1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,880 I'm Ronnie and you're listening to Clean With Me, the podcast 2 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,680 where I walk you through cleaning your house step by 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:11,080 step. When you clean along with this 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:15,280 show, you'll get more done in less time, so you can spend the 5 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,200 rest of your day doing what matters most to you. 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:21,280 Thanks for joining me. In today's episode, we're going 7 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:24,400 to be working in your bedroom and I'm going to talk you 8 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:27,880 through decluttering your drawers and closet. 9 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:31,000 It's going to be fun. And by the end of the episode, 10 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,520 you're going to be way more organized than you were to begin 11 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,880 with. And you're going to love your 12 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,960 clothes again. Let's get right into the 13 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:43,040 episode. So the first thing I want you to 14 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:49,760 do is grab up any dirty laundry that you have and take it to the 15 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,560 laundry room and start a load of laundry. 16 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,520 That way your washing machine's working for you while you're 17 00:00:56,520 --> 00:01:00,480 working in your bedroom. And then the other thing I want 18 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:04,400 you to do, if it has not already been done, is make your bed 19 00:01:04,879 --> 00:01:08,960 because you're going to need a place to put things and that 20 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,960 gives you a nice staging area and it also makes your room look 21 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:17,120 better immediately and that can improve your outlook. 22 00:01:17,320 --> 00:01:22,200 You might also want to shut your door and lock it because I'm 23 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:25,800 going to be encouraging you to try some things on so that you 24 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,160 can make the decisions about them. 25 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:31,960 If you came to clean your house, listen to one of our other 26 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:35,040 episodes. But obviously decluttering makes 27 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,280 it easier to clean. And no, I'm not going to make 28 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:40,720 you get rid of all your stuff, but I'm going to help you make 29 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,880 those hard decisions with real life examples. 30 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:49,640 I literally just decluttered my drawers and closet. 31 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:55,240 So I experienced all of those emotions and they're fresh and 32 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:57,680 I've got lots of examples to talk about. 33 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:03,000 So hopefully you are starting a load of laundry and making your 34 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:05,400 bed. You might also want to just 35 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,920 quickly pick up your bed bedroom floor. 36 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,760 In the last bonus episode for financial supporters, I talked 37 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:17,320 about how important it is to do that surface cleaning in your 38 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:22,600 bedroom and not get sidetracked by decluttering your wardrobe 39 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:26,240 and dealing with a lot of laundry and stuff like that. 40 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:31,320 But that was that episode. Now it's time to actually do 41 00:02:31,320 --> 00:02:33,600 some decluttering. But at the same time, you might 42 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:36,800 want to just do a quick pickup of your bedroom floor. 43 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,960 You made your bed, so you might as well remove any clutter from 44 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,760 the floor. This is not the type of 45 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:47,160 decluttering session where we're going to just trash your room in 46 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,040 the process. I don't know about you, but I 47 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:53,400 don't like to even empty an entire drawer when I'm 48 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,560 decluttering. I like to keep things real, 49 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,800 manageable and not make much of a mess at all. 50 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,120 Of course, there's a time and a place for vacuuming out a drawer 51 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,920 and completely emptying it, but I did that in the last 52 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:09,680 decluttering session, so this time I did not completely empty 53 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:12,200 any drawers. I'm going to give you about one 54 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,000 more minute to get ready for this decluttering session. 55 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,280 Hopefully you've started a load of laundry, made your bed, and 56 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:22,240 done a quick straighten of your room. 57 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:28,760 Another thing you may want to do is grab a donation bag. 58 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:30,840 In fact, this is pretty essential. 59 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,920 I grabbed a paper shopping bag with handles on it. 60 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,320 You know how sometimes you're you're out shopping, you get 61 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:41,680 something big and they give you a really nice large paper bag 62 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:45,000 with handles. Those make great donation bags. 63 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:51,520 So I had one of those in my closet and started putting items 64 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:55,840 into that bag. So hopefully by now you're ready 65 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:00,160 to get started. Now, you might want to start in 66 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:05,800 a specific drawer of your dresser, or you might want to 67 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,960 start with another area where you've kind of set some things 68 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:13,680 aside. For example, last year, well 69 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:18,560 over the course of seven or eight months, I lost 25 lbs. 70 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:25,240 And there was a point where I tried on some things that were a 71 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:30,200 little bit loose and I was kind of on a roll with losing weight 72 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:35,400 and planned to just keep going. And so I took some things out of 73 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:37,880 circulation that actually still fit. 74 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,240 They were just tiny bit loose in the waist. 75 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:45,640 It was mainly jeans and shorts, and I put those up on the in the 76 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,600 top of my closet because I kind of knew that I probably 77 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:53,360 shouldn't donate them, but I wanted to wear my smallest stuff 78 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:56,120 because I was excited that I had just lost weight, if that makes 79 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,080 sense. So when I went through this 80 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:03,960 decluttering session, I pulled all of that stuff down from the 81 00:05:03,960 --> 00:05:06,520 top shelf of my closet where I was keeping it. 82 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:10,240 I grabbed a chair, got all of that down, put it in a pile and 83 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,720 just started trying it on. A couple items did go into the 84 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:18,880 donation bag, but a lot of them I, I came to my senses. 85 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,960 I showed him to my husband. I'm like, do these look baggy or 86 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,320 do these look? He loved it that I was just 87 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,960 modeling all these clothes, but I would have him, you know, 88 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,560 judge each each thing and we were in total agreement. 89 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,840 So basically I decided to keep some stuff and that's rare 90 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:39,080 usually like when in doubt throw it out or something. 91 00:05:39,760 --> 00:05:41,320 But I decided to keep some stuff. 92 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:44,240 But I was just in a really weird mode. 93 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,800 My point is it was a rare situation where I had set some 94 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:52,520 things aside kind of in a think about it pile and some of them 95 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:56,640 went back into circulation and a couple of them were too loose, 96 00:05:56,680 --> 00:06:00,440 but only a couple. So you know where the clothes 97 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,560 are that you want to start with or go through at 1st. 98 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,560 And I know for a while the Marie Kuando method was all the rage. 99 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,880 I brought, I bought the the book, read it. 100 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:14,360 I'm not going to say I'm Marie Quandoed my house after reading 101 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:15,880 the book. I really didn't. 102 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:21,440 I feel like it did give me some motivation to downsize, I guess, 103 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:25,800 but it didn't really resonate with me that much. 104 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,200 With her method, it was like, you put everything, all of your 105 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:33,720 clothes in a pile or something. Yeah, that's overwhelming to me. 106 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:36,880 By the way, some of you might be like wondering, you know, are 107 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:41,800 you a minimalist or are you a clothes horse, which you don't 108 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,880 hear that term very often anymore, but it's someone who 109 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,080 has a lot of clothes. I feel like I'm very middle of 110 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,600 the road. By the way. 111 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,280 You're supposed to be sorting things into a donation bag, a 112 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:54,920 keep pile. Pulling everything out is 113 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,640 overwhelming for me. So I like to look at items of a 114 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:00,840 certain category. I made a pile of jeans, tried 115 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:05,160 them on jeans and Jean shorts. OK, so that's a good category to 116 00:07:05,160 --> 00:07:09,440 start with. One pair that I threw away had a 117 00:07:09,440 --> 00:07:12,760 huge ink blot on it. I could have made them into cut 118 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:14,480 offs, but I have enough cut offs. 119 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,640 I I like to break things down into categories basically. 120 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:22,280 So let's talk about what to do with different things. 121 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,480 You need to either hide or get rid of clothes that don't fit 122 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:29,400 your body today. Here's what I mean by hiding 123 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:32,640 them. I was talking to a listener and 124 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:35,280 I already touched on this in another episode, so I'm just 125 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:40,960 going to do a quick recap. I was talking to a listener who 126 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,600 her weight has always fluctuated, so she didn't want 127 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,640 to get rid of all of her stuff. And let's face it, a lot of 128 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,320 influencers are like telling us to get rid of things that don't 129 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,080 fit us right now because we might never be that other size 130 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,600 again and it's going to make us feel bad, this and that. 131 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,600 But not all of us can afford new stuff at any given time. 132 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,040 So this was my advice to this particular listener. 133 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:11,160 She lives alone and has another bedroom in her house that has 134 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,200 some clothes in it. I said organize your wardrobe 135 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,000 and just put everything that doesn't fit you now in that 136 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,920 other room and then in your closet, in your bedroom. 137 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:24,800 Everything in there should be something that fits you now, 138 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:29,240 that you feel good in now and that you wear now and it's going 139 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:31,120 to do 2 things. It's going to keep you from 140 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:36,080 feeling bad about not fitting into those other items, and it's 141 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,799 also going to help you get ready faster because you're not going 142 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:43,440 to be sorting through things that don't fit. 143 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,200 And maybe the things that didn't fit were kind of smashed onto 144 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:51,360 one side of her closet. But still, she would be able to 145 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:54,320 kind of spread her things out a little bit more and not have her 146 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,720 closet so jam packed if her main closet in her bedroom was just 147 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,880 stuff that she currently wears. So I thought that was a great 148 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,320 solution and I said there probably are some things that 149 00:09:04,320 --> 00:09:07,000 you need to get rid of. I mean, you know, we've all 150 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:11,480 bought trendy items like, I don't know, 10 or so years ago, 151 00:09:11,480 --> 00:09:16,880 like I just had to have a long maxi dress that was a Chevron 152 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,080 pattern and a long maxi skirt that was Chevron. 153 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,240 And it was just all the rage. It was all over my Pinterest. 154 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,160 And now that looks really dated. So yes, there are some things 155 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:30,160 that are outdated, but I feel like the older we get, like 156 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,600 we're not buying as many trendy items. 157 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:37,040 A trendy piece that I got, I don't know, last year, the year 158 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:42,040 before time flies, I don't know, was kind of a crop sweater with 159 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,520 like large holes in it. It's kind of a mesh. 160 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:46,480 I don't know if I'm ready to get rid of it yet. 161 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,360 But one reason I might get rid of something is if I've been 162 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,280 photographed too much in the item and it's kind of a trendy 163 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:54,760 item. You know, you can't get 164 00:09:54,760 --> 00:09:57,720 photographed too much and just a plain black T-shirt. 165 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:02,800 But these items that are super specific and trendy, you 166 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,840 especially don't want to be photographed in them again year 167 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,360 after year. I'm not just at an age where I 168 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,360 don't care what I wear or something like that, but at the 169 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,000 same time, I try to choose things that are more timeless. 170 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,160 I rarely buy trendy items. Like I thought about that 171 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:21,960 specific sweater, but I rarely buy anything trendy. 172 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,200 I buy stuff that's in style but not trendy, let's put it that 173 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,280 way. For example, for a while they 174 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:30,120 were saying like skinny jeans are out. 175 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,360 Now they're saying they might be back in, but I feel like they 176 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,160 never fully went out. Maybe for a teenager in high 177 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:37,800 school. Yeah, I wasn't making my 178 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,440 daughter where I'm to school or something, But I feel like they 179 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:43,520 were still in for people my age. And I'll tell you why they were 180 00:10:43,520 --> 00:10:44,840 still selling them in the stores. 181 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,720 I mean, when something's totally out, it's not in the store. 182 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,720 So maybe this will help you. By the way, you're supposed to 183 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:55,480 be sorting things into a donation bag, a keep pile, and 184 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:59,760 then maybe put things in the trash that are too damaged. 185 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,320 Or you might even have a fourth category, which is sell. 186 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:08,640 OK, I don't want to go off on a rabbit trail about selling 187 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,560 things, but I did go through a phase a while back where I was 188 00:11:12,560 --> 00:11:17,280 selling clothes on eBay. I have friends who have a knack 189 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,640 for getting things that are name brands and then selling them to 190 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,920 consignment shops. If that's something that you 191 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:27,360 enjoy doing and you have the time to do it, a lot of times 192 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,240 full full time homemakers do this. 193 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:31,720 Or for some people, this is their hustle. 194 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,760 They find something in a thrift store, they flip it for money. 195 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:41,600 But, but for a lot of us, we don't really have the time or 196 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:44,080 want to make the time because you make time for what you want 197 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,080 to do. A lot of us just don't want to 198 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,160 do it. We're not in the season of life 199 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:52,200 where we want to do that. So you might have a pile for 200 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:55,440 stuff that you could sell. It is really hard in my 201 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,840 experience, to sell things to consignment shops because like I 202 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,600 was saying, most of my clothes are not name brands and they 203 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,080 only want things in certain seasons, certain brands, and 204 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,360 then they give you pennies on the dollar for it. 205 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:11,680 But don't get me wrong, some people have a knack for it and 206 00:12:11,680 --> 00:12:14,200 they do great with it. Like they get something 207 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:17,880 secondhand to begin with and then sell it to a consignment 208 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:20,920 shop and it's it's a win win. But for a lot of us, we're just 209 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,240 going to donate the stuff. It's it's either going to be 210 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:27,200 keep trash or donate. OK, but you should be sorting 211 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:30,400 things into those piles. But the stuff I'm talking about 212 00:12:30,400 --> 00:12:35,440 is to help you make decisions. OK, So obviously, we all deal 213 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,320 with clothes that don't fit our body. 214 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,400 They're too small or they're too big. 215 00:12:39,640 --> 00:12:43,240 And one school of thought is to get rid of everything that 216 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,840 doesn't fit you now because by the time it fits you, it might 217 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,000 be out of style. But at the same time, if you 218 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:54,440 know your weight historically fluctuates, you might want to do 219 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:58,000 what I told this listener to do and move things into a different 220 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,720 closet. And you might be saying, I don't 221 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:03,040 have, you know, an empty closet. Like every room in my house, it 222 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,440 says occupied. I've got kids. 223 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,720 OK, I get that. But there are those, like, flat 224 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:12,000 containers, flat plastic containers where you can store 225 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,000 your clothing, like under the bed or something. 226 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:18,120 I have a section in my closet that's kind of a hidden corner 227 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:21,480 that I like to put things. I put seasonal items in there. 228 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:23,800 Like, that's where you would find my Saint Patrick's Day 229 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,360 shirts. I have a couple of those. 230 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:29,840 They're in a corner that you can't really see in my closet 231 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,560 and the beginning of fall. I usually put some sleeveless 232 00:13:34,560 --> 00:13:39,000 tops in that corner. I do wear the knit tank tops, 233 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:43,480 like his undershirts throughout the year, but certain sleeveless 234 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:48,160 tops that I would wear as standalones go into that corner. 235 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:49,760 So that's kind of how I sort my stuff. 236 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:51,880 But I don't have like tons of clothes or anything. 237 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:55,920 But yeah, I realized that some of you need to just get rid of 238 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,920 things that you're never going to fit into it again. 239 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:00,320 Like, I don't know if you're as old as I am. 240 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,280 I'm over 50 years old. OK. 241 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:04,040 I'm not going to get back to my high school weight. 242 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,360 I wouldn't look good at that weight. 243 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:09,680 Here's the kind of the mic drop moment, I guess, about weight 244 00:14:09,680 --> 00:14:12,200 fluctuations. You're clothes that are too 245 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:16,240 small aren't making you smaller by holding on to those, and your 246 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:20,000 clothes that are too big for you aren't making you gain weight. 247 00:14:20,080 --> 00:14:24,160 Your size has nothing to do with what kind of clothes are in your 248 00:14:24,160 --> 00:14:27,360 closet, you know, So don't tell yourself that staring at these 249 00:14:27,360 --> 00:14:29,080 small things is going to motivate you. 250 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:33,760 It probably is not, so you might want to store them out of sight 251 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,480 or get rid of them. Either way is fine and there's a 252 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,520 case you know there's pros and cons of each. 253 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,760 Another thing is just items that someone gave you. 254 00:14:41,760 --> 00:14:47,840 I have a quick story for that. A dear lady gave me a dress and 255 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:52,200 she was excited about giving it to me and I graciously accepted 256 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,080 it. I took it home, tried it on and 257 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,600 just thought, who am I kidding, I will never wear this, I will 258 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:01,000 never wear this and it just wasn't my style. 259 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,080 It was flattering, whatever, but it just it was kind of dated. 260 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:08,840 It wasn't my style, but she's so sweet, love her dearly, didn't 261 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,280 want to offend her. She's an older lady. 262 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:14,120 She won't hear this podcast. The dress look too old for me 263 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,480 for sure and it went in the donation bag today. 264 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,200 But at first, I was keeping it out of guilt because I was 265 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:22,960 thinking, what if she asks about it or maybe I should make an 266 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:27,480 appearance around her one time in it and just, you know, wear a 267 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,680 long sweater over it. So not all of the dress shows. 268 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,800 You know, these are things that crossed my mind. 269 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:38,120 But what ended up happening is she said, so did that dress fit? 270 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,000 Yeah, it did. Thanks again. 271 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,920 And I wasn't lying. It did fit when I tried it on. 272 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,000 So I kept it for an appropriate length of time, which is maybe a 273 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,080 couple months. And it's in the donation bag 274 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,480 now. So you can release items someone 275 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:54,800 gave you that you never wear. Most people are not going to 276 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,320 question you on why they haven't seen you in the item. 277 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:02,600 I mean, appreciate the gift and the person's good intention and 278 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,360 you know, there's no need to embarrass them. 279 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,560 And some people you're closer to and you can just be like, no, to 280 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,160 be honest, I will never wear that. 281 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,000 Like my mom recently over Thanksgiving told me to go 282 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:17,200 shopping in her closet. Well, it's my mom, so I'm 283 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:20,400 totally honest with her and oh, that looks good. 284 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:24,520 You know, she had me try on a bunch of stuff and I was like, I 285 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:27,280 will probably never wear this. Like, I just told her what I 286 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:29,680 wasn't going to wear and I didn't take anything that I 287 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,440 wasn't going to wear. And my mom's picky about what 288 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:34,400 she wears too, so she totally gets it. 289 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,440 But sometimes there are situations where the person's 290 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,120 really excited to give it, give something to you, and you've got 291 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:44,320 to accept it. Like I have an aunt who loves 292 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,800 thrifting and giving people stuff. 293 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,400 And some of the stuff is really odd, but we all graciously 294 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:56,440 accept it for the most part. So it is OK to graciously accept 295 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,920 something but then donate it because you know, you're never 296 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:03,280 going to wear it, pass it on. And I'm not going to get into 297 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:07,200 where to donate stuff. But there are so many different 298 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:11,200 places that accept clothing and you can choose which 'cause that 299 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,720 you're really into. Even if there there's a charity 300 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,119 with a thrift store and you're not sure what percentage of it 301 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:21,040 goes to charity or you know it's a really small percent. 302 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:26,160 You can think of it this way. People who do not have much 303 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:31,960 money are able to purchase your items for only a couple bucks at 304 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:35,560 a thrift store. And if it wasn't for people like 305 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,960 you donating stuff, then they'd have to pay full price and get 306 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:42,160 it at a department store or or even Walmart where it's going to 307 00:17:42,160 --> 00:17:46,080 cost them more. So you're helping people in a 308 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,600 lot of different ways. It's common for thrift stores to 309 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,280 hire people who are recovering drug addicts or who have 310 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,920 disabilities. So you're helping to provide 311 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:00,040 jobs for people who otherwise might struggle to find a job. 312 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:05,040 So there's my little talk on donating, but also no judgement 313 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,880 here. If you just throw something away 314 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:10,120 because there's not a good place to donate, you live out in the 315 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:13,240 middle of nowhere or something. OK, don't come at me for that. 316 00:18:13,360 --> 00:18:15,360 I don't want anyone to be a slave to their stuff. 317 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,320 But usually it's good to just put it in a bag, put it in the 318 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:20,520 back of your car, and then you're going to end up driving 319 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,760 by a place where you can donate it later on. 320 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,880 It might be in the back of your car for a couple months. 321 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:28,160 That's OK. And hopefully you're just 322 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,760 sorting through things, but and trying things on. 323 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,840 If if you come across something and you're like, I don't know if 324 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,920 this fits, try it on. Or here's another example. 325 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,600 There's a shirt that I bought fairly recently. 326 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,640 I was super excited to find it, but it shrunk and it got a 327 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:45,800 little short and it wasn't too short. 328 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:50,120 And I was telling myself, oh, it's OK, I'll wear an undershirt 329 00:18:50,120 --> 00:18:53,320 under it or I'll wear it with higher waisted pants. 330 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,680 But the problem was just the shape of it and where it hit at 331 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,320 the waistline didn't look good anymore once it shrunk. 332 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:07,200 And I don't care how heavy you are, how thin you are, it's very 333 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,920 important where something hits around the waistline. 334 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,560 Just how things hit. It's important. 335 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:18,480 And we're all different shapes and sizes. 336 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:22,640 Anyway, I got rid of the shirt because I remembered the last 337 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:25,200 time I put it on, I just didn't want to wear it. 338 00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:29,720 And so I tried it again to kind. I tried it on again to kind of 339 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:33,280 refresh my memory. And it was like, yeah, I think 340 00:19:33,280 --> 00:19:37,120 what it is is just where it hits because I have lots of things 341 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:39,640 that are this short that come right to the waist. 342 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,320 Now that I put it on, it's just not flattering the way it hits 343 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,880 me at the waistline. Tossed it. 344 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,560 It was super cheap anyway. That's probably why it shrunk. 345 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:52,280 OK, but let me just go on a rabbit trail here. 346 00:19:52,360 --> 00:20:00,160 I see people who are dressing ultra trendy and in doing so, 347 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,440 they're wearing things that are not flattering to their figure. 348 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,400 You know, sometimes there's a temptation to get on a bandwagon 349 00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:09,200 and, you know, get something that you see a lot of people 350 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,360 have and it looks good on them and it doesn't mean it's going 351 00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:14,240 to look good on you. So I guess I guess what I'm 352 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:19,800 saying is the older I get, I realize that certain things work 353 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:24,120 well with my figure and I'm not going to wear things that are 354 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:29,120 just outdated or whatever, but I'm also not going to buy a 355 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:32,400 bunch of trendy items that are not flattering to my figure. 356 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:37,200 Like I'm going to go moderate and wear things that hit me 357 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,120 right at the waist. I think the most important thing 358 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,440 when dressing for your figure is how things hit you at the waist. 359 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,760 Like some people should not be wearing a dress that's tight in 360 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,600 the waist. Some people should not be 361 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:53,960 wearing a high waisted shirt with a high waisted skirt with 362 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,240 their shirt tucked in. You know, certain shirts can 363 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,200 look too boxy on you. I can hold up a shirt without 364 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,760 even trying it on and know whether it's going to be 365 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:08,000 flattering to my figure. Call me picky or whatever, but 366 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,600 I'm not going to buy something just because it's trendy. 367 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,600 So that's another category of things that you're going to get 368 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,560 rid of, things that do not look good on you. 369 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,680 And if you come across an item and you remember a time where 370 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:25,280 you put it on and then decided not to wear it, time dims the 371 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,080 memory and you might be thinking you want to give it another 372 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,320 chance, try it back on and then make the decision. 373 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,040 Like I said, I, I, I want you to try things on. 374 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:41,520 Because what happens if you don't try things on during a 375 00:21:41,520 --> 00:21:47,360 wardrobe decluttering session is you're going to make these maybe 376 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:50,600 piles or these procrastination piles and you're going to have 377 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:55,320 these doom boxes. And I want you to just try it on 378 00:21:55,320 --> 00:21:57,920 and make the decision now, you know, instead of wasting your 379 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,560 time the next time you're getting ready for an event and 380 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:04,080 put on that same thing that you keep rejecting, try it on. 381 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,120 Now get it out of your system. Get rid of it, OK? 382 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,960 And maybe if you were in a weird mindset where you tried to get 383 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,160 rid of all of your genes because you thought you were going to 384 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:17,120 lose 10 or 15 more pounds and then didn't try them back on 385 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:20,560 and, you know, maybe decide to bring them back into circulation 386 00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,920 like I did. But needing to bring things back 387 00:22:23,920 --> 00:22:27,400 into circulation is pretty rare. And it wouldn't have hurt me if 388 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,960 I had just donated them because I have plenty of jeans. 389 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,160 So, you know, is what it is. I'm kind of glad that I didn't 390 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,160 because now I have even more. And there was still a part of me 391 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,040 that was thinking, yeah, but I'm going to lose more weight, and 392 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:42,520 I'm not going to have these. I'll just say it. 393 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:46,040 I have pants ranging anywhere from size eights to fourteens. 394 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:51,400 I only have one pair of eight. OK, probably the most common 395 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:57,120 size I have in jeans is 12. OK, I wear a lot of twelves. 396 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:02,640 I wear several 10s. I have one pair of dressy pants 397 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:06,240 that I wear when I'm working at the school that are eights. 398 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:10,000 It's kind of a fluke, I guess, and I have a couple pairs of 399 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,200 jeans that are fourteens and I wanted to get rid of them 400 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,280 because of that number. But that's ridiculous. 401 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:18,160 And you can always do what my sister-in-law used to do years 402 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:19,840 ago. I don't mind throwing this 403 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,160 person under the bus at all. Years ago, my sister-in-law gave 404 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,960 me some maternity clothes. And, you know, she's a 405 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:31,800 competitive type, and she cut the size tags off of them so 406 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,840 that I wouldn't know what size there they were. 407 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:38,280 I mean, it, it was just comical because like, how am I going to 408 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,640 judge her for being a certain size when I'm going to put them 409 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,080 on and wear them? Like, obviously she thought 410 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,920 they'd fit me and they did fit me, but she didn't want me to 411 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,880 know what size they were. And no, she didn't cut the tags 412 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,960 out to make the clothes more comfortable. 413 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,640 She literally told me that that she didn't want me to know what 414 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,200 size they were. Don't even get me started on 415 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:02,040 this person. But nobody can really pin me 416 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:07,200 down on which side of the family this person is on or which 417 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:10,560 sister-in-law it is. So I'm going to get away with 418 00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:11,840 it. I'm not going to make a short 419 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,960 clip isolating this moment, but I'm going to get away with it. 420 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:17,320 And if I don't, I don't. It's still, it's still really 421 00:24:17,320 --> 00:24:19,400 weird. So yeah, don't get hung up on 422 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,720 the sizes. Try them on is my point there. 423 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,680 Hopefully you're plugging away at sorting things into piles 424 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,600 without making a huge mess in the process. 425 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,400 Another category of clothing to get rid of is stuff that just 426 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:40,360 doesn't fit your lifestyle. For example, I used to go to 427 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:46,200 churches that were super dressy. But sometimes it's a combination 428 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,160 of things. You move to another part of the 429 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:51,640 country where people are less formal. 430 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:56,080 Overtime our society as a whole has gotten more casual. 431 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,520 So combination of me moving to another part of the country 432 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:04,720 where people don't dress up as much for church and the fact 433 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:08,440 that society is getting more casual as a whole, and the fact 434 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:13,520 that I go to a more relaxed style of church than I is to so 435 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:16,200 many different factors. But Long story short, I don't 436 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,760 need as much dressy clothing. Now don't get me wrong, I still 437 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:21,840 like to put on a dress for church. 438 00:25:21,840 --> 00:25:25,200 I'm not just, you know, wearing jeans every time or something, 439 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:30,680 but I do sometimes wear pants if it's super cold or if I just 440 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,760 don't feel like coordinating some dress outfit with the 441 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:39,240 perfect shoes and fake tanning stuff on my legs or whatever, 442 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,440 I'll just put on pants because it's easier. 443 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:44,000 Sometimes I feel like just wearing jeans. 444 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:48,600 I'm recording this on a Sunday. I wore jeans and a dressy blouse 445 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:52,880 today and we actually go to two different churches and one of 446 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,000 them's even more casual than the other. 447 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,520 But I, I definitely wear jeans to either church. 448 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,960 Again, I do have dresses and stuff, but I don't need a bunch 449 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:06,720 of unique dressy church outfits. Don't get me wrong, I definitely 450 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,800 dress up for weddings, funerals, job interviews, if you know, if 451 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,320 that comes up. I, I definitely, I'm a firm 452 00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:16,400 believer in the little black dress. 453 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,040 I have two of them. I have one black dress that's 454 00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:24,640 kind of short and sleeveless and then I have another one that's 455 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,600 long sleeve and more form fitting, but not short. 456 00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:33,800 So I either do short or I do tight, but I don't do short and 457 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:36,240 tight together. I'm, I'm not a prude or 458 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,560 anything, but I don't do short and tight at the same time. 459 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,520 I either do tight or I do short. So anyway, it's not that short. 460 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,800 But anyway, if you have a black dress, you can accessorize it at 461 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:50,920 different in different ways and you're definitely ready for a 462 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:54,200 funeral or a formal dinner of some sort. 463 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,840 Since I go to church, I'm ready for a wedding. 464 00:26:57,160 --> 00:27:01,000 The only thing I don't really have is like an actual formal. 465 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,640 And I think the only reason I would need that is if I went on 466 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:10,600 a cruise a while back. My best friend Amy, who handles 467 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:15,320 my social media on Facebook, her and her husband put a deposit 468 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,720 down on a cruise for us to go with them on a cruise. 469 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,880 And we were super excited about it. 470 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,320 And I was going to get a formal and all that, but it ended up 471 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:29,360 getting canceled due to COVID. So this was during the pandemic. 472 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,760 So we never really ended up, we never ended up going on a 473 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:36,760 cruise. But I don't own a formal, but 474 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,640 I'm pretty much, I mean, I think a lot of people don't own a 475 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,640 formal like once they get out of high school, but that's the only 476 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,640 thing I can think of that I don't have. 477 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:49,760 But I could definitely go to it, you know, a dressy wedding or a 478 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:54,080 black tie affair of some sort, you know, in one of my black 479 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,480 dresses. So anyway, can't go wrong with a 480 00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,560 little black dress. So I'm not saying to get rid of 481 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,280 all of your dressy clothes. If you don't dress up much, you 482 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,400 need to be ready for things. And some of us like the 483 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,880 opportunity to go shopping. Oh, weddings coming up, I'm 484 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:13,240 going to go buy an outfit. You know, that's always fun, but 485 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:16,320 it's, it also feels good to be prepared for something like that 486 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,560 In case you don't have the time or money to go shopping for an 487 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:23,280 outfit, you're ready to go. So definitely have something for 488 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:26,920 weddings, funerals, but maybe you worked an office job where 489 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,360 you wore a lot of Blazers. You could always declutter your 490 00:28:30,360 --> 00:28:34,360 wardrobe down to like one favorite blazer that you could 491 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:35,920 wear for a job interview or something. 492 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,840 One of the things that I decluttered was a blazer that 493 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,760 didn't really hang right on the shoulders. 494 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:46,080 But yes, I still have the quintessential black blazer that 495 00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:49,080 I'll wear at some point when I need to look professional. 496 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,040 But it's not going to be often that I need to wear a blazer. 497 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,680 So I only need 1 and I only own 1. 498 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:58,640 And I got rid of the ones that were too big. 499 00:28:59,960 --> 00:29:05,120 So yes, it's OK to let go of clothing that you wore for a 500 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:09,040 prior life or a life that you aspire to have. 501 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,200 Dress for the life you have right now. 502 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:15,680 Be prepared for, you know, the occasional night out. 503 00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:18,480 I'm big on being prepared for different occasions. 504 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,680 Like if I go to a country concert I've got a pair of 505 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,680 cowgirl boots, I've got AT shirt, you know, with a country 506 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,000 singer's name on it. I've got jeans with little 507 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,840 rhinestones on the pockets. But I don't have a whole 508 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:35,880 wardrobe of things like that because that's not what I wear 509 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,360 on a day-to-day basis. I mean, no judgement here. 510 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,360 If you're really into dressing country like every day, then 511 00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:45,680 that's your everyday clothing. But you only need one or two 512 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,040 things for specific occasions, I guess is what I'm getting at. 513 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,280 And when you go to the concert, you want to have an excuse to 514 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,760 get another T-shirt. So here's a little tip. 515 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,120 Make sure your husband's not listening for this one. 516 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,880 If your husband tends to complain about how much clothing 517 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:06,240 you buy, you got to get rid of some stuff so that he doesn't 518 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:11,360 think you have too much and then gripe about you buying new 519 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,760 stuff. So sometimes getting rid of 520 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,040 stuff gives you an excuse to get new stuff. 521 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:18,400 Just just a little marriage tip there. 522 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:23,720 Anyway, you might have clothing from a job or a different type 523 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,240 of church or whatever that you don't need any more. 524 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:31,560 Let's see, what about releasing things that make you feel bad? 525 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:36,400 They make you feel angry, sad, like there are certain things 526 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:40,240 that will take you back to a real negative experience. 527 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:46,800 OK, now I'm definitely in favor of keeping something that it 528 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:52,160 helps you relive fond memories of your dear, dearly departed 529 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,760 loved one. But what if it was the shirt you 530 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:59,120 wore when the person died and it and it just brings back these 531 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,800 terrible memories or whatever? That's different. 532 00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:03,920 You see what I'm saying? What? 533 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:08,360 Or what about just a mildly negative memory where you put 534 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:11,400 something on and somebody made a weird comment about it? 535 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,160 I don't know about you, but if my husband makes a negative 536 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:18,360 comment about something I wear, I might never wear it again. 537 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,080 Now sometimes I'll just disagree with him and wear it when he's 538 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,640 not around or something, but a lot of times it ruins it for me 539 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,440 and I get rid of it. Or one of the things I 540 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,040 decluttered today, like I told you, like a lot of these 541 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,320 emotions are fresh. One of the things I decluttered 542 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:37,520 today was a pair of pants where when I put it on and I work at 543 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:39,920 my kids school so they do care what I wear. 544 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:46,240 I put it on and one of my one of my teenagers was like, mom, why 545 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,640 are you wearing those pants? And I went ahead and wore them 546 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,840 because I didn't want the kid to like when or you know what I 547 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:55,240 mean? I didn't want them to think that 548 00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:56,880 they're going to tell me what to wear. 549 00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:58,760 I didn't want to set that kind of precedent. 550 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,920 But yeah, I don't want to just keep embarrassing them. 551 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,400 So they went the donation bag and I have at least three other 552 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:11,520 pairs of black pants, 3 or 4, four or five. 553 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,080 OK. I didn't need them, by the way. 554 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,480 I have a lot of black clothes. I was saying earlier, I like the 555 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:22,640 idea of a capsule wardrobe, but I'm not that minimalist. 556 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:26,280 But at the same time, I do like my wardrobe to center around 557 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,480 certain colors. I wear a lot of black, white, 558 00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:33,000 burgundy. Those are kind of my primary 559 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:37,200 colors that I wear. Not primary colors in the sense 560 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,120 that they're called primary colors, but main colors that I 561 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:44,600 wear, black, white, burgundy, but to a lesser extent. 562 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:52,000 I like wearing purple, rose, pink, Navy blue, fuchsia, and I 563 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:57,040 like to have a lot of purses, tote bags, crossbodies, and it's 564 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:01,200 always a bonus when a bag has both black and tan on it. 565 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:07,120 In fact, I recently got a small purse that's black, tan and 566 00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,080 Gray. And it's, it's the type of purse 567 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,920 you'd wear to address the event where it's, you know, it's super 568 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,480 small. Like there's enough room in it 569 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:20,160 for a small wallet and some essential items of makeup and 570 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,040 maybe a tiny comb or something in case your hair gets 571 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,600 windblown. But it's super small. 572 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,680 And it could go with any of my shoes. 573 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,080 So except the burgundy shoes, I probably wouldn't wear it with 574 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,480 my burgundy shoes, but it would go with all of my tan shoes, all 575 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:37,920 of my black shoes and a pair of Gray shoes that I have. 576 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,280 So I like that. And one other thought on purses 577 00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,000 and handbags, I'm not going to tell you to downsize those 578 00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:48,600 unless you want to. But something that I learned a 579 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:52,560 long time ago when my kids were little and you know, I'd have a 580 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:56,720 baby and start carrying a diaper bag, I would sometimes 581 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,520 accidentally leave my purse in a restaurant. 582 00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,400 And I never did that before I started carrying a diaper bag. 583 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:04,040 And it's because I'm only used to carrying one purse. 584 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:10,239 So something that I did in those days was I would downsize to a 585 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:14,320 really small purse, and then I would keep it inside the diaper 586 00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:16,760 bag when we'd go out to restaurants and whatnot. 587 00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,560 And it was also convenient if I dropped a baby off in the church 588 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,159 nursery, I could pull my purse out in case I wanted to put on 589 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,719 some chapstick during the service or whatever, but leave 590 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:32,040 the diaper bag there. And then also, there were phases 591 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,440 where I just kept my wallet in the diaper bag, but I kind of 592 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,560 liked the small purse within a bigger bag method. 593 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,400 And I still do it and I'll explain in a minute. 594 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:46,360 But you go somewhere, you're out running, running around with 595 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,600 your baby and you're like, OK, I'm going to go in the store. 596 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,760 I don't want to carry the whole diaper bag. 597 00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:54,400 So then you pull out the little purse, you leave the diaper bag 598 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,120 in the car and you pull out that little purse when you go into 599 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:03,920 the grocery store. But when you're at church or 600 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:07,240 restaurants or friend's house, you got the little purse inside 601 00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:09,640 of the diaper bag. So you only have to grab one bag 602 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:13,600 and not forget it. Well, now my version of that is 603 00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:17,040 sometimes I carry a small purse and put it inside of a larger 604 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:22,920 tote bag. And for a while it was stressing 605 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,480 me out to change purses because I tend to put like my bank card, 606 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,440 my credit cards and random compartments in my purse instead 607 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,640 of in the wallet. You know how it is when you're 608 00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:33,280 in a hurry at the register or whatever. 609 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,160 So sometimes I would switch purses and I'd accidentally 610 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:39,160 leave an important card in the purse that was at home and then 611 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:42,200 I wouldn't have it. And that kind of freaked me out. 612 00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,440 So I went through a phase where when I was getting ready for 613 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:50,040 church, if my shoes did not match the current purse I was 614 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:54,680 using, I would place the purse into a larger tote bag. 615 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:57,320 For example, I have a Gray and black tote bag. 616 00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:01,040 So when I was dressed in Gray and black, I would stick a brown 617 00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:05,000 purse inside that tote bag and then with my Bible and stuff and 618 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:08,440 everything matched. But I didn't have to like do the 619 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,240 dreaded purse switch. Lately, I've been more 620 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:14,480 comfortable with switching purses and I've I've created a 621 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:18,720 new habit of putting my debit card into my wallet. 622 00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:23,640 So that's a thing now. And when I go teach in the 623 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,400 school, I grabbed my makeup bag and my small wallet. 624 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:30,080 I have a small wallet and a big wallet but I grabbed my big 625 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:34,120 makeup bag and my small wallet, put them into my tote bag. 626 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,360 Then if I want to stop by because sometimes on the way 627 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,920 home my husband's like can you stop and pick up blah blah blah. 628 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:44,560 I will sometimes just grab the wallet and walk into the store 629 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,040 with it rather than take the whole tote bag in. 630 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:52,120 But anyway that's a rabbit trail but might help somebody. 631 00:36:52,120 --> 00:36:54,840 I've talked about it in the old episodes but I don't expect you 632 00:36:54,840 --> 00:36:57,200 to have heard all of the episodes. 633 00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,560 But you definitely need a way to organize your purses and tote 634 00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:05,080 bags, whether it's wide hooks or you're putting them on a shelf. 635 00:37:05,280 --> 00:37:07,880 If you have really expensive bags they say don't like hang 636 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:11,960 them on a hook, but I use hooks that have like a rubber coating 637 00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:16,520 on them and that's fine. But I also have a shelf in my 638 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,520 closet I could use if I needed to. 639 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,440 I definitely recommend having a shoe rack in your closet. 640 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,160 Just an organization tip there and don't store too much on the 641 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,480 floor of your closet. Part of cleaning out your 642 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,680 closet, other than sorting through your wardrobe is just 643 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:36,600 getting the floor clear. From time to time I have to pick 644 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:41,120 up clothes that have fallen in my closet and I cleaned my 645 00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:44,120 closet floor today while I was going through my wardrobe. 646 00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:48,720 So that might be something you need to work on when you when 647 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:51,120 you're decluttering, a lot of times you'll find something and 648 00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,440 it actually saves you money. I was just saying earlier that I 649 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:57,520 needed to buy a pair of insoles for a particular pair of shoes, 650 00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,800 and I was literally going to do it. 651 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,320 And then I found a pair of insoles that were mine that I 652 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,160 forgot I even had in the bottom of my closet. 653 00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,400 So it was like, boom, I don't have to buy these anymore. 654 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,000 And it's also always fun when you're cleaning out your closet. 655 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:18,520 Check the pockets of all of your coats and jackets and all of 656 00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:23,720 your handbags because sometimes you'll find a $20 bill and 657 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:28,200 that's always nice. So just to recap on things that 658 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:33,680 you should get rid of, hide or get rid of clothes that don't 659 00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,200 fit your body today. You might just want to set them 660 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,200 aside and take them out of circulation temporarily. 661 00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,320 Get rid of items that someone gave you that you never wear. 662 00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,640 Get rid of most of the clothes that don't fit your lifestyle. 663 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,320 You know what, if you used to play tennis all the time, you 664 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,680 might want to save one tennis outfit or something, for 665 00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:57,840 example, or save one blazer. Even though you work in a casual 666 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,720 environment or you're a stay at home mom. 667 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:04,080 If you have a formal and you wear it on a cruise and it still 668 00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:06,080 fits you keep it for the next cruise. 669 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,600 I've never even been on a cruise, but I just know it's a 670 00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:10,520 thing. Amy told me about the formals 671 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,720 and stuff. Let's see. 672 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:15,720 Release anything that makes you feel sad or bad. 673 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:19,000 We talked about that. If you only think these certain 674 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,960 negative thoughts when you see a certain object, why would you 675 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:25,280 keep that object? Just get rid of it. 676 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,200 And here's another tip. You don't have to tell your 677 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:31,040 spouse everything you're getting rid of when it's yours. 678 00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,600 You know, obviously my husband doesn't want me to get rid of 679 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,120 anything of his, just like I don't want him to get rid of 680 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:40,680 anything of mine. But I also don't need to explain 681 00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:44,440 what I'm getting rid of and why. You know, put it in a black 682 00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:47,320 trash bag, tie a knot in it, and don't tell anybody what's in 683 00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:48,560 there. It's your business. 684 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,960 It's your stuff, your business. Let's see. 685 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,800 Oh, here's another tip. If you think that someone's 686 00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,640 going to ask if you still have something, they're probably not. 687 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,400 Because if you ever been in a situation where somebody's at 688 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,280 your house and they're, they see something that they gave you 689 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,320 like decades ago and they're like, oh, you still have that. 690 00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:09,880 They're surprised you still have it. 691 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,680 That means it's OK if you would have gotten rid of it because 692 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:14,240 they wouldn't have even thought of the item. 693 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:17,600 They weren't even expecting you to just carry it with you 694 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,440 through life. And every time you've moved and 695 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,680 every time your weight's fluctuated, etcetera, etcetera, 696 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:25,520 they're not expecting you to keep things forever. 697 00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,880 Maybe if it's a family heirloom, like a piece of jewelry, but in 698 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:31,960 most cases, they're not expecting you to keep these 699 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,520 things forever. No, I'm not going to give you a 700 00:40:34,520 --> 00:40:40,160 lecture on minimalism, but what I am going to say is if your 701 00:40:40,160 --> 00:40:46,080 drawers are overstuffed and you don't have the space or the 702 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:50,960 money to get another dresser, try to hang up as much as you 703 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,560 can. But if you still don't have room 704 00:40:53,560 --> 00:40:56,160 to put away all your clothes, get rid of some stuff. 705 00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:01,080 Whenever my dresser gets too full it, it's not usually 706 00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:04,760 because I need to get rid of stuff because I'm not a clothes 707 00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,640 horse and I am kind of minimalist and I do get tired of 708 00:41:08,640 --> 00:41:11,480 things and I do decide I've been photographed in something too 709 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,960 many times or, you know, it looks too worn out or whatever. 710 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:20,040 Eventually I do give up on things and get rid of them. 711 00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:23,760 And I'm rough on stuff. You know, I stay in stuff, I 712 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:27,800 wear stuff out. But a lot of times it's that 713 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,080 I've been getting a little lazy and putting things in the drawer 714 00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:34,440 that I could be hanging up because a lot of us have more 715 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,440 room in our closet than we do in our dressers. 716 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:41,680 So that's another tip. Maybe your dresser could be just 717 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:50,280 for things like undergarments, pajamas, little tank tops and 718 00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:55,080 shorts, Little small things that you know, the smaller items that 719 00:41:55,760 --> 00:41:59,800 are harder to put on a hanger. I guess your little cami tops, 720 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:05,360 your slips, things like that, socks and a lot of your other 721 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:10,880 stuff you can hang up. This is super extreme, but I've 722 00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:15,840 seen some videos about this where people will have a basket 723 00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:19,160 for each of their kids and when they do the laundry they just 724 00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:24,400 put, they just put each item into the basket. 725 00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:28,440 Like this lady had three kids. She pulls out a load of laundry 726 00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:33,440 and it's her kids laundry and she sorts it into baskets 727 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:37,200 depending on what kid it belongs to and then they just live out 728 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:41,120 of that little basket. Some of you are really cringing. 729 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:45,960 I'm even cringing. But at the same time, I have 730 00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:50,240 been guilty of having like, a large, clean laundry pile where 731 00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:54,240 my kids have at times had to dig through the pile to find 732 00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:56,520 something to wear. So it's really not much 733 00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,560 different. And it's actually better if they 734 00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,600 had this little basket of their own stuff. 735 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:06,200 So that might work for somebody. You know, some of you are going 736 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:09,000 to hate it, but some of you, it might resonate with. 737 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:11,240 Some of you might be like, yeah, I'm just going to do that. 738 00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:17,800 My version of it is I don't fold socks or underwear. 739 00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:20,120 I just put them in the person's drawer. 740 00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:23,440 I mean, my kids do their own laundry, but when they were 741 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:27,400 younger, I would just, oh, these are so and so socks. 742 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,720 I'd put them in the drawer. And then when that person gets 743 00:43:29,720 --> 00:43:32,680 dressed, they just pull out two of the same sock and put them 744 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,360 on. And my mom always folded the 745 00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:39,520 socks together. At some point I just started 746 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:43,080 putting them in the person's drawer loose and nothing 747 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,520 terrible happened. Some of you are more organized, 748 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,920 you know, you're former former military or something like this 749 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,320 is not going to resonate with you. 750 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:58,600 And you know, I was raised with the socks folded together. 751 00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,640 You had socks and underwear in your top drawer, Next one was 752 00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:05,720 shirts, next one was pants, etcetera, etcetera. 753 00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:10,440 But you know, we all go through different seasons of life and 754 00:44:10,440 --> 00:44:11,960 some of us struggle with laundry. 755 00:44:13,640 --> 00:44:16,760 When my kids were younger I mainly hung up their dressy 756 00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:22,240 stuff and then their casual clothes were folded and put in 757 00:44:22,240 --> 00:44:25,120 drawers. But at the same time there was 758 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:30,240 also a clean laundry pile so sometimes they didn't find what 759 00:44:30,240 --> 00:44:32,600 they needed in their drawers. I'm not proud of this, but just 760 00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:35,840 laundry was a weak point. I was good about washing and 761 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,680 drying the laundry, not so good about folding it and putting it 762 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,680 away. So if you are into extreme 763 00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:45,480 minimalism, you could have like a little basket for each kid. 764 00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:52,520 And a lot of experts recommend having a setup in your laundry 765 00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:57,040 room where you do everything right there, meaning you've got 766 00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:00,560 a place to fold and then you have a place to put the clean 767 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,120 stuff. You have hangers for their 768 00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:06,080 clothes and a little bar and you've got a little cubby for 769 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,800 each person's folded items and whatnot. 770 00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:13,440 So you know that that's beyond the scope of this episode. 771 00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,440 It's not really about doing laundry. 772 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:18,160 It's about organizing your drawers and closet. 773 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,680 Another tip for organizing your drawers is to use an old 774 00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,360 shoebox. Well, not an old shoebox, but 775 00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,160 just a shoebox from last time you bought a pair of shoes or 776 00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:31,680 whatever to separate. Things like that could help you 777 00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:37,240 separate socks and underwear or bras or slips or whatever. 778 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:41,320 You know, items you want to sort in the drawers. 779 00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:46,920 Large shoe boxes, especially the ones that come with like boots 780 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:50,800 and stuff, are great for organizing your drawers. 781 00:45:52,240 --> 00:45:55,920 So anyway, I hope you freed up some drawer space, either by 782 00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,000 getting rid of stuff or hanging some stuff up. 783 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:02,560 I hope you've got a good donation bag going. 784 00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,920 You're going to feel good kind of giving back, especially those 785 00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:09,080 of us who aren't just writing checks to charities. 786 00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:12,400 It can feel good to donate some stuff. 787 00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:18,640 That's a way to give back. I hope that you picked up your 788 00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:19,880 floor. I didn't. 789 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,280 I didn't really talk a lot about this. 790 00:46:22,600 --> 00:46:26,560 But during my session, after I tried on a bunch of clothes, 791 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:32,560 decided what to keep, what to donate, I cleaned up the bottom 792 00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:35,280 of my closet. I found some broken hangers, 793 00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:40,160 some trash, some random gloves that needed to be put away and 794 00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,320 things like that. And I cleared the floor of my 795 00:46:43,320 --> 00:46:47,000 closet. And the great thing about that 796 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:50,560 is one of my backup recording stations is in my closet. 797 00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:53,960 It's not even a huge closet, but I have a little table in the 798 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:58,280 very back with a microphone on it and I can just take a chair 799 00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:03,400 in there and record if there's just a lot going on at my house 800 00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:06,320 and I need a quieter environment. 801 00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:10,080 I mean, some of you a while back said it was cute that there was 802 00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:13,800 a little pug snoring. No, it was actually my husband's 803 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,400 snoring and I tried to edit that out. 804 00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,760 But in all seriousness, sometimes I record in the 805 00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:22,160 closet. Right now I'm recording in my 806 00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:26,600 son's room. I'm not always in my desk that 807 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:28,600 you've seen me in and some videos or whatever. 808 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:34,120 Like I was thinking about doing full length video podcasts and 809 00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:36,600 I've even I even did one recently. 810 00:47:37,360 --> 00:47:42,200 But The thing is having you sit and stare at me while I podcast 811 00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:46,960 would just defeat the purpose. This is really an odd audio only 812 00:47:46,960 --> 00:47:52,200 show I might make. I might I might make some videos 813 00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:55,160 in the future just so I can put some short clips on social 814 00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,720 media, but I think I'm going to keep this show mainly audio. 815 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,760 So if you're, if you're watching on YouTube and wondering why 816 00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:08,480 you're seeing just a little sound wave instead of my face, 817 00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:11,880 it's because you're supposed to be cleaning while you're 818 00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:17,000 listening. And I'd rather concentrate on 819 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:21,400 what I'm saying then worry about whether or not I'm looking at 820 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:25,240 the camera. So I, I just know you got a lot 821 00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:28,320 done during this episode. Special, special thanks to my 822 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:32,640 financial supporters who support the show either through an Apple 823 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,240 podcast subscription. 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So be sure to click follow or 835 00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:25,480 the plus sign or subscribe on whichever app you're listening 836 00:49:25,480 --> 00:49:27,520 on. But most of all, just keep 837 00:49:27,520 --> 00:49:29,240 listening. Even just doing what you're 838 00:49:29,240 --> 00:49:33,160 doing right now helps me. I appreciate each and everyone 839 00:49:33,160 --> 00:49:35,520 of you. And as always, happy cleaning. 840 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:37,320 I'll talk to you in the next episode.