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Getting to Good Enough

Getting to Good Enough

A podcast about overcoming perfectionism so you can do more of what you love. Your hosts are: Janine Adams, a Certified Professional Organizer, who is naturally good at good enough and Shannon Wilkinson, a Life Coach and recovering perfectionist who is learning to be better at good enough. Together they share tips, techniques and stories from their organizing and coaching practices, as well as their own lives, to help you find more peace, have less angst and take more action.

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Episode 94: Use What You Have

Getting to Good Enough ·

2020/03/12

It's tempting to hang on to items to use for a special occasion. This week, Janine and Shannon discuss the benefits using what you have rather than buying new (perhaps more perfect) stuff. Discussion topics include: The thing that sparked this episode: • Shannon’s decision to use up her abundant supply of gift soaps rather than buying new • The value of using things instead of saving “for good.” • Repurposing household items rather than buying new—even if it’s not perfect • Ending the cycle of

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Episode 93: Preventing Pileups

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2020/03/05

Bothered by an overabundance of paper and email? This episode is for you. Last week, Shannon and Janine discussed working through backlogs and this week we share some strategies for creating systems so those backlogs don't come back. Specifically we talk about ideas for email, snail mail and paper in general. Discussion topics include: • How having a system allows you to bounce back when stuff piles up during transitions • That it’s totally normal for systems to fail sometimes • The more

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Episode 92: Working Through a Backlog

Getting to Good Enough ·

2020/02/27

When stuff piles up in your home or office it can overwhelming to contemplate plowing through it and getting rid of the backlog. Add perfectionist tendencies to the equation and it can be even more challenging. In this episode, Janine and Shannon discuss some strategies for working through a backlog. Stay tuned next week when we discuss preventing pileups so the backlogs don't come back. Discussion topics include: • The satisfaction of working through a backlog • Our own current backlogs • Dealing

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Episode 91: No Regrets

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2020/02/20

Regret feels like a negative emotion, but in this episode, recorded in person in Walla Walla, Janine and Shannon discuss how considering regret can be a helpful barometer when making a decision. And they use a recent real-life set of decisions that brought them unexpectedly face to face to illustrate! Discussion topics include: • Janine’s decision to make an emergency trip to Walla Walla when her brother became ill • How Shannon’s offer to drive her from Portland to Walla Walla made the decision

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Episode 90: Acting on Good Impulses

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2020/02/13

Good people (like our listeners) have many good impulses. But how often do you act on them? This week, Shannon and Janine discuss how perfectionism can get in the way of acting on new impulses and how you can get past that. Discussion topics include: • Our excitement over breaking into the top 100 Health & Fitness podcasts in Poland! (And that we’re still on the quest for a listener in Antarctica.) • How perfectionism can stop some people from acting on their good impulses • The fact that it

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Episode 89: Mistakes Aren't Failures

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2020/02/06

Why do we beat ourselves up when we make mistakes? Mistakes aren't failures; in fact they can be viewed as successes. In this episode, Janine and Shannon discuss reframing how we view mistakes so we can we can learn from them instead of feeling bad. Discussion topics include: • Letting go of the notion that if you make a mistake you have failed • Thinking of mistakes as successes • Shannon’s monthly deep dive into non-fiction this year • How you handle a mistake can make the difference between it

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Episode 88: Less Is More

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2020/01/30

Shannon and Janine are living the "less is more" mantra this year as Shannon makes it a focus of her 2020 goals and Janine focuses on helping her organizing clients let go of excess. In this episode, they discuss how less stuff can add up to more freedom and happiness. Discussion topics include: • One of Shannon’s focuses for 2020: Letting go of excess • How Shannon feels encumbered by her stuff • A cogent quote from one of Janine’s clients: “I feel handcuffed to my house because of this stuff” •

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Episode 87: Financial Peace

Getting to Good Enough ·

2020/01/23

Money is a source of stress for so many people. One tool that both Janine and Shannon use to help them take the stress out of money and create financial peace is the software You Need a Budget (YNAB). Shannon is a YNAB master! In this episode we discuss YNAB and other strategies for creating financial peace. (And Shannon offers to help any listener who needs help with YNAB!) Discussion topics include: • The key to Shannon’s financial peace: YNAB (You Need a Budget) software • Rule 1 with YNAB:

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Episode 86: Anti-perfectionist Hacks

Getting to Good Enough ·

2020/01/16

In recording this episode week after week, certain themes keep coming up in Shannon and Janine's conversations. This episode, we distill them down to four hacks: (1) getting in touch with what's important to you; (2) asking yourself, "Is it good enough?"; (3) noticing when you're in perfectionist mode and (4) recognizing that something is better than nothing. Discussion topics include: • Pot stickers! • Getting in touch with what’s important to you • Avoiding overindulgence by getting in touch

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Episode 85: Doing Good in the World

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2020/01/09

A listener left us a voicemail with an interesting question that we address in this week's episode. Listener Casey wanted advice on choosing what to do to help the world when all the choices are so overwhelming. In this episode, Janine and Shannon discuss ways to get past perfectionism and overwhelm in order to do good. Discussion topics include: • A listener question: How do you choose your focus when it comes to helping the world? • Figuring out how to take action when you’re overwhelmed by the

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Episode 84: Overthinking

Getting to Good Enough ·

2020/01/02

Overthinking anything--but especially our goals--is really easy to do. And those folks with perfectionistic tendencies are particularly susceptible. This week, Shannon and Janine discuss overthinking, particularly as it pertains to end-of-the-year goal setting, and share some of their goal-setting tools as well as techniques for avoiding overthinking. Discussion topics include: • Janine’s antidote to overthinking, her mantra, “Let it be easy.” • The problem with overthinking: you don’t realize

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Episode 83: Good Enough Goal Setting (Redux)

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2019/12/26

Janine and Shannon are off on their own personal retreat days, so we thought it would be an excellent time to rerun our end-of-the-year post about goals and resolutions! In this episode, we talk about setting realistic, good enough goals. Way back in 2009, we created a teleclass and workbook about resolutions and we're revisiting it in this episode. (The messages of the teleclass will feel very familiar. They've stood the test of time!) Discussion topics include: • The details of Janine’s personal

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Episode 82: {GEIP} Taking On a Personal Challenge

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2019/12/19

In this Good Enough in Practice episode, Shannon shares some exciting news: She just bought a plane ticket to Portugal, where she will walk the Camino de Santiago in 2020! She'll walk 175 to 200 miles by herself over the course of ten to fourteen days. In this episode, Shannon and Janine talk about this personal challenge, how she's preparing for it and her advice for pursuing your own personal challenges. Discussion topics include: • Some of the logistics of the trip • Why the heck Shannon wants

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Episode 81: Ambivalence

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/12/12

Sometimes when you can't get started on something or you're dragging your feet making a decision, ambivalence is the culprit. It can be sneaky, lurking in the background without your even realizing it. In this episode, Janine and Shannon discuss ambivalence and provide some guidance on clearing it up, so you can make more conscious decisions. (Because not making a decision is actually making a decision.) Discussion topics include: • Our relief over NaNoWriMo being over and what we’ll do with our

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Episode 80: Expectations of Others

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/12/05

It's hard enough when we expect perfection from ourselves, but when we expect others to be perfect, we're introducing stress into our (and their) lives. This week, Shannon and Janine talk about making life easier by modifying your expectations of perfection in others. (Spoiler alert: It involves assuming good intentions and cutting people some slack.) Discussion topics include: • Janine’s unrealistic expectations for how much crafting she’d get done on her crafting weekend • How having high

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Episode 79: Getting to the Important Stuff

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/11/28

This week's episode topic was suggested by a reader who said she she gets distracted by little things when she's trying to accomplish bigger and more important goals. In this episode, Janine and Shannon take you through some strategies for keeping your eye prize and finding time for the things that are important to you. Discussion topics include: • How easy it is to avoid the important items on our task lists by getting distracted by the little things • The sense of accomplishment we get from

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Episode 78: Words Matter

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/11/21

Words matter when we talk with other people and language is also important when we're talking to ourselves. This week, Shannon and Janine discuss how the words we use can reveal perfectionism and shifting that language can help us get past it. Discussion topics include: • How words can make a difference in your thinking about yourself • The role of words in helping you let go of perfectionism • Reframing “good enough” as something to strive for, not settle for • The freedom of "good enough" vs

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Episode 77: NaNoWriMo in progress

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/11/14

Janine and Shannon are participating in National Novel Writing Month this month, in which we're trying to write a 50,000 novel in 30 days. This month, we thought we'd update you about how this fun adventure is going and what a wonderful time we're having embracing imperfection. Discussion topics include: • How great it feels to get our writing goal accomplished first thing in the morning • What a lesson in embracing imperfection NaNoWriMo has been • The “bad-off” Shannon did with a fellow

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Episode 76: Letting the Holidays Be Easy (Redux)

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/11/07

The winter holiday season is underway and we want to help our listeners prepare for an easy one. This week, we're re-running Episode 28, which we originally recorded for the 2018 holiday season. We hope it will help make your holiday season less stressful and more joyful! The holiday season can be really hard on perfectionists, who often want to do it all and do it right. This week Shannon and Janine talk about making it easier for perfectionists to let the holidays be easy. Discussion topics

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Episode 75: Letting Go of Fear

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/10/31

We all experience fear. But some fear is sneaky and can really get us stuck, even if we're not aware of it. In this Halloween episode, Janine and Shannon discuss the way fear is often at the root of perfectionism. And we get into strategies for letting it go. Discussion topics include: • Janine’s antipathy for Halloween • The St. Louis Halloween tradition (it involves jokes)! • The fact that kids like to be scared Shannon’s scary (and hilarious) haunted-house ride in Paris • The physiology of

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