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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 34: Letting Go

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/01/17

Janine and Shannon are experts in letting go. Janine helps people with tangible stuff and Shannon helps them with intangible stuff. So we have a lot to say in this episode about the benefits and process of letting go! Discussion topics include: • How January is a great time for letting go • That Janine rarely, if ever, regrets having let go of something (and neither do her clients) • How the various terms for decluttering process can change the way you feel about it--and the importance of finding

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Episode 33: Closet Curation

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2019/01/10

Most people we meet have more clothes than they wear. When closets are crammed with unworn and unloved clothes, getting dressed is difficult. In this episode, Shannon and Janine talk about curating your closet so it's a pleasure to use and contains only clothes you love. This is a long episode--we just had so much to say! Discussion topics include: • How most people we meet have some sort of struggle with their clothes • The domino effect of a crowded closet • The benefits of having a one in/one

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Episode 32: Self Care

Getting to Good Enough ·

2019/01/03

Now that the holidays are over, it's a good idea to focus on taking care of yourself. This week Janine and Shannon discuss the importance of self care and what self care means for us. Discussion topics include: • The fact that self care means something different to everyone • Shannon and Janine’s favorite self-care activities • The joy of floating in a flotation tank • The importance of creating time for self care (whatever that means to you) • Shannon’s idea for making exercise feel like self

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Episode 31: Done Is Better Than Perfect (Redux)

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2018/12/27

We're taking the holiday week off! Instead of a new episode, we're presenting our very first episode, Done Is Better Than Perfect. Enjoy! Our first episode! Shannon and Janine talk about a basic tenet of embracing good enough: the idea that done is better than perfect. We talk about how getting started and finishing something--even if the result is less than perfect--is so much better than waiting for perfect to come along. Included in the conversation: • How perfectionism can keep you from

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Episode 30: {GEIP} Good Enough Goal Setting

Getting to Good Enough ·

2018/12/20

It's the end of the year and time to talk about goals and resolutions! In this Good Enough in Practice episode, Janine and Shannon 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 retreat day where she sets her goals for the coming year •

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Episode 29: Bright Shiny Object Syndrome

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2018/12/13

Like the dog in the movie Up who shouts "Squirrel!", we can so easily get distracted by new and exciting things. This week Janine and Shannon discuss Bright Shiny Object Syndrome and some strategies for resisting it as well as for harnessing it for good. Discussion topics include: •How easy it is to be pulled away by bright shiny objects (BSOs) • Shannon’s 90-day plans that help her resist the BSOs • The importance of having a system in place to take note of the BSOs so you can come back to them

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Episode 28: Letting the Holidays Be Easy

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2018/12/06

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 include: • How “shoulds” can get in the way of enjoying the holidays • Janine’s truly simple holidays • Choosing the elements of the holidays that are doable • The time-saving benefits of holiday cookie exchanges • How the December holidays can be challenging for

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Episode 27: The Thrill of Done

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2018/11/29

It can be thrilling to finish something. But if a project is large, the thrill can feel like it may never come--especially if you're chasing perfection. In this episode, Janine and Shannon talk strategies for incorporating the thrill of done into any project so that you can stay happy and motivated while you try to get your stuff done. Discussion topics include: • What’s thrilling about finishing • The challenge of building the thrill of done into large projects • How to identify “done” • Using a

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Episode 26: Multitasking

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2018/11/22

Many people (especially perfectionists) feel like they're being more productive when they attempt to do multiple tasks at once. This week, Shannon and Janine discuss why the opposite is true. Discussion topics include: • The alluring temptation of multitasking • That most multitasking is not actually multitasking; it's rapidly switching between single tasks • Concurrent multitasking: activities that are possible to multitask • Body doubling and how it can help in organizing • The perils of driving

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Episode 25: Q&A 2 - Ease, Unease and Circling Back

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2018/11/15

In this second "Q&A on the 5s" episode, Janine and Shannon answer some phoned-in questions from listeners. Discussion topics include: • How sometimes ease doesn’t come easily • The perennial problem of perfectionism: It can feel uncomfortable to stop at less than 100 percent • The discomfort of striving and failing to achieve perfection vs the discomfort of letting things not be perfect • How Janine let go of a perfectionistic temptation to rewrite her client’s spice labels • Practicing good

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Episode 24: Start Where You Are

Getting to Good Enough ·

2018/11/08

Perfectionists tend to want to have all their ducks in a row before getting started on a new project. That tendency can be paralyzing. And it's so unnecessary. In this episode, Shannon and Janine talk about how just starting where you are can benefit you in so many ways. Discussion topics include: • Why things don’t have to be perfect in order for you to get started • That just by starting and moving forward, you create momentum • How you don’t know what you need to know until you start • The

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Episode 23: Overcoming Bad Habits

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2018/11/01

Last week Janine and Shannon talked about creating helpful habits. This week, we look at the other side of the coin--letting go of bad habits. Shannon shares her view that all habits (even bad ones) are the result of good intentions and talks about how we can use that information to kick bad habits. Discussion topics include: • The inherent value of bad habits • Peeling back the many layers of a bad habit to find the need it fulfills • Figuring out how to fulfill the positive intention in a more

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Episode 22: Creating Helpful Habits

Getting to Good Enough ·

2018/10/25

When it comes to living an easy life, helpful habits are everything. In this episode, Shannon and Janine discuss why good habits are important and how to create them. Discussion topics include: • How automating the mundane tasks frees your brain for more important things • The challenge of creating and maintaining new habits • Janine’s misguided compulsion to start creating new habits on the first day of the month • The unwritten rules and beliefs we all have about habits • How a good enough

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Episode 21: Know Your Why

Getting to Good Enough ·

2018/10/18

The bedrock of all the advice we offer on this podcast is, "Know what's important to you." In this episode, Janine and Shannon discuss how to get in touch with your values so that you can more easily embrace good enough. Discussion topics include: • The importance of knowing your core values • Evaluating what’s important to you • The secret sauce of the process: Repeating the question “What else?” • Using your core values to help you decide what good enough means to you • Trying a Word of the Year

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Episode 20: {GEIP} Genealogy

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2018/10/11

Shannon and Janine are among the millions of people who enjoy doing genealogy research. In fact, as a genealogy blogger, Janine devotes a significant amount of time to it. In this, our second Good Enough In Practice episode, we discuss Shannon's challenges with her genealogy research (which involve an enviable literal treasure trove of original documents given to her by her mother) and discuss some strategies to help her get past the perfectionism that's stopping her from proceeding with her

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Episode 19: Alexandra Franzen

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2018/10/04

This week, Shannon and Janine interview the amazing writer Alexandra Franzen, author of the upcoming novel So This Is the End: A Love Story. We've both had the opportunity to work with Alex and know her to be a talented, thinking individual, so we were thrilled when she accepted our invitation to be on the podcast. Alex offers all sorts of insights on things like perfectionism, good enough, confidence and the benefits of growing older (and she's in her thirties). Her wit and wisdom enhance our

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Episode 18: Prioritizing

Getting to Good Enough ·

2018/09/27

Setting priorities makes sure that we get important things done and don't spend our time putting out fires or doing things that don't contribute to our goals. In this episode, Shannon and Janine talk about various methods for prioritizing and how, once again, it all boils down to knowing what's important to you. Discussion topics include: • Various matrixes to help you prioritize • Making time for the important, not just the urgent (hint: it’s worthwhile to prioritize setting up systems that will

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Episode 17: Asking for Help

Getting to Good Enough ·

2018/09/20

Asking for help can be so, well, helpful. Yet many people (Janine and Shannon included) have difficulty asking for help. In this episode we explore how life can be better when you seek help. This episode includes a special (surprise!) guest appearance by Mike, Shannon's husband, who is an asking-for-help ninja. He shares some of his insights on the whys and hows of seeking help. Discussion topics include: • How perfectionism can get in the way of asking for help • The ins and outs of asking for

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Episode 16: Decision Making

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2018/09/13

We make thousands of decisions a day. Some are easy. Some are hard. And some are harder than they need to be. In this episode, Shannon and Janine talk about making decisions a little easier. Discussion topics include: • The difficult decisions brought on by modern television viewing • How having many options makes it more difficult to make decisions • Using your limited to decision-making capacity for important decisions • How perfectionism hampered Shannon’s car-buying ability • Shannon’s

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Episode 15: Q&A 1 - Prioritizing, Planning & Empowering

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2018/09/06

It's your turn! In this episode Janine and Shannon answer questions from listeners. Discussion topics include: Empowering: • Becoming empowered by the people who teach you • Finding someone to work with who supports you and helps you feel good about your efforts • Doing the best you can (without being perfect) so that you can be a model for someone else Planning: •Staying on top of all the areas of your life • Janine and Shannon’s favorite paper planner for busy people (spoiler alert: it’s

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