{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F8ba5b052-528c-40fc-9a5e-757b2b1c0888","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 195: {GEIP} The Basement of Doom","description":"Shannon's crowded basement was bringing her down and perfectionism was getting in the way of her doing anything about it. In this \"Good Enough in Practice\" episode, Shannon and Janine discuss Shannon's basement challenges, her beliefs around what she needed to before she could start decluttering and organizing her basement and they talk it through to the point where she can't wait to get started!\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 Shannon's overwhelming basement and how it became The Basement of Doom\n\u2022 The various roles Shannon's basement fulfills\n\u2022 Janine's own basement woes and how having a water problem forced a solution to them\n\u2022 The perfectionistic loop of trying to figure out the best way to tackle a big project\n\u2022 What's important to Shannon about how she organizes her basement\n\u2022 How Janine's organizing company handles overwhelming basements\n\u2022 Shannon's need to have a plan in place before starting: \"How do I know what I'm doing if I haven't pre-planned it?\"\n\u2022 Janine's faith in Shannon's ability to proceed without a detailed plan\n\u2022 Using pre-planning as a way to come up with a starting place (rather than a finishing place)\n\u2022 Janine's caution about having a plan you feel you have to stick to\n\u2022 Shannon's historic difficulties working with a professional organizer\n\u2022 Bix's meltdown, which we couldn't edit out\n\u2022 Shannon's new plan to let go of the easy stuff so that she can put lids on bins and work through them one bin at a time\n\u2022 How this framework of recognizing what's important to you, what's keeping you stuck, and brainstorming some different approaches until something feels right can be applied to many different challenges\n\u2022 Shannon's excitement over the prospect of getting started on her basement!\n\nBe sure to visit the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com for an update from Shannon and embarrassing basement before-and-after pictures from Janine!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}