208 - How Organizing Your House Is Like Playing Candy Crush

<p class= "m_6685043441286721378bard-text-block m_6685043441286721378style-scope"> Have you ever played Candy Crush? It is so ridiculously simple and mindless… but addictive. In this week’s podcast episode, I compare organizing your house to playing this fun, addictive, and ultimately endless game of Candy Crush.</p> <p class= "m_6685043441286721378bard-text-block m_6685043441286721378style-scope"> It was around three summers ago that I played this game obsessively. I would find any excuse to play Candy Crush. I would even make extra time to play it, and play it for way too long trying to get through a level. Finally, I had to take it completely off my phone because I just have no will power. A couple of years later, I put it back on my phone and found I wasn't quite so addicted as I was the first time.</p> <p class= "m_6685043441286721378bard-text-block m_6685043441286721378style-scope"> A word of warning – if you have never played Candy Crush, don't take this podcast as permission to go and download it! When I first started playing it, I thought you could "win," that you could finish the game, but there are literally millions of levels. You can never win. I don’t recommend wasting your time on it!</p> <h2 class= "m_6685043441286721378bard-text-block m_6685043441286721378style-scope"> What does Candy Crush have to do with home organization?</h2> <p class= "m_6685043441286721378bard-text-block m_6685043441286721378style-scope"> As the new year approaches, we all start to set goals to get organized, lose weight, and put our finances in order, all at the same time. These are the top three New Year's resolutions that we all want to achieve. On <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1060707833"><span class="aQJ">January 1st</span></span>, when people ask you what you're going to do, you say, "I'm going to lose 10 pounds, I'm going to get out of debt, and I'm going to get organized," because that is what everybody plans to do every single January!</p> <p class= "m_6685043441286721378bard-text-block m_668504344