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Hello everyone and welcome
back to the Oren Cohen podcast.

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This is day 18 of my 30 day challenge,
where I'll be publishing one podcast

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episode every day for 30 days.

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Today's episode is about
decluttering your space.

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I have been guilty of
this a lot in my life.

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I've created a lot of background noise.

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At least now a bit, when
you look at my background.

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You see a little bit of
a good, ordered space.

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But I don't want to show you what's
happening on this side of the camera.

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Uh, behind the camera.

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And, if you were just
listening to this, then.

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You'll have to imagine.

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It's  very messy.

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In any case.

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I do want to say how important it
is to declutter your space when

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you're trying to create new content.

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Because, as we talked about a
few episodes ago, adjusting your

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environment to content creation is
something that helps you create more.

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And more frequently.

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When your space is cluttered
your mind is also cluttered.

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If you create a space where do you can
dive into content creation and also be in

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a space that you are not anxious about.

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Because it looks very messy.

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If you don't find  whatever it is,
you need to find in that space.

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Then you're creating a
huge problem for yourself.

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Just existing in this space and not
in terms of  stunting your creativity,

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which is also something that can
happen when you're in a messy space.

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But also just the fact that you're
not enjoying being in a space

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Is one of the factors contributing
to not wanting to create more.

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In terms of like, How to combat
this I think incorporating a small

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amount of new habits into your life.

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will also contribute to this a lot.

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I noticed that whenever
I go to the office.

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I tend to make sure I don't have any
any garbage around,  and just take

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it away to the outside bin with me.

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Also one thing that I am not used
to, but other family members do.

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Is each morning, sweep the floor.

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If you are entering into your
space with shoes that has

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been, that have been outside.

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You probably have sand or dust.

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And your floor is  getting dirty.

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Sweeping your floor.

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And not just when cleaning
on the weekend is also a good

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way to keep your space clean.

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And also another, a small habit that is
very helpful is making sure that, Whenever

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you start an activity you also have a
set amount of time to end the activity.

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Let's say you start doing
research for example.

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So you have a notebook and you
have your computer and you have.

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Your pen and whatever it is.

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When you're done.

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You're going to.

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Do a little bit of a closing activity,
which means that, okay, now the pen

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goes back into the place I put my pens.

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The notebook goes back
to wherever I got it out.

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If it's my bag, it's my bag.

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If it's a shelf, it's a shelf.

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And I take the computer back into
wherever it is, or just Close the

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window  on my PC if I'm not using a
laptop because the PC stationary anyway.

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Making sure that you also have
this closing of loops that

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you open will make sure that

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you're also less messy.

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I can share from my own experience.

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Now I am, I have started a loop
that is now, uh, Weighing on me

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while I'm making this episode.

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Uh, yesterday, my dad asked me to
find a little piece of paper that had

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some codes that he had for an account.

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And because my dad doesn't really
understand anything about technology

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I do all of the things that are
required in that regard in his life.

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And I know I had that
piece of paper somewhere.

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And I couldn't find it.

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I'm really out of my mind
trying to find that piece.

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And I started opening cabins, opening,
like taking things out of shelves.

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And while doing this, I also
figured out, wow, all of this

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can be thrown in the trash.

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It's no longer relevant.

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Like you have pieces of paper, you have
old receipts, you have  maybe  things

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that are just stuck in cabins for a
long time and could just be thrown away.

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It's an amazing feeling to

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make up more empty space in your life.

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We have so much stuff lying around
and I think that's what draws

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people to minimalism so much.

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I don't think I consider myself
any minimalist right now.

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But  opening a cabin.

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Taking stuff out and
throwing half of it away.

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Is a very, very satisfying.

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I think that's it for me today to
recap if you open loops in your

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life, make sure to also close them.

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And by closing them, you
will stay less messy.

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And also incorporate A small amount
of habits into your day-to-day.

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That make it easy to keep your space
clean, like sweeping the floor.

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Not just on the weekends.

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And,  making sure that you don't have
trash around when you leave the house.

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And those small habits do compound.

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And you'll find yourself
living in a better kept space.

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And that will contribute
to your creativity and your

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frequency of content creation.

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Thank you so much for
listening or watching.

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If you have any questions, please
feel free to leave a comment or

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any feedback on this episode.

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If you want to dive deeper into
content creation with me, then I

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have a newsletter you can join.

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You could find that in the
description of the episode.

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And, thank you again so much
for listening or watching and

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I'll see you in the next one.

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Bye.