Ep. 250: The Stuff You're Saving for Someday Is Costing You Today

About this episode

In this episode, Jennifer discusses the impact of holding onto items for the future and how it affects our present lives.

Send us Fan Mail I want to start today with something that happened to me not too long ago. I opened a closet — not even the big one, just a hall closet… and I stood there for a solid minute just staring. It was full. Packed. And almost none of it was stuff I actually use. There was a box of craft supplies I bought during COVID with plans of working on some fun art projects with my homeschooled kids.. Unopened. Still in the bag from Hobby Lobby. There was a stack of books I bought with every ...

People in this episode

Host: Jennifer Roskamp

Topics covered

• decluttering
• mindset
• organization
• parenting
• self-improvement

Keywords

• clutter
• craft supplies
• midlife
• homeschooling
• organization
• mindset

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hobby Lobby

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