157 | Is Your House Company-Ready? If Not, Do This with Eldonna Coats

About this episode

Eldonna Coats shares her journey of finding peace through organization and the mindset shifts that helped her reduce stress.

For the resources and links mentioned, go to: https://simplysquaredaway.com/157 👉 Click here to join Organized Life Academy. --> https://simplysquaredaway.com/ola What if getting organized wasn’t about perfection… but about peace? In this episode, I’m sitting down with El Donna Coats — a 71-year-old pickleball champion (yes, really 🏆) and member of Organized Life Academy — who joined not because her house was a disaster… but because she wanted more clarity, more calm, and a completed Life & Death Binder. And what happened next? Less stress.More space.A totally different relationship with her calendar.And a granddaughter who now proudly says, “The first step to organizing is SORT.” I love episodes like this because you get to hear what it actually looks like when someone does the work. Not perfectly. Not overnight. But consistently. El Donna shares what shifted for her, what surprised her, and how she’s peeling back the layers of what she calls her “very, very, very big onion.” If you’ve ever thought: I’m organized… I just have a lot of stuff. I’m a collector — that’s just who I am. I don’t want minimalism… but I do want less stress. I’m afraid to start because I might…

People in this episode

Host: Tracy Hoth

Guest: Eldonna Coats

Topics covered

• organization
• mindset shift
• stress reduction
• time management
• personal development

Keywords

• organization
• stress
• mindset
• procrastination
• life binder
• clarity
• calm

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Organized Life Academy

Books & works: Life & Death Binder

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