How to declutter your home without feeling bored or exhausted..
even if you were born with a messy gene!
The common wisdom for creating an organized home is to first discard items you don’t use any more, because then it’s easier to keep everywhere tidy.
It makes logical sense.
If you donate the clothes that are hanging neatly in your closest but never wear, you make space for the clothes you DO wear.
The ones that are currently lying on your bedroom floor or piled on the top of the chest of drawers because there’s no room in the closet.
The problem with this wisdom for ADHDers is that even though you know the theory
(you have read all the books and watched the TV shows),
taking action and actually doing it, is another story.
Why is this?
Making decisions is hard when you have ADHD, even on a good day.
Decluttering and discarding means making a quick succession of decisions.
You need to ask yourself should it stay or should it go…for every single item.
This is mentally uncomfortable and draining.
Also, your ADHD perfectionism makes it harder because you want to make the ‘right’ decision and so you rethink each decision again and again.
How do you motivate yourself to start such an energy draining task?
If you do manage to start, how do you keep going and make progress, rather than abandoning ship half way through…
leaving your space looking worse than when you started?
You might have tried (many times) before and failed.
Unlike other programs that don’t take all the subtleties of ADHD into account.
This solution works because it was created by someone who doesn’t have a neurotypical brain.
Imagine jump starting your decluttering in a way that made sense, felt easy, do-able, energizing and fun.
Decluttering is bigger than just ‘getting rid of things’.
It allows you to create a clear and calm home. One that nurtures you and helps your ADHD symptoms rather than exacerbate them.
Text message from a happy client
Hi, I am Jacqueline
I am not one of those people who was born with an organization gene.
Far from it.
My default mode is messy.
I have severe dyslexia, which means my brain doesn’t work like most of the world’s population.
This has its challenges, but I like that it works in a similar way to my ADHD clients.
So much so that I get asked almost every day:
"Are you psychic”’
or,
"Are you in my head right now? "
Before I was diagnosed with dyslexia, and before I became an ADHD coach, I found the generally accepted advice about keeping an organized and tidy home didn’t work for me.
At first, I thought something was wrong with me because I just didn’t ‘know’ how to do these things.
I started to read how-to books and was looking for the ONE book that would solve all my organizing and tidying problems.
I didn’t find it, but all that reading didn’t go to waste.
From each book or battered waiting room magazine, there was usually a suggestion or tip that did work.
Over the years I pieced those all together to form my own system.
I am still not a naturally tidy person, but my system makes me look like one :).
It also helps me to feel organized on the inside too.
When I shared this system with my ADHD clients, it worked for them too.
So, I gave it the name Clear and Calm because a clear physical environment creates a calm internal environment.
Introducing...
Perfect if you...
Are embarrassed by your untidy home,
Want to get organized but don’t know how,
Feel anxious when you can’t find things
or
Your energy drains whenever you look at your ‘piles’ of stuff.
You’ll learn how to...
Declutter and organize your home.
Even if you haven’t been able to in the past.
Confidently make decisions
About what items to keep, and what to throw out and give away.
Which means you can sort through your belongings quickly .
No more second guessing yourself, even if you are an ADHD perfectionist.
Maintain an organized space.
No matter how busy your schedule is, so that the clutter doesn’t pile up again.
Take care of housework the ADHD-friendly way
So you can stay on task, not get bored and have a clean home.
Take action
No matter how overwhelmed you feel..so you can stop procrastinating and start creating clear spaces.
“This is the most useful thing I've ever learned about having a clear environment – and I've read at least 6 decluttering books and a gazillion articles PLUS worked with a professional organizer. Clear and Calm is brilliant! So non-judgmental and so practical.” ~
June Fowler, Alberta Canada
Clear and Calm is fabulous...just saying :)
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Retired
Here's what’s inside Clear and Calm.
The ADHD-friendly way to organize your home. One room at a time.
Clear and Calm blueprint videos.
In these 15 videos you will learn the core principles of creating and maintaining a tidy and organized home when you have ADHD.
After watching the videos, you’ll know the exact steps to take so you can declutter and organize your home and feel excited and motivated to start.
Clear and Calm Worksheets
These beautifully designed worksheets will help you as you integrate the course material into your life.
By the end you will have a clear personalized plan of action so that your path is clearly mapped out, and you’ll know exactly what to do without feeling overwhelmed.
A 30 minute 1 on 1 coaching session with Jacqueline.
This private 1 on 1 coaching session with me will help you with any practical ‘how to’s you have. It’s also an opportunity to get help with anything you feel shy talking about in a group setting (even though the group is a super safe and supportive place) or to uncover some mindset obstacles you might have around tackling the clutter.
At the end of the 30 minutes, you’ll be very clear about the exact actions to take so that you can organize your space quickly and painlessly.
Accountability Group
The accountability group meets every week for 4 weeks for a virtual body double session. A body double session is like coworking where everyone is working separately but together. The collective energy of the group helps beat procrastination and aids focus. Plus, if you get stuck or feel resistance, I am there to help you.
At the end of the 4 weeks, you’ll have a clear, calm and organized room!
Accountability Buddy.
You have the option to be matched up with a fellow course member for support and additional accountability throughout the month.
This means that by the end of the month, you’ll have a new friend AND a clean and organized space.
Habit Tracker
The habit tracker is a fun visual reminder and (motivator) to help you create momentum and declutter every day.
By the end of the 4 weeks, you’ll have established a daily decluttering/organizing habit that feels like second nature to you.
Bonus:
12 Additional Monthly Virtual Body Double Sessions
To keep your decluttering and your organizing muscle strong, you are invited to 12 monthly body double sessions. These additional virtual body double sessions are designed to give you ongoing support and accountability, which means at the end of the 12 months your organizational skills will be a firmly integrated into your habits and your life… even if you were born with a ˜messy gene’.
Pop up Facebook Group
To help accountability during the month of August
This live course starts Monday, August 3rd!
Enrollment closes Friday, July 31st.
Which is just enough time for me to introduce members to their accountability buddies and make the final preparations before we start!
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FAQ's
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I am no longer the same person I was. It’s hard to remember the old me now. I learned so much from our coaching. Jacqui has ALL the answers to EVERYTHING. Every problem you throw at her, she immediately gives you a tip or tool to handle that situation."
28 year old medical student
Are you ready to declutter and organize your home, one room at a time using ADHD-friendly strategies?
Ready to get organized?
About Jacqueline Sinfield
Jacqueline has worked in health care for over twenty years. In England, she trained and worked as a registered nurse and obtained a bachelor’s degree in psychology before moving to Canada and setting up her practice as a coach for adults with ADHD.
Her Untapped Brilliance blog has been named a “Top ADHD Blog of 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018” by Healthline, “Best of the Web Blog” by Psych Central and “Top 20 ADHD Blog Winner” by ADDerworld.
In addition she was a writer for the health website VeryWell.com for two years as their ADHD Expert.
Her book Untapped Brilliance has helped thousands of adults with ADHD.
Education
Jacqueline is a qualified nurse, Keele University, Staffordshire UK, has a bachelor’s degree in psychology (Hon.) and a certificate in counselling. She is a Coach U (USA) graduate. She has also studied and read widely with international ADHD experts and continues to be attentive to emerging research.
