into these tools.
Tasha: Yeah. And what we typically say is that you really only need two things for a space to be organized. you need to know where things are. You need to be able to find it if you're looking for it. And the space needs to make you happy. And so when you mention like the aesthetic, I would say that is the second piece of that.
And if you have a space and you can find where everything is, but you're like, Ugh. Like it really annoys me that when I go to different stores and buy different spices, they're all in different jars and they're all different heights. And like I have to dig behind the tall ones to find the other ones like.
The aesthetic can be a problem in and of itself. That might be the problem that you're looking to fix, so that you can feel like the space is organized. So you can have that oh yes, like I like how this space looks and functions. And like you said, I think holding both of those out that it's totally valid.
to reorganize something or to upgrade something to get the look that you're going for is. Valid. It's just that not every single tool that said that it's going to change your life is actually gonna change your life, or at least not for the better.
Lesley: Absolutely.
Ingrid: I think it's really important. I think we focus a lot here as, you probably, know by now, after, probably watching our presentation and stuff for, the summit. the emotions behind the clutter are really important to us, and also we focus a lot on the decluttering piece because Lesley and I are professional organizers ourselves.
We've worked within people's homes in. Thousands and thousands of houses and different clients, and a lot of people want to focus all the time on the Organising solutions, right? We want, they want to first question, what baskets or things do I need to buy to get organized? And we always say, that comes later.
It can be definitely helpful, but you need to first know. Where you're gonna put the stuff, and actually, do I need to keep the stuff in the first place? Or do you need, does it not enhance my current life, my current, thing that I'm, that's important for me, my lifestyle? Do I need to keep it in the first place?
Then the second question is, okay, if I decide to keep it, where am I gonna put it? Then a temporary storage solution or a tool can be, is fine. And then indeed the last level is. Do I want to make it look really nice? Do I ma wanna make, find something that makes it look and feel better for me? So I think a lot of people, and I'm wondering if you see that as well.
What do they want to focus on? The boxes and the containers and the things and all of that before they even go. But hold on a minute. Do I actually want this stuff in my life?
Tasha: And I think some of that comes from, we live in a very visual society with Instagram and it was Pinterest before that, and even TikTok and you see the finished product and one of the easiest things to latch up. Onto, anytime you see a finished product is, oh, look at those clear acrylic containers.
Look at how they color coded all of their sparkling water flavors, is what it always seems to be, right? And so it's easy to say, what's in that picture that I don't have? And let me go add that to my space and then I can recreate that picture in my home. But the other thing that I would encourage you, if you're looking at a.
Finished product, a reel or a TikTok or whatever it is that you're, whatever platform you're on. Look at how much breathing room is in this space. So many organized spaces actually have like blank space between the baskets. They're not overstuffed. There isn't stuff pouring out of one basket into the other.
And the only way that you can achieve that piece of it is, like you said, to start with decluttering. it's been said a thousand times, you can't organize clutter. If it's not something that belongs in this space, it's not gonna end up being an organized space because there's still things there that aren't serving the space.
and so I think that's just like an interesting, do a little like deep dive into okay, like I see the cute baskets, but let's look past those. If I put those baskets in my space. Would my stuff actually even fit in them? And if it wouldn't, then you're not gonna get that end result until there's less stuff in the space.
Lesley: Absolutely. No, you're so right. I think, yeah, we've definitely got our point across about the decluttering side of it, of course. that people would expect. But there are tools out there that are fantastic. So let's go back to basics then, Tasha, and determine what's your favorite Organising tool out there that you think that every home should have?
We've all got them. what's yours? And we're going to, we're gonna give you one, maybe two because you're the guest, maybe two.
Tasha: so I will say I think everyone's Organising style is different. So like my favorite, you might hear this and be like, I would never, like I could not. but I love, I. Any form of matching basket. So I don't care what kind of basket it is. I have wicker baskets in my office. I have a giant rope basket in my living room.
I have the cube storage bins in another part of my living room. I. but for me, I have found there are so many things in my house that I cannot keep in perfect order. first example I can think of back when I first got married, my husband had all this video game controller stuff, and it's just not something I'd ever had before or had to organize.
And I kept trying to like neatly arrange the video game controllers, in order, let's keep all of this organized. And it just never, it never stayed. It didn't even look good when I was done. they, those things were not made to be like nicely stacked next to each other. And so I finally said, okay, I'm gonna get a little basket and put it here.
And as long as every video game cord and controller and game console card thing is in this basket. That's okay. That's where it belongs. It's no longer on the living room floor. It honestly looks better than when I tried to set it on the shelf and it was all just this unmatching conglomeration of things.
and so that might be like cheating because who's gonna be like, oh yeah, a basket. Like what a, revolutionary Organising idea. But that is in nine times out of 10, if I have a space that I'm struggling with. Some sort of basket. And if I were to take that a step further, if you're gonna have more than one basket in your space, just be sure they match.
And that's where it comes down to aesthetic. I love some of the like earth tones, like wicker baskets type things. That's what I like in my home. But if you're working in. A kid's playroom, they make some really fun, colorful baskets or those cube storage bins that have the animals printed on the front of them.
and things like that. Like it really doesn't matter what the basket is as long as it fits in the space. And then if you're gonna have more than one, make them match. And that is going to give you a place to put things. And it's probably gonna give it that organized aesthetic just because everything is all matchy as they say.
Lesley: And, and it sounds simple of course, but it's not, a lot of people don't do that and have this mishmash of, sort of baskets. It's that you've gathered over the years and, there's an argument for that. if it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's in a basket, it's containerized.
That's the most important thing. But what we're talking about is trying to create a space that looks more put together that you've thought about, the size, the shape, what's going in it, So all of the things that you've said, even though you're like, oh, it's just a basket. You've talked about all of the things.
You know the size of it. What's gonna go in it? Is it gonna be overflowing? Is it different in different rooms? What. Suits your aesthetic, whether it's a kid's room, whether it's a living room, and so those are all important things. So I know it's just a basket, but I think you've covered a lot of bases there, Tasha, to be fair, what do you think Ingrid?
I.
Ingrid: Yeah, definitely. And I think it also then makes you think about does this basket need to have a lid or not? It depends and then depends on the place where you're going to store it. So probably in a garage or. A shed or anything, you probably want to have things with lids because those areas are more dusty, like a basement, a loft.
So more dust, more, So a lid is probably helpful, but if I look at the baskets already now behind you in your home office, I see they're beautifully matched. they're open, so it's easy for you to look, put something in, but also retrieve something so it would not make sense to have lids on them.
And also. Probably inside your house, it is less dusty, so it makes
Tasha: We hope.
Ingrid: we hope so. It will make sense to have less lids unless you want to stack things. So picking the right basket is I. A whole mission in itself because you have to measure the space. You have to really think it through, and you have to think about the depth and the height and the, and all of those things.
and your basket, I'm not a Wicker Baskets fan, as many of our listeners know, but they look lovely behind you on your shelves. I can completely see what you mean.
Tasha: Yeah, for sure. And that is where, so it depends on knowing your personality, but you're talking about measuring the space. And I will tell you, the first time I tried to organize these shelves, I tried to make a 100%, like I sketched it, like I drew it, I measured it, I knew all the dimensions of the shelf.
And I was like, okay, like I'm gonna get these things. And I get online and I'm looking at the dimensions of things. And I don't know if I measured wrong. I don't know if the description of the baskets online was wrong, which is very possible that, I needed it to be 13 inches and it was really like 13 and three quarters, and that's not 13, and it's not gonna fit on the shelf.
And one thing that I have found in most of my Organising projects is I over buy baskets. Tell knowing that I will return them like I want to over buy to the point that I would be ridiculous to not return them. if you have one thing and it barely fits. It's really a hassle to return it.
But if I like buy two full sets of baskets and I say, I'm gonna see which one of these fits better, I don't even know how many of which size I need. I just bought myself 47 baskets and I probably need a grand total of 12. I am gonna return the other, what, 35 baskets that I didn't use, because that is a lot of money.
What am I gonna do with 35 empty baskets? And so I have found for my personality type that, like I said, you've gotta know your personality and know that you're gonna do it. Maybe put an appointment on the calendar with yourself, if I don't have these used a week from Tuesday, I'm making the return that day.
But that has saved me a lot of trouble when it comes to an Organising project. 'cause there is nothing more frustrating than being in the middle. You have the room torn apart, you have everything taken off your shelves or out of your pantry, and you're putting it all together and. Oh, I thought that this basket was gonna fit.
I thought that I could fit three of these containers across based on the measurement, but my cabinet has an overhang on the sides and I can't get them in and out. And so like that kind of thing, it always comes up. And so that is why for me, I have found over by and make it to where you are going to return those because you bought way more than you needed.
Lesley: I think that's a really good tip, actually. and it gives you a little bit of. Choice doesn't it as well? You can look and see how it fits and see what you prefer and things like that. It's the same with hangers. a lot of people that, that we work with will do a hanger swap from wooden and plastic over into velvet or flock hangers and we're like, you will need so many more than you think you're gonna need.
People are like, oh, I'm gonna buy 25 hangers. that's not even gonna touch the surface of what you need. You need it. Hundreds, but you need to be able to take them back. 'cause what you don't want is loads of excess hangers. And so as you said, but it's important to know that you are gonna actually do that.
'cause if you are somebody who's got Amazon parcels and never does returns, then that's a dangerous place to be. so much good information. Just talking about a box, Tasha.
Ingrid: Maybe, that's already again, a point of how important it is to declutter and determine the space and get, have less stuff around you. So when you do get boxes in and you want to put that all in place, you need to have the space to make that happen. And you need to have the space to go, oh, that doesn't fit.
And now, oh, here's the pile of stuff I'm going to return. You can't do that in a very cluttered house because. It, will, maybe get lost. Other things get put on top of it because this is never like a one hour thing. This is got, this is, I know, Especially if you wanna do a lot in one go.
You are working on a pantry or you are working on bedrooms or anything like that's never, oh, yeah, it's now work. We know that. But when you're in the thick of it, you might not realize that all of these things, these phases of, getting to a finished state, take time.
Tasha: Yeah, definitely.
Lesley: So Tasha, one other Organising tool, more of a sort of standalone, I'll give you an idea. Mine is a, Baking tray, upright baking tray holder. So that would be something that I think can be, I just wanna say it's my favorite tool, but I think it's something that can be an absolute game changer, in a kitchen space.
What's yours in with your one?
Ingrid: Ooh. Tricky because I think I would've said baskets, but I can't pick that one now. Of course.
Tasha: sold you. I've convinced you. It's baskets,
Lesley: we definitely, the baskets, I'm not Organising a kitchen with one baking tray upright holder. To be fair, I think baskets are more important, but it's a little bit like I've always, whenever I've used that, I've just, it is one of those things where people go. Why have I been dragging my baking trays out from underneath all the time when I can actually have them all upright and they just slot in and out quite nicely.
So that's my one. We can't Have you thought of one
Ingrid: Yeah, I think I, think it must be, for an Organising tool, I do love a label maker. I do use them a lot with, because they're so handy, not only for baskets, but also for shelves. They're handy for, I use them a lot when I do filing cabinets with hanging files. I, and I use like l folders, which are open at the top and the side, and I label the folder and I label the hanging file.
yeah, I think a label maker for me is really on the, top of my list of things.
Tasha: Yeah,
Lesley: Tasha, go for
Tasha: extra large spice jar. so I love the aesthetic of matching spice jar with the matching labels. I actually just cheated and bought them off Amazon, like already printed labels. I didn't even make them myself. But the problem I'd always had with those glass spice jars is that they are sold in about the same size that your spices come in from the store.
And so you have to get to the very, very bottom of, your garlic powder before you can take the new garlic powder and put it in. And that's not helping me because now. I have a nicely organized spice. I actually keep mine in a drawer. just 'cause that's how my kitchen fits better. I don't have tons of upper cabinet space, so I just have a big pullout drawer and they're all alphabetized in there.
But I wish I could remember off the top of my head. Are they four ounces? I think they're like four point something out. 'cause I think your standard spice jar stars somewhere on three point. Two, don't quote me on that. but just pay attention. go to the store and look at a, a thing of spice, I dunno, your garlic powder, what size is it?
And then when you go to buy the spice jars, make sure they're like an ounce and a half bigger because now. When I'm starting to run low on paprika, I can go buy a standard packet or spice jar from the store of that. I can add it in and the entire thing fits. I don't have that half inch of paprika left at the bottom.
Now I have to go put that in a different cabinet somewhere until I have room to put it in. yeah, extra large spice jars. I, because I, love them. I love them being organized, but I could not stand the whole like, what do I do with all these? Seven eighths used spices. If you don't wanna throw it away, like
Lesley: Yeah, no, I think that's really, good advice actually, as well. We could sit here and wax lyrical about Organising tools all day, but now I guess we. Need to talk about. we want to talk about the GO HQ Summit that's coming up next month, and so let's pop to a little break and let's come back and carry on.
Ingrid: Hi everyone. Welcome back. We're chatting with Tasha from Get Organized. Hq, we're so excited to be the Pres pre involved in presenting this year. yeah, we've recorded, an episode, how do you call it? And
Tasha: Session.
Ingrid: yeah, hold on. Hi everyone. Welcome back. We're so happy to be chatting with Tasha from Get Organized hq and we're evolved this year and we have a session for you at the summit.
So we can't wait, but we could not have Tasha on the podcast to tell us more about it. And before the break, we were chatting about lovely Organising tools, but now Tasha, tell us more about the Get organized HQ Virtual Summit.
Tasha: Yeah, so this is our ninth year doing Get Organized HQ Virtual and. Every single year we find brand new presenters like y'all who've never come, and joined us before. And so that's always really fun. that's something we are always on the lookout for is there's a good mix. If you've ever attended before, you'll see some old favorites who've been there before and you'll see some new faces that we're excited to welcome in and that just keeps things changing up and fun.
But what it is it is a completely online. Virtual summit, virtual conference, whichever you wanna call it. over a hundred sessions that have been prerecorded on everything relating to Organising and decluttering and setting up systems in your home and any topic that you want help with. So if you want to curate your wardrobe and get that down to the pieces that like.
Actually fit and that you feel really good about and confident in. We have sessions on that. If you are like, I just need help getting started decluttering. I like, we have a session called How to Start Decluttering When you can't walk into the room. if that's where you are, we've got the session for that.
Or if you're thinking, you know what, I've decluttered, I've organized, but I don't love how my space looks. I need help with home decor. We have sessions on that. So it's over a hundred sessions on every topic to help your life and home run more smoothly. And the best part is, it is completely free to come hang out with us and see these sessions and see your session that y'all are presenting, on the emotional connections to clutter.
Is that right?
Lesley: Yes, it's yes. So our listeners will have heard that many times before. So they might be more interested in everybody else's sessions, but I'm sure they won't. They won't help but be able to watch ours as well. I. So what, so all these sessions are like 20 minutes long, Tasha? So they're quite
Tasha: Yeah. Yeah. it varies. some, let's say 20 minutes is a good average. Somewhere, in that range.
Lesley: yeah. And they, and it takes place over how many days.
Tasha: So it is, eh, five, six days. It's Monday to Saturday. We end on Saturday morning. That's why I'm like, is it five days? Is it six days? I'm not really sure. But yeah, so starting on September 8th, at the time this is airing, you can actually already go ahead and grab your free ticket and say Hey, I wanna go see these sessions.
And so what'll happen is. You'll grab your free ticket and we'll send you an email and be like, Hey, we got you. Like you're signed up for the virtual summit and you're gonna get the links for these. And September 8th is when this all starts. And that morning we're gonna send you an email. we actually kick it off live.
Laura and I will go live and just start off the whole thing. we'll have over a thousand people come on at the same time. Just excited to get started, watching these. Sessions, we'll do some giveaways. We'll talk about how to get the most out of the event and all of that, and then we just release it, right?
You throw open the floodgates and, all throughout that week, Monday through Friday. I think it's from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Two sessions an hour are releasing, and so you'll have the schedule ahead of time so you can look over that. We actually have a personalized schedule generator that you can use too.
So if you're looking at these over 100 sessions and thinking, I don't even know where to start, you can go take, it's like a little personality quiz, right? It's Hey, like which of these things are you most interested in? And it'll give you, Hey, these are the sessions. Start with these. If you're gonna start anywhere, and then you can just go through and, as they release, you can go and watch those.
And anyone with the free ticket, they have 24 hours for every session. So I know, we are over, in the eastern time zone in America. your listeners may be anywhere, all over the world. but we have 24 hours for every session from the time that it releases, so that all time zones anywhere can hop on and tune in and get that free access.
Lesley: Oh, that's fantastic. I think from our perspective, what we wanna say is that, our interactions with you since you first. invited us onto, to the summit, Tasha, is that it's all super slick, really well organized, really well thought through, Tasha and Laura have obviously been doing this many for many, years.
The quality of speakers is incredible. We are happy to be alongside loads of the speakers that are there, but I think you can expect something that's really professional and really organized from what we've seen so far. And, yeah. So it is exciting. It is, good to be a part 'cause we wouldn't be a part of anything.
It's only if it's really well organized. That we'll get involved. And sorry, I shouldn't really say that, should I? but yeah, but it's, it is noticeable and it's important because we want people, people who are a little bit nervous about what that's gonna look like. Not sure where to go.
You've got a wealth of kind of hundred sessions, that kind of overwhelm as well on day one. We need to be able to signpost people to get the most out of it. And you're certainly doing that in terms of the administration now, and I'm sure it'll be the same with your delegates on the day.
Tasha: Yeah, that's our goal. And we have a incredibly responsive customer service as well. So if you ever are, you get your free ticket, you've got a question, a session isn't loading for you, you don't know where the link is. We put it all over where you can go to reach out to our customer service as well.
And, they pretty much live on their computer that week to answer any questions that come in. but we do our best to make it. Easy to navigate so that you can spend the most time watching these sessions and actually starting to get that inspiration. one thing that's really fun that we've started doing each year, we call it a midday meetup.
So it'll be on that schedule. you sign up, you get your free ticket, you get the schedule, and I think Eastern Time, is it at three 30? I don't even know what time it is, sometime in the afternoon. but there's so much. Inspiration happening right at this event. and tons of good ideas, but it's easy to be glued to your computer or your iPad or your phone, and you're watching these sessions and you're taking notes.
But like where the difference happens is when you start applying it and when you don't just hear the principles of, okay, here's some things to consider when you're going to declutter a space, but you actually go and you declutter. A drawer in your kitchen or you declutter your desktop in your office, right?
And so these midday meetups that we do, the point is we give a 10 minute Organising challenge. let's take a break from watching the sessions. let's not take more notes. Let's not gather more inspiration, but let's instead come together and actually. Get one thing checked off the list. have that quick win and start building that momentum because the point is to see those real tangible changes in your life and home so that you can live a life of less stress and more peace.
It's not just to have the ideas that peer in your head, but it's to get them lived out in your home.
Lesley: That's such a great idea. Such a great
Ingrid: Yeah, definitely. And I think so. If people want to, join us, join you and join us, basically. exactly. make sure you check out your show notes. So we'll put a link in the show notes where people can sign up. Lesley, top of my head, I think it's Declutter Hub .com / g ohq hq,
Lesley: Yes.
Ingrid: that correctly.
Lesley: .com / GQ will get you to where you need to be. So do sign up, to that. Obviously Tasha's got loads of, customer service and all that kind of stuff to help you along the way. but anything that we can have, we'll be putting out social media posts and things like that to promote the, to promote it as well.
So you'll see it in newsletters and social media as well, because we think it's such a great thing to be a part of. just re repeating now as well that it's. It's the eighth to the 13th of September, so about three weeks from now. A couple of weeks, two, three weeks. And yeah, and it.
Ingrid: and sign up is open. So when this podcast is, is, Come is, coming out, sign up is open. So do that immediately so you can get all of that sorted before you don't do a last minute dash, get organized. And and get that done. And I'm glad that you're saying it is indeed Eastern time. that
Tasha: So like New York time, is what we are on,
Ingrid: Exactly. So for here in the UK it'll be five hours later. So eight o'clock in the morning is about one o'clock in the afternoon. So maybe it's helpful that, there's 24 hour access because people might, think I'm going to be asleep half the time. So that's really helpful. what do people do if they're like, yeah, but hold on a minute.
A hundred sessions, 24 hours per day that I, do have like family and work and, kids and I need to cook dinner and if people want longer access, is that possible?
Tasha: Yes. So two things I would say. The first thing, it was gonna sound weird. We actually tell people, do not try to watch them all. please don't. I actually had somebody one time, they're like, I'm gonna have a health emergency. 'cause I'm sitting here watching all these, I was like, do not do that.
That is not what we're advocating for. So the first thing I would say is pick and choose the ones that apply to you and get those first and realize like nobody like. All 100 probably don't even apply. We have sessions on how to downsize if you are an empty nester, and that's the season of life you're in and what you want to work on.
And we also have sessions on helping your kids get organized and Organising their papers that have come in and probably. Most likely the same person isn't going to both of those sessions, so it is totally okay to pick and choose. Don't feel the pressure to watch all 100 of them, but there probably will be more that you'd be interested in seeing than you can squeeze into a full day of work and of driving carpool and making dinner and doing laundry, and make all of the things that are supposed to happen in a day.
and so we do have an all access pass. and so that gives you lifetime access to all of the 2025 virtual conference sessions. So all, I think there's 112 sessions this year. You'll have all the recordings of those. you get all of the recordings of any of the live events, and so there are.
Two to three live events every single day that are happening all throughout the day. so even on different time zones, we have some that happen each morning. So hopefully, y'all are five hours ahead of us and you can make some of those morning ones, but if you can't make the evening ones in the all access pass.
Once that 24 hour access has expired for the free viewers to go, view replays and stuff, those recordings will still be in there. There's tons of other bonuses in there. one thing people really enjoy is we take all the sessions and we put it into a private podcast feed. and so if just popping in earphones and listen.
Listening to the audio as you're working out, as you're driving in the car when you're mowing the lawn, you know where wherever you listen to a podcast, that's one of the bonuses in the All Access pass. There's transcripts of every session in the All Access Pass if you like to read along instead of just hearing.
The word spoken. So all of those things. and I will say during the week of the event, the all access pass is $49. so to get all of those sessions, in US dollar, it's $49. If you are listening to this and the event has not started yet, there is actually a presale price. so if it's. It's not September 8th yet.
definitely go check that out. When you get your free ticket, the first thing it's gonna tell you about after you've gotten that ticket is, Hey, do you want the all access pass? And the most awesome thing, not only of okay, getting the discount, that's probably the most awesome thing, it being a little bit cheaper before the event, but you actually get instant access.
So if you're thinking I'm inspired, I'm ready to dive in. I don't wanna wait till September 8th. I have free times this weekend, and I wanna start Organising right now. With the all access pass, we are gonna go ahead and release all 112 sessions to you. You don't have to wait until September 8th and you can start watching them today.
Lesley: Wow. Love it. Sounds amazing. So very, excited. so yeah. thank you Tasha. It sounds incredible excited. You've got a couple of busy months ahead, right?
Tasha: a.
Lesley: Yeah, so it'll all be good. But thank you so much for sharing your tools as well because there's so many good, so much good stuff within that.
it was nice for us to have a little chat about what that looks like. And we're all, everyone's thinking now a little bit about their baskets and Organising tools. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. We really enjoyed it. Ingrid.
Ingrid: Yes. listeners, I've really enjoyed this. I am, I've never considered, swapping over my spices to jars, but I'm going to keep Tasha's, suggestion firmly and. Mind if I ever do, I'm gonna buy them a little bit larger. That was really, good tip. And I would love to know from you listeners, what is your favorite Organising tool?
Are you like baskets, label makers, baked tray holders? No. This is my favorite one. Let us know. Send us an email, leave us a comment in the show notes. Reach out to us. Tell us on socials because we're interested in what you think works for you. Or maybe you've got something you like. I bought this and this was the worst thing ever.
Let us know as well, because we like to hear these things as well because, we can prevent other people from making the same mistakes. but for now, Tasha, thank you so much again for being here. It's been an absolute pleasure to have you as a guest. And, yeah, we can't wait for Get Organized HQ Virtual to get started on Monday the 8th of September.
But remember. You can get your free ticket already now go to Declutter Hub .com / go hq. So thanks everyone for being here and we'll see you next week.
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