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Ep 155 | Emergency Preparedness at Home with Cari Butler
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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Oct 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We can’t predict, but we CAN prepare.
We’ve invited Emergency Preparedness Expert Cari Butler to the show to you KonMari your emergency needs to protect you, your home, and those you care most about.
Cari is the owner of Emergency Cafe, L.A.'s Premier Emergency Preparedness Concierge Service. She has over 15 years of experience educating and empowering her clients to be prepared and provides personalized consultation services for individuals, families and businesses.
We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show.
While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast.
Book a custom Virtual Tidying Experience with For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidying-lesson/tidy-a-z-what-to-expect-from-a-konmari-virtual-tidy/)
Join The Spark Joy Club today! (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy)
In this episode, you’ll enjoy:
- How the Universe put all of the resources Cari needed to support her path to becoming an emergency preparedness concierge, which started 15 years ago
- The three steps to getting started getting prepared: 1) Get your supplies 2) Create a plan 3) Practice your plan
-Who needs prepare for emergencies and the different levels of preparedness you can embrace
-How to organize and store important items in case of an emergency
- How to distinguish "what sparks joy" vs. "what should I grab in an emergency"
- The difference between a grab and go bag vs emergency kit and what is typically in each
- The essential items that is often overlooked or left out of kits
- The importance of sharing legacy information
Cari’s favorite organization tip:
Filing paper into throw away, keep, and file
Emergency organization tip: Keep everything together and set a reminder on your calendar to make sure everything in the kit is fresh
What's sparking the most joy for Cari:
Spending time with her kids as they attend college virtually from home
Contact Cari via emergencycafe.com (https://www.emergencycafe.com/) and on Instagram @emergencycafe (https://www.instagram.com/emergencycafe/)
Download Cari's top emergency preparedness tips here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jn1tc4z5a5hkuuh/TOP%20TIPS.pdf?dl=0).
Exclusively for Spark Joy listeners, enter the code "SPARKJOY10" when shopping on emergencycafe.com (https://www.emergencycafe.com/)
Gems:
"The Universe knew that this was my path."
"The people who hire me are the people that really understand the importance of being prepared."
"Bottom line...GET OUT! The joy is going to be that you are alive! Everything can be replaced."
"It's fight or flight."
The Spark Joy Anniversary Give-A-Way contest prizes!
Win one of three bundles consisting of Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up, signed by Marie Kondo, a fifty dollar gift certificate to the KonMari Shop (https://shop.konmari.com) to select your own Joy Sparking gift, and a two-hour Virtual Tidying Session from For the Love of Tidy!
Three lucky winners will receive a bundle of all these prizes!
To be eligible for all of the prizes above, all you need to do is head over to: www.sparkjoypodcast.com/itunes for detailed instructions on how to leave a review via iTunes. Once there, follow the Apple Podcast instructions to leave us a rating and review in iTunes to help us reach more ears, minds, and hearts.
Most important step: Send an email to: [email protected] letting us know you left us a review and what screen name you left it under. This will act as your official entry. Don’t forget this step! It is the only way we can officially log you as entered into the contest.
Submit your star rating and review by No
We’ve invited Emergency Preparedness Expert Cari Butler to the show to you KonMari your emergency needs to protect you, your home, and those you care most about.
Cari is the owner of Emergency Cafe, L.A.'s Premier Emergency Preparedness Concierge Service. She has over 15 years of experience educating and empowering her clients to be prepared and provides personalized consultation services for individuals, families and businesses.
We want to hear from you! Tell us your burning tidying questions or share stories about how KonMari has impacted your life. Find us at www.sparkjoypodcast.com and click “Ask Spark Joy” to leave a question or comment for a chance to be featured on next week’s show.
While you’re there, sign-up to join our Spark Joy podcast community and get notified when each episode airs. You can also join the Spark Joy podcast community on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter at the handle @sparkjoypodcast.
Book a custom Virtual Tidying Experience with For the Love of Tidy (https://fortheloveoftidy.com/konmari-tidying-lesson/tidy-a-z-what-to-expect-from-a-konmari-virtual-tidy/)
Join The Spark Joy Club today! (https://www.patreon.com/sparkjoy)
In this episode, you’ll enjoy:
- How the Universe put all of the resources Cari needed to support her path to becoming an emergency preparedness concierge, which started 15 years ago
- The three steps to getting started getting prepared: 1) Get your supplies 2) Create a plan 3) Practice your plan
-Who needs prepare for emergencies and the different levels of preparedness you can embrace
-How to organize and store important items in case of an emergency
- How to distinguish "what sparks joy" vs. "what should I grab in an emergency"
- The difference between a grab and go bag vs emergency kit and what is typically in each
- The essential items that is often overlooked or left out of kits
- The importance of sharing legacy information
Cari’s favorite organization tip:
Filing paper into throw away, keep, and file
Emergency organization tip: Keep everything together and set a reminder on your calendar to make sure everything in the kit is fresh
What's sparking the most joy for Cari:
Spending time with her kids as they attend college virtually from home
Contact Cari via emergencycafe.com (https://www.emergencycafe.com/) and on Instagram @emergencycafe (https://www.instagram.com/emergencycafe/)
Download Cari's top emergency preparedness tips here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jn1tc4z5a5hkuuh/TOP%20TIPS.pdf?dl=0).
Exclusively for Spark Joy listeners, enter the code "SPARKJOY10" when shopping on emergencycafe.com (https://www.emergencycafe.com/)
Gems:
"The Universe knew that this was my path."
"The people who hire me are the people that really understand the importance of being prepared."
"Bottom line...GET OUT! The joy is going to be that you are alive! Everything can be replaced."
"It's fight or flight."
The Spark Joy Anniversary Give-A-Way contest prizes!
Win one of three bundles consisting of Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up, signed by Marie Kondo, a fifty dollar gift certificate to the KonMari Shop (https://shop.konmari.com) to select your own Joy Sparking gift, and a two-hour Virtual Tidying Session from For the Love of Tidy!
Three lucky winners will receive a bundle of all these prizes!
To be eligible for all of the prizes above, all you need to do is head over to: www.sparkjoypodcast.com/itunes for detailed instructions on how to leave a review via iTunes. Once there, follow the Apple Podcast instructions to leave us a rating and review in iTunes to help us reach more ears, minds, and hearts.
Most important step: Send an email to: [email protected] letting us know you left us a review and what screen name you left it under. This will act as your official entry. Don’t forget this step! It is the only way we can officially log you as entered into the contest.
Submit your star rating and review by No
Released:
Oct 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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