#TheVoidProject 03: Client Readiness w/Amy Baskerville

04/21/23 • 24 min

What makes a person ready to sort and organize their things with the help of someone else?
Summary
Readiness can look different for different people. A possible measure is the willingness to have one’s things ruffled through and shaken loose. Another is their receptivity to new organizing principles. Whatever gets it going, the sorting and reorganizing process can illicit insight for the client and the consultant alike.
About my guest
Amy Baskerville is a true world citizen. Born in Nebraska, raised in Japan during much of her childhood, she also lived in Singapore, Hong Kong and several places on both coasts of the US, and traveled to India, Norway, Mali, Iran and Russia. Her curiosity and zest for life are fed by ever-evolving professional roles across myriad industries including culinary, real estate, travel and education.
Main topics
2:00 when people are ready to change or transform
5:24 everybody has their sweet spot
6:09 what makes a client ready?
12:30 gentle softening
13:52 starting point for setting up my own home
16:39 a function for storage
19:16 dismantle a home
20:13 traveling light abroad
23:03 shaking things loose
23:33 readiness project
Additional Resources
For travel, Amy recommends packing a lightweight shawl. It can add versatility to fashion as a wrap, and to comfort as an extra layer.

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#TheVoidProject 02: Living Freely w/Danielle Heckmeck

What does it look like to closely align one’s material possessions with clear personal values and aspirations?
Summary
What does is look like to closely align one’s material possessions with clear personal values and aspirations? Danielle provides a shining example. Freedom has a very specific meaning to her. She deliberately organizes her life for simplicity, enabling flexibility and freedom for focused spiritual pursuits. She discusses her values, how she views time when making plans for the future, selecting possessions that are versatile, and creating a living space where she can feel herself more than the items in the room.
About my guest
Danielle Heckmeck is a serious meditator, an avid reader, a hiker and a world traveler who claims Paris as her favorite city. For our conversation, Danielle called in from Australia. She has worked in information technology for over 20 years, most recently as a project manager for a company that developed systems for public health organizations.
Main topics
4:20 can I live without this?
6:02 I want to be as free as possible
8:24 living my life in smaller time segments
13:11 what about clothing for multiple climates?
15:30 small-sized travel/camping gear
19:07 clutter
20:29 I want to feel me in it, I don’t want to feel all the stuff that’s in there
24:50 we can get so tied into the things that we own ... that we identify with them

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#TheVoidProject 04: Valuing constraints w/Lisa Donoughe

How can limitations actually spur creativity?
Summary
How might the intentional choice to live abroad influence one’s relationship to their possessions? Along with opportunities come constraints — which can spark entirely new approaches. For example, sorting through what we own and deciding what to do with it needn’t be burdensome; it can be big fun.
About my guest
Lisa Donoughe is a brand expert and entrepreneur, a visionary, a communicator, and a true woman of the world dividing her time between homes in Berlin, New York City, and Portland, Oregon. She's a creator and a curator and a champion of fine food, art and culture. As one of Lisa’s clients describes it, “Lisa has her methods. Some of them are unconventional. She has a way of seeing the world in a different way.”
More on Lisa at https://www.lisadonoughe.com/
Main topics
1:21living in Berlin started as an experiment
2:35I love constraints
6:38three cities, three homes, three styles
9:00how Berlin’s apartments are different from those in the U.S.
13:20worst nightmare: brown moths
16:11fun re-evaluating everything in the house during pandemic lockdown
19:21new relationship to appliances and possessions

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