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Hi everyone. 
I'm Ronnie. 

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And I'm Jessica. 
And you're listening to Clean 

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with me. 
The podcast where we walk you 

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through cleaning your house. 
Thanks for joining me in today's

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episode. 
I'm going to talk. 

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You through. 
Doing at least a little bit of 

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decluttering in every single 
room of your house. 

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So this is going to be different
than our usual decluttering 

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episodes. 
Where Jessica or I focus. 

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In on a. 
Specific area like let's. 

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Clean out your closet or let's 
deep clean your master bedroom. 

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As far as decluttering to 
prepare to clean. 

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Surfaces or. 
Even just our general 

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decluttering. 
Episodes we're going to. 

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Talk about what to declutter. 
In each room, and this isn't 

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necessarily the time to make 
those hard decisions, but we're 

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going to get your. 
Whole house picked up. 

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And we're going to get rid of 
some things in the process and 

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we're also going to get things 
relocated that are in the. 

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Wrong rooms. 
So let's. 

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Get right into the episode. 
It's time to gear up for your 

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decluttering session. 
Maybe there are some glaring 

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problems you want to take. 
Care of first. 

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Maybe you don't. 
Feel ready for the day. 

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And you want to freshen yourself
up. 

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Maybe you want to wash? 
Your face put. 

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Your hair in a ponytail? 
Change clothes. 

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Or maybe you want to get your 
house smelling. 

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Fresh by putting some fresh. 
Wax in the wax warmer or 

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lighting a couple candles. 
Or. 

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Maybe you need? 
To quickly do an empty. 

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Reload and run of your 
dishwasher or straighten up 

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your. 
Front entrance. 

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Whichever of those things 
resonated. 

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With you I. 
Want you to take care. 

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Of that before we dive. 
Into the decluttering portion, 

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which is most. 
Of the episode because. 

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I want you to feel. 
Relaxed and I don't want you to 

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feel like you're. 
Behind or anything like that. 

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While you're. 
Working on it, so I'm. 

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Going to give you a couple more 
minutes. 

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To do whatever it is. 
You need to do to. 

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Gear up for your. 
Decluttering session and then 

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I'll. 
Talk about the. 

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Supplies you're going to need. 
Another thing you might want to 

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do during this time is start a 
load of laundry. 

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Obviously you're not going to do
everything I mentioned, but 

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you're going to. 
Pick something you're either. 

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Going to freshen yourself up. 
You're going to straighten your 

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front entrance. 
You're going to do an empty 

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reload and run of the. 
Dishwasher to make sure that. 

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You know you've got that machine
running and. 

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You don't have, you know, the 
sink full of dishes weighing 

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heavily on your mind. 
Or maybe. 

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All you care about in this 
episode is decluttering. 

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You could of. 
Course be just walking around. 

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Your house. 
Kind of looking at things that 

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you might want to declutter, but
we're going to talk about some 

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common items in every. 
Room. 

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That you could declutter. 
And the important thing is I'm 

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going to have you switch rooms. 
I read something recently that 

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was talking about when you need 
to. 

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Get your house. 
Clean in a short time. 

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You've got. 
To figure out what needs to be 

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done and then divide it up and 
determine. 

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How long you're going to spend 
in each room and set a. 

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Timer Now sometimes we just do a
job until it's done and we move 

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on to the next room. 
I get that if you have the 

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whole. 
Day or something, but if. 

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You have a deadline like. 
You want to get. 

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Something done within an hour or
two, an effective tactic. 

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Is to. 
Divide it up and determine how 

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many how many minutes you're 
going to spend on each task. 

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That way you don't hyper focus 
on something and you don't. 

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You know, get the whole house 
cleaned before you're 

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self-imposed deadline. 
So. 

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This show kind of does the same 
thing because when I'm talking 

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you through. 
Cleaning your house? 

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I'm having you switch. 
Rooms that way you're not. 

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Hyper focusing on one room. 
But if you do need. 

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To hyper focus on one room, of 
course you can always listen to 

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an episode that is. 
Specific to that. 

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Room so for example. 
When we get. 

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Through this episode. 
You will have done some. 

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Decluttering in your bedroom? 
But you might think well my 

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bedroom still a disaster, I need
to hyper focus on my bedroom. 

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In that case, you could Scroll 
down and find an episode about 

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deep cleaning your bedroom, 
which is probably going to 

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involve some decluttering, or 
just a general decluttering 

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episode. 
I have a few of those. 

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It's almost time to. 
Gather up supplies so just. 

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Finish up on whatever you felt 
like you. 

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Needed. 
To do to gear up. 

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For the cleaning session, 
whether it was freshening? 

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Up getting your machines 
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Or straightening up an area 
taking out your trash. 

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Whatever that was. 
Let's wrap that up. 

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Because it's time to gather. 
Up your decluttering supplies. 

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Now, this is customizable, but 
in general, you're going to need

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at least three containers, and I
want it to be something. 

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I want these containers to be 
something that you can easily 

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move from room to room between 
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OK, for. 
Example we're going to be. 

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Starting in a bedroom. 
And then we're going to go into.

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A bathroom so. 
This could be a black trash bag,

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a white trash. 
Bag and a laundry. 

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Basket the black trash bag would
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Throwing away the white. 
Trash bag could be for stuff 

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you're. 
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Basket could be for. 
Items that need. 

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To be redistributed or just. 
Things you need to think. 

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About for a little. 
Longer before you make the 

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decision on what to do with 
them, OK? 

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So those are kind of. 
The three categories if you 

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were. 
Going to be staying in a room, 

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you might just have a keep pile 
somewhere, but since this is 

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kind of a speed declutter. 
Where we go through? 

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Your entire house. 
The laundry. 

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Basket would be a great way to. 
Have items that you're 

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redistributing and then when you
come to a room and something 

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goes there, you can. 
Quickly put it away. 

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When you get to that. 
Room and actually. 

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Do some of the redistributing 
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And I'll allow a little. 
Time at the end for whatever 

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didn't get redistributed along 
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So hopefully that makes sense. 
Of course, you don't have to 

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have a black trash bag. 
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And a laundry basket. 
You could have three boxes. 

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And label them. 
But I like. 

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The three categories to look 
super different just because I 

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get distracted easily 
especially. 

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If I'm listening. 
To a podcast or something? 

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While I'm decluttering and. 
For example, if I see. 

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Clothing in a pile I might. 
Forget. 

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Was that the keep? 
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So. 
Just get your 3 containers. 

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Ready but. 
In general, you need a. 

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Category for. 
Donating, trashing, and and you 

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could. 
Also, you know, have a separate 

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recycling. 
One if you recycle separately in

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your area if. 
You know your area provides. 

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Bins for that or something. 
We just have one type of bin 

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where. 
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That's a trash SO. 
You you may have more 

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categories, but I'm going to 
talk you through this under the 

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assumption that. 
You've got just three items and 

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if I say. 
Bag and you're using a box. 

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You'll understand, but I might. 
Say that the trash bag the. 

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Donate bag and the redistribute.
Basket, but of course. 

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Your containers could be 
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Than mine. 
So now that we've gotten that 

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out. 
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And you know what? 
To do. 

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Let's jump right in and start 
decluttering your bedroom and 

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what I want you to do is check 
your night stand for any obvious

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trash. 
Donatables you know, which could

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be a. 
Book you've already read. 

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Now don't get too emotional on 
me here if. 

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You like to collect books? 
And you have bookshelves and you

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want to be able to. 
Say I've read all these books or

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whatever, I get that. 
That's fine, but some of us are.

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Ready to donate a book? 
When we're done reading it. 

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And by donate, it's kind of a 
loose category because let's say

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that you're putting things into 
the donation bag and some of 

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them you're going to donate. 
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Army or. 
Goodwill or whatever your 

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favorite charity with the thrift
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In the area is. 
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to a. 
Friend or family member? 

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Well, you can pull out items at 
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Create a fourth category. 
At the end if you have too many.

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Categories during the process. 
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To be a speed declutter. 
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A book on your night stand and 
just be decluttering your. 

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Room. 
You know, putting things into 

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your three containers. 
While I talk, but let's. 

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Say you were decluttering your 
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There was a. 
Book you'd already read and. 

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You really? 
Want to pass that book? 

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On to your cousin. 
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Go in the donation bag for now, 
because you're going to be. 

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Going through the whole house. 
With these. 

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Bags and you might have other 
cousin items in that donation 

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bag by the end of the episode. 
So at the end I'll mention 

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pulling things out. 
That are for a specific. 

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Person and putting them in a 
different. 

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Place, but the important. 
Thing is. 

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That you know the difference 
between your donation bag and 

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your trash. 
Bag OK. 

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So declutter. 
Your night stand, I mentioned. 

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Books. 
You might have books elsewhere. 

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In your room magazines, that's 
another thing. 

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You can declutter papers. 
Sometimes I compulsively. 

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Print a bunch of stuff. 
Just because I want to look at 

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it. 
But I don't. 

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Necessarily need to keep those 
items that I printed. 

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So that could go in. 
Your trash slash recycling bag. 

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You could also. 
That's another. 

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Bag you could sort through at 
the end if if you separate 

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things based on recyclability, 
OK, but. 

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For intensive. 
Purposes of this session I'm. 

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Going to call papers trash 
because they're going into that 

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bag initially and no judgment 
here if they stay there. 

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OK, the next thing could. 
Be. 

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Looking quickly, looking through
your wardrobe and decluttering 

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items that you. 
Obviously want to get rid. 

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Of I'm not talking about super 
hard decisions, but if there's a

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maybe it could go into that 
redistribution basket, OK. 

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Just as a temporary holding. 
Area OK, the basket. 

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Is for things that you're 
holding temporarily because you 

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don't know if. 
They're trash. 

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Donate. 
Or just need to be. 

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Re restrict redistributed so 
maybe you have T-shirts that 

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advertise. 
Something that you're no. 

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Longer promoting, I guess you 
could say you know you were in 

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a. 
Phase where you were really. 

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Into a certain thing, but like 
right now, you're not going to 

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be caught. 
Dead in a T-shirt that. 

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Advertises that. 
Thing that you're no longer 

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into? 
OK. 

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If you know, you know long. 
Sleeve T-shirts? 

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What about Tank? 
Tops. 

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I know recently I have been 
decluttering tank tops and 

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camis, things that I wear 
underneath when I'm layering. 

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Because I've lost weight 
recently. 

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And. 
So I wear. 

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A smaller size I tend. 
To wear a smaller size when it 

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comes to tank tops and camis. 
Because those are more form. 

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Fitting. 
Items that I wear underneath. 

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Stuff so I. 
Definitely needed to go. 

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Down because I don't. 
Want something baggy when it's 

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the bottom layer? 
You see what I'm saying? 

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Like if I'm wearing a a tank. 
Top with a light wrap. 

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I want the tank top. 
To be form fitting, not. 

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Baggy so I've I'm definitely 
not. 

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Doing any type of 2X tank tops 
or camis at this point. 

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OK, those are out sweatshirts. 
I don't know if you. 

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Have excess sweatshirts but I. 
Don't I really? 

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Only have a. 
Couple of sweatshirts. 

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Because it's something I don't 
wear often when it comes to 

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like. 
Pullover sweatshirts because I 

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get hot so. 
I'm partial to zip zip up 

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hoodies. 
Just quickly. 

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Look in your drawers and. 
Closets. 

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I mean without me mentioning 
every possible category of 

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clothing, there may be some 
things that you. 

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Want to get rid of? 
One good time to declutter is 

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when you're folding clean 
laundry and you come across. 

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Something that's, you know, 
stained or has a hole. 

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In it usually. 
You can take out the stain A lot

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of times I'll take that back to 
the laundry room, set it on top 

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of the washing. 
Machine and then you know. 

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Treat it based on its color, 
whether I need. 

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To just try a spot. 
Cleaner or if I can. 

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Use a bleach pen if it's a 
white. 

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Background item or light colored
item, but sometimes. 

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You know if it's just an. 
Undershirt or whatever and it. 

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Looks like it's grease stained. 
You know one of my husband's 

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grease stained T. 
Shirts or whatever. 

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He wants me to toss. 
Those a lot. 

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Of times they get stains. 
In the. 

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Collar area because he's 
wearing. 

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Like button up shirt. 
With this T-shirt. 

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Underneath and then something 
gets on the T. 

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Shirt that was more the. 
Case when he was out on the 

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field more. 
Like actually, you know. 

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Operating the tracks as opposed 
to just going out to check on 

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jobs. 
But if? 

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You know, you know you. 
Might have a husband who has an 

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undershirt. 
Where the collar area is. 

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Getting stained and he wants you
to toss those. 

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Maybe that's just something that
was specific. 

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To us for a while, but you know 
the categories. 

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You've got blouses, jackets, 
Blazers, suits, skirts, dresses.

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Jeans I am definitely. 
Thinking about selling some 

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jeans? 
On eBay. 

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But a lot of times. 
When you're in a state of 

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overwhelm, you don't want to 
fall. 

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Into the trap of. 
Kind of obsessing over like 

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listing things and selling. 
Them you may not. 

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Have time. 
It just depends. 

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Different. 
Points in life, you know. 

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Sometimes you have more. 
Time than money and sometimes. 

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It's vice versa. 
OK, so. 

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Sometimes it would be worth. 
It to sell. 

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Outgrown clothing, maybe to a 
consignment shop or on eBay 

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other times. 
It's easier to just. 

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Cut your losses and donate it 
and. 

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Let's face it, it feels good to 
help. 

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Others, and I've talked about it
in many episodes, how much that 

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helps. 
When you donate clothing, OK, 

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maybe there are other items in 
your room. 

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Besides clothing, shoes I mean 
there. 

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There's shoes, there's purses, 
other bags. 

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Something I like to do. 
I tend to accumulate tote bags 

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and whatnot. 
Something I like. 

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To do with that is pass. 
Those on to my daughter's if I 

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need to. 
Send some items. 

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Home with them that maybe they 
left at my house I might put 

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them in a bag that they. 
Can keep and use. 

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Later, whether it's. 
Kind of a cheap shopping bag or 

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an actual tote bag that. 
Maybe just. 

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Doesn't match most of my. 
Stuff I like to provide. 

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Them with a bag that they can 
use. 

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Rather than just. 
Oh, let me put your stuff in a, 

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you know, plastic shopping bag 
or trash bag, something 

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disposable. 
So that is one way to downsize 

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on tote bags and shopping bags. 
If you tend to accumulate those,

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you can give something to 
somebody and basically tell them

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they can keep. 
The bag, whatever you're. 

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Bringing. 
Maybe you're, maybe you're 

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delivering, you know, a meal to 
someone. 

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Who's sick? 
And you're like. 

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Yeah, you can keep this bag. 
By the way, I have so many bags 

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or whatever. 
Just a just a little. 

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Rabbit trail there on tote. 
Bags and shopping bags, other 

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things that you can. 
Declutter if you have a. 

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Vanity in your room. 
Maybe you need to? 

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Declutter makeup if you've had 
makeup for a long time and 

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you're not sure when you're 
going to use. 

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That specific product again. 
Toss it does have expiration. 

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Dates anyway, chances are you're
using your makeup. 

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Past its expiration date, so to 
speak, I. 

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Definitely do, but if it's 
something that I've kind of 

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changed my mind about and it's 
getting. 

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Old. 
I'll toss it. 

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If it's something that I. 
Just got like, let's say you get

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a lipstick. 
You put it on and you're like, I

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don't love this color. 
You know, that might be the type

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of thing that you could pass on 
to a. 

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Close family member, I realize 
you don't just. 

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Pass on lipsticks to anybody, 
it's just an example, but makeup

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that doesn't work out 
immediately, you would donate to

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someone, you know, makeup that. 
You've had for a. 

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While and you aren't. 
Using it anymore you would. 

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Toss or it's just old like I 
forgot I had this other. 

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Foundation. 
I've been using another. 

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Bottle forever? 
Who knows? 

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How old this is? 
You can toss that. 

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Some of you aren't. 
Going to be tossing makeup until

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we get to the bathroom which is.
Our next room, so just look 

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around. 
Do you have? 

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Extra bedding or throw blankets.
That maybe you need to. 

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Redistribute. 
Sometimes I'll accumulate. 

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Several throw. 
Blankets in my room and realize 

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these could be in the linen. 
Closet. 

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I don't really need all of 
these. 

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In here I want one extra layer. 
In case I get cold in the middle

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of the night. 
And don't want to like. 

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Go out to the hallway and change
the thermostat. 

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Or just want to save? 
Money. 

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You know you need a blanket in 
your room that. 

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Maybe isn't always on your. 
Bed but. 

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You don't need a bunch of them. 
Those might need to get 

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relocated electronics and. 
Chargers that are obsolete. 

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You may want. 
To get rid of. 

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In some capacity, whether you're
donating or tossing. 

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Let's move on to the bathroom. 
So of course when we're moving 

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on, you want to go ahead and 
grab. 

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Your three containers OK. 
My example was a white. 

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Trash bag a black. 
Trash bag and a laundry. 

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Basket for redistributables and 
items that you need time to 

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think about. 
OK, so let's. 

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Bring all that stuff to a 
bathroom that could be your 

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master bathroom it. 
Could be the other bathroom. 

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Maybe you have 3 bathrooms. 
You could actually declutter 

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all. 3 bathrooms in one fell. 
Swoop if you have. 

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That many bathrooms. 
Because. 

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This is not as involved. 
As deep cleaning a. 

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Bathroom where we just focus. 
On one bathroom, typically you 

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can be. 
Walking back and forth, you're 

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going to be moving a lot. 
During this episode so. 

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I mean things that you may have.
Extra of brushes OK, here's an. 

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Example of something I 
decluttered a. 

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Brush where those little. 
Round balls on the ends. 

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Of the bristles. 
Were mostly gone. 

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To where the bristles? 
Kind of scratched my head. 

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I'm not super sensitive. 
But obviously the brush is. 

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Damaged and I have other brushes
in better condition, you know, 

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even though I'm not tender. 
Headed or whatever my daughter. 

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Certainly doesn't want to brush 
her hair. 

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With a brush like that. 
So that was a brush. 

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That it was time to. 
Toss, OK. 

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Brushes, Combs, hair 
accessories, hair products. 

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When I try a shampoo or 
conditioner it doesn't really 

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work out for me. 
I'll be honest, I usually just 

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put it in the kids bathroom 
because I feel like they're not 

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as picky. 
Their hair is healthier, 

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smoother. 
Shiny or they're younger. 

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All the things. 
So they can really shampoo. 

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With whatever, especially the 
boys who their hair is. 

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Shorter, so they're not super 
picky if it says the word. 

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Shampoo on it. 
They're happy to. 

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Use it whereas my teenage. 
Daughter with long flowing hair.

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Has her opinions about hair 
products just like I do so when 

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I say the kids can use them, I'm
mainly talking about the boys 

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because. 
She does get her special 

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products, toothbrushes. 
I will. 

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Often call a family meeting. 
When I see. 

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Toothbrushes starting to pile up
like. 

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OK, everybody tell me which. 
Toothbrushes are yours. 

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And then we're going to throw 
away the unidentified ones that 

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are remaining. 
I don't know if that's normal, 

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but it happens. 
At our house the other day, I 

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asked my. 
Husband. 

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What color is your toothbrush? 
He said. 

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Green, I said well there's 2 
green ones and he goes. 

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Well, they're both mine. 
OK, that's fine, but sometimes 

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they're unclaimed ones. 
And I toss them. 

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So let's see razors sometimes. 
Some of what we're doing. 

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Is just removing surface 
clutter? 

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I mean, maybe. 
There are two or three. 

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Razors on your bathroom vanity 
and you know. 

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It's time to toss those. 
OK, let's see Nail. 

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Polishes. 
Those can dry out. 

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I don't know if you keep them in
the bathroom. 

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I keep them in a bathroom drawer
and sometimes. 

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They're dried out. 
There are ways to I guess. 

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Revitalize them. 
Some people put a little remover

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in it. 
I'm not an expert on that. 

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But I give you. 
Permission to tosh your crusty 

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nail Polish. 
Yeah, travel toiletries. 

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I definitely don't toss those 
but what I like to. 

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Do with them is put them in a 
little decorative dish in my 

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guest bathroom so that someone 
who's visiting could kind of 

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take their pick on which travel 
shampoo and conditioner they 

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want to use. 
They can open up a. 

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Fresh bar of soap. 
And so on that. 

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Said I do, usually. 
Make sure I have. 

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Body wash when I have company in
the shower so. 

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You know if people have even 
been using a bar. 

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But my kids. 
Like to have body wash? 

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Anyway, nowadays. 
People just don't want to share 

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that same bar of soap. 
With the whole family like we 

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did. 
Back in the day, so you know 

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body wash is a. 
Thing, but definitely sometimes.

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You know you're being frugal. 
And the bar of soap is the way 

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to go. 
I get it. 

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And in that case, people could 
each have their own bar of soap,

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so. 
Lately. 

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My husband travels a lot. 
And so we do keep. 

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The bars of soap, The brand. 
New bars of soap that he's 

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bringing home from the hotel 
rooms and we use them. 

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So especially like if I. 
Run out of hand soap and one of 

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the bathroom. 
Sinks. 

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I mean, I've got dual. 
Sinks in my bathroom. 

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It's OK if one of them has a bar
of soap and not the pump because

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we tend to wash our hands at the
sink. 

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That's right. 
By the. 

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Bathroom stall where? 
The toilet. 

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You know, the little room with 
the toilet? 

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We tend to, you know, we. 
Come out of the. 

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Bathroom we. 
Wash our hands right there. 

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It's OK to have a bar of soap at
the other sink. 

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Where I might be just washing my
face and it's like a facial bar 

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that came from the hotel and 
they're nice hotels, so the 

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soap's nice, so. 
That's a little rabbit. 

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Trail there but. 
I want you to look at things you

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can declutter. 
Of. 

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Course you're going to pick up 
your bathroom. 

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Floor, of course. 
You're going to clear things. 

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Off the vanity that don't 
belong, but you're going to be. 

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Doing it with the mindset of 
what? 

464
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,760
Can I get rid of? 
OK, I'm just going to give you 

465
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:02,880
a. 
Minute longer on that because 

466
00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,200
bathrooms are small. 
But if you haven't switched 

467
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,200
bathrooms. 
Yet or under your other. 

468
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,840
Bathroom and declutter some 
obvious. 

469
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:12,000
Trash, of course. 
Look for. 

470
00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:17,400
Empty shampoo or conditioner. 
Bottles or body wash bottles? 

471
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:22,320
In the showers, OK. 
Throw those away. 

472
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:28,720
Again, old makeup. 
And some bathrooms won't have 

473
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:32,480
much to. 
Declutter if it's just like 1/2 

474
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,360
bath. 
Or there's just a sink. 

475
00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:36,680
And a toilet for. 
Guests to use. 

476
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,120
I mean, you may have virtually 
nothing in there. 

477
00:25:40,120 --> 00:25:43,640
But a little hand towel and a 
soap pump that might be. 

478
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,440
It so you may not need to. 
Declutter in a bathroom like. 

479
00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:51,320
That but you. 
May have more than one bathroom 

480
00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:53,400
that need decluttering. 
My guest. 

481
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:55,880
Bathroom and kids bathroom are 
one in the same. 

482
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,280
So I often have to open the. 
Cupboard under the sink and 

483
00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:02,400
declutter. 
That area and sometimes. 

484
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:03,800
You have to question other 
people. 

485
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,920
Does anybody use this makeup? 
Whose makeup? 

486
00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,680
Is this or whatever right? 
Because some of it could. 

487
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,000
Be from. 
Someone who doesn't even live in

488
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,560
our house anymore and. 
We could bag that up. 

489
00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,960
For her in a tote bag or 
shopping bag like I was just. 

490
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:23,640
Talking about SO anyway, by now 
you've decluttered a bathroom. 

491
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:24,880
Let's. 
Move on to. 

492
00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:28,120
Your. 
Kitchen slash dining room Your 

493
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,520
kitchen and dining. 
Room might not be connected like

494
00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,760
mine are, however I'm going to 
put. 

495
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,680
Them in the same. 
Category You may not have a lot 

496
00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:39,800
to declutter in your dining 
room, but you never know. 

497
00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:42,480
I mean, if you're like me, you 
might have. 

498
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:44,320
A little. 
Tray on your table. 

499
00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,080
That has a few miscellaneous 
items in it. 

500
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,040
You know, it's kind of a 
centerpiece. 

501
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:52,160
But people have stuck. 
Some things there there might. 

502
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,720
Be some items that need to go in
that relocation basket, for 

503
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,240
example. 
Same with the kitchen. 

504
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,360
Definitely when you're in a 
kitchen, they're going to be 

505
00:27:03,360 --> 00:27:07,280
items to relocate and maybe. 
When you were cleaning your 

506
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:08,920
room, there was something that 
belonged. 

507
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,440
In the kitchen and went into the
relocation basket. 

508
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,520
OK, maybe you put a coffee. 
Mug in that basket. 

509
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:16,960
Now you're putting it. 
In the sink. 

510
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:21,840
So don't forget to relocate. 
Things as you transfer that 

511
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,360
relocation basket to the next 
room, OK. 

512
00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:28,800
Hopefully you've. 
Brought your containers into 

513
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:34,240
your dining room or kitchen, or 
maybe a central location where 

514
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:37,440
you can kind of go back and 
forth from the dining room and 

515
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,760
kitchen to those containers. 
You may. 

516
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,760
Have duplicates of things. 
This is a great opportunity. 

517
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:51,160
To donate and the some of the 
things that you donate that are 

518
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:54,680
in the kitchen. 
Category might be pulled out of 

519
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,440
your. 
General donation bag at the end 

520
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,400
of the episode because anyone 
who's just getting their own 

521
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,240
place needs. 
That stuff, OK. 

522
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:09,280
Now I realize some people get 
married. 

523
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,080
They have a bridal shower, they 
get all these. 

524
00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:17,320
Wedding gifts and. 
They they basically get. 

525
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,960
Everything that they could ever 
want for the house as wedding 

526
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,760
gifts. 
But a lot of people establish 

527
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,800
households. 
And I'm not just talking about 

528
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:30,320
living together as boyfriend and
girlfriend. 

529
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,840
My nephew bought a house before 
he got married, so on the 

530
00:28:34,840 --> 00:28:36,840
wedding. 
Invitation it mentioned that it.

531
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:38,880
Was already an established 
household. 

532
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,400
And they didn't need. 
Household stuff so that people. 

533
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:44,320
Wouldn't be giving him, you 
know, the proverbial toaster or 

534
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:47,680
whatever. 
You know, our wedding was kind 

535
00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:48,320
of small. 
It was. 

536
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,040
Kind of an elopement. 
With just a few. 

537
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,720
People there and we. 
Had a small reception. 

538
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,560
At my in laws. 
But it wasn't like we just had 

539
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,160
this registry. 
And got to pick out a. 

540
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:03,120
Bunch of stuff. 
We definitely were. 

541
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:07,120
Accepting things from family 
members like hey, do you need 

542
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,200
this? 
You know my mom. 

543
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,760
Hey, do you? 
Need this at your house or 

544
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,160
whatever. 
Even after we were married. 

545
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,560
So yeah, be. 
Decluttering. 

546
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:21,400
I mean, you may have too much 
flatware serving, you might may 

547
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:24,160
have too many. 
Serving pieces and trivets or. 

548
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,560
Party supplies, you know, maybe.
You want to put. 

549
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,960
You know your party supplies in 
kind of an. 

550
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,360
Out of reach cupboard. 
When decluttering the kitchen I 

551
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:37,240
definitely put things like. 
Party supplies out of reach. 

552
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,040
Because if I'm throwing a party,
I'll stand. 

553
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,920
Up on a chair to. 
Access that that stuff the. 

554
00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,600
Streamers and candles and 
whatnot. 

555
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,280
Maybe you have? 
You know too many candle 

556
00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:52,000
holders, you know. 
In your kitchen, I mean we. 

557
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,080
Basically have two candle 
holders. 

558
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,280
For the. 
Candlesticks we use at. 

559
00:29:57,280 --> 00:29:58,680
The table. 
That's all we. 

560
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,600
Need and then we buy the 
replacement candles for those 

561
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:09,560
centerpieces. 
Maybe you are storing 

562
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,080
centerpieces? 
In your kitchen. 

563
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:15,520
And you need to relocate. 
Those for example. 

564
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:20,840
I do keep my Christmas. 
Centerpiece just up on a. 

565
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:26,120
Top shelf in my kitchen, but if.
You have a different centerpiece

566
00:30:26,120 --> 00:30:29,840
for virtually every season. 
And you're short on kitchen 

567
00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:34,240
cabinet space that may. 
Need to be relocated to. 

568
00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,640
Maybe a shelf in your linen? 
Closet where you keep. 

569
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,560
Seasonal stuff or maybe a 
Rubbermaid? 

570
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,240
Tub out in the garage. 
Where you keep your. 

571
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,640
Seasonal decorations. 
We talked about that in another 

572
00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:48,440
episode that, you know, some 
people buy like the red and 

573
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:53,520
green plastic containers, 
Rubbermaid, Sterilite, whatever 

574
00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:58,880
the brand is and keep their 
seasonal decorations out there. 

575
00:31:00,120 --> 00:31:02,000
You know, it just depends on. 
Space. 

576
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:04,720
Some houses have a lot of 
cabinet. 

577
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,960
Space in the kitchen. 
We are not really short on. 

578
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,800
Cabinet space. 
So we're. 

579
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,280
Fine with just putting the 
seasonal items. 

580
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,400
Up. 
Higher, you know, Turkey 

581
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,480
Platter. 
A certain. 

582
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,960
Thing that I take to. 
Potlucks a container that's 

583
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,440
insulated. 
Or whatever those are, just like

584
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:23,200
up. 
On a high. 

585
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:28,400
Shelf above my refrigerator. 
Because they're not easy to get 

586
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,000
to. 
But I don't pull. 

587
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,400
Them out very often. 
So that could. 

588
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,040
Be something to think of. 
If there are certain. 

589
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:37,920
Things that are always coming up
missing though. 

590
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,160
Like a pizza cutter, don't throw
away the duplicate. 

591
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:43,600
I just had to buy. 
Another pizza cutter. 

592
00:31:44,120 --> 00:31:46,880
Is what it is. 
Some things just disappear at 

593
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,760
your house and you don't even 
know why but. 

594
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,200
There definitely might be 
things. 

595
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,040
That you need to relocate. 
That were just plopped. 

596
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,760
Down on the kitchen counter, so 
your relocation basket might be 

597
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,960
filling up at this point. 
Maybe your donation basket too. 

598
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,520
And of course there if you 
haven't cleaned your. 

599
00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:10,560
Kitchen Yet today there may be 
some obvious trash in your 

600
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:15,680
kitchen if if you're like me and
people are opening packages and 

601
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,840
sometimes leaving the empty 
package and, you know, 

602
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,280
forgetting to toss that in the 
moment. 

603
00:32:23,240 --> 00:32:31,480
So let's gather up our stuff. 
Once again, and let's move it to

604
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:36,000
a central location because in 
this next segment, you're going 

605
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,000
to be decluttering. 
Your. 

606
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:44,200
Living areas. 
Office or. 

607
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,000
Guest room and laundry room. 
This one, you're going to be 

608
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,880
running around a lot. 
I'm running out of time, and so 

609
00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,520
I want you to just start 
decluttering and I'm going to 

610
00:32:54,520 --> 00:33:00,520
give you some ideas. 
Maybe you have an excess. 

611
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,440
Of staplers and staples I've. 
Noticed that I'm finding. 

612
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:07,440
Staplers in a lot of different 
places. 

613
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:11,200
In my house I have to confess 
and most of them are out of. 

614
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,080
Staples. 
I need to gather those. 

615
00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,960
Up put them in logical. 
Places where I would go to look.

616
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,920
For them there's. 
Definitely one on my desk. 

617
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,920
Which is a good place? 
And I. 

618
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,040
Think I'll add a. 
Small 1 to my junk. 

619
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,360
Drawer in the kitchen. 
Just that's a place. 

620
00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:29,240
Somebody might look for one and 
then maybe the extra. 

621
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,080
Ones will just go in a drawer. 
I don't want to get rid of them,

622
00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:33,200
but they're. 
Probably just go in a. 

623
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,120
Drawer of my desk, but I'll. 
Probably stock them with staples

624
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:41,560
and then if somebody asks for a 
stapler they're ready so. 

625
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,840
You know, maybe you're like me 
and you have too many staplers 

626
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,040
and maybe you actually want to 
donate some of them. 

627
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,000
That's fine. 
I don't want to give up any of 

628
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:55,600
my staplers. 
Chargers for electronics, cords 

629
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,080
and cables. 
You know, sometimes you need to.

630
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,920
Put those in a temporary home 
just. 

631
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:03,200
So that you can show your 
significant other. 

632
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,840
These items and be like. 
What do I do with these? 

633
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:11,239
Printer. 
Supplies a lot of stuff. 

634
00:34:11,639 --> 00:34:15,920
You know you no longer. 
Use because maybe you've changed

635
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,920
printers or something and 
you've. 

636
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:22,159
Got supplies for the old? 
Printer so be mindful of 

637
00:34:22,159 --> 00:34:26,679
obsolete electronics. 
It's definitely a thing nowadays

638
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,639
that. 
Everything is changing so fast 

639
00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:34,040
that items you buy become. 
Obsolete. 

640
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,400
For example, I have a webcam. 
That. 

641
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,040
I bought because the camera 
broke. 

642
00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:44,360
On the. 
Computer I was using for work a 

643
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:45,719
while back. 
And I needed. 

644
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:47,719
To be able to do. 
Zoom meetings. 

645
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,719
But now we have. 
Three laptops in our house and 

646
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,719
they all. 
Have a built in camera and I'm 

647
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,680
not sure that I'll ever need 
that. 

648
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,720
Webcam again. 
OK, so that's something I would 

649
00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:09,040
probably donate. 
Yeah, picture frames, art and 

650
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,720
wall decor. 
Sometimes we have these. 

651
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:14,680
Things sitting around. 
They're not hanging on our. 

652
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,520
Walls and we don't. 
Want to hang them up? 

653
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:22,480
It's time to donate those. 
And you know, this time of year 

654
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:26,760
you when you're going through 
your room, you might find some 

655
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,800
greeting cards and gift wrap 
supplies from last. 

656
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:30,800
Year. 
Take those to your. 

657
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,640
Wrapping Station I I'm a firm 
believer. 

658
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:36,920
If you're if you. 
Wrap and give out gifts this 

659
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:41,240
time of year to definitely have 
a wrapping station. 

660
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,120
It's just temporary, OK, 
Christmas will be over soon. 

661
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:49,160
But our wrapping station. 
Is my desk. 

662
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:53,160
And so and people wrap in other.
Places, but that's. 

663
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,400
When you're straightening up the
house, you've got to know where 

664
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:55,920
to put. 
These. 

665
00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:02,400
Rolls of wrapping paper tape. 
Ribbons labels if you use them, 

666
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,440
you know frugal tip is. 
You just cut a little square. 

667
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,560
Of the wrapping paper, fold it 
in half right in it tape. 

668
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:12,480
That on but. 
The labels are pretty cheap too,

669
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:12,960
yeah. 
You can. 

670
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,800
Get them at a dollar store. 
The cute. 

671
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,640
Little labels that you stick. 
On I usually get those. 

672
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,520
You put all that stuff. 
In an area where you want to 

673
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,400
wrap gifts and it's it's just a 
temporary setup. 

674
00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,760
And it's good for a wrapping 
station to be in a bedroom. 

675
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,720
Somebody comes over and they're 
like. 

676
00:36:30,720 --> 00:36:35,000
I need to wrap something. 
Perfect if the wrapping station.

677
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,240
Is. 
In a bedroom or office. 

678
00:36:37,240 --> 00:36:38,840
Where they can go in, close the 
door. 

679
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,920
And wrap their gifts. 
So just a thought. 

680
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,720
There and I always find. 
Leftover Christmas cards. 

681
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:48,240
I don't send if you're listening
and you're like, I don't get. 

682
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:50,800
A Christmas card from you? 
I don't just. 

683
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,160
Send out Christmas. 
Cards to everyone. 

684
00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,040
But what I do is. 
When I'm sending someone a. 

685
00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:00,160
Gift card. 
For Christmas and they live. 

686
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:04,080
Out of state I that's why I buy 
the Christmas cards. 

687
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,200
I put the card. 
In there so the only people who.

688
00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:09,200
Get a Christmas card. 
Are the people who are getting a

689
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,440
gift card? 
Is what it is. 

690
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:14,760
That's a shortcut I take 
nowadays, but thank you if 

691
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,640
you've sent me a Christmas. 
Card I usually do a post of. 

692
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,640
A family picture around. 
Christmas and say consider this 

693
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:25,480
the you know your Christmas card
from us or whatever and so. 

694
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:29,640
Maybe I'll do that again. 
So again. 

695
00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,440
Hopefully you're gathering up. 
Clutter. 

696
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,080
Whether it's just typical 
surface clutter. 

697
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,440
Or you're going. 
Deeper and you're opening up 

698
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:42,240
drawers, but clutter from your 
office, laundry room and living 

699
00:37:42,240 --> 00:37:44,840
areas, meaning your living room 
and family room. 

700
00:37:46,040 --> 00:37:48,000
OK, I'm going to. 
Give you a couple. 

701
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:51,400
More minutes to finish that and 
then we're going to. 

702
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,680
Talk about what to do with what 
you've got. 

703
00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:58,720
In those containers at the end 
of the episode. 

704
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:03,480
So let's make sure that you've 
decluttered your. 

705
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:08,120
Office. 
Laundry room and living areas, 

706
00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:10,480
you know, Do you have magazines 
in the living room? 

707
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:16,120
Do you have furniture that opens
up and has junk accumulating in 

708
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,680
it like? 
We have a pop up coffee table. 

709
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,240
And. 
Sometimes we stick things 

710
00:38:21,240 --> 00:38:23,720
inside. 
Of that from time to. 

711
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:26,840
Time we open it. 
Up and remove that stuff. 

712
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,160
OK, You might have a storage 
Ottoman that opens up. 

713
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,320
You might have a drawer on your 
end table or your piece of 

714
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,360
furniture that serves as ATV 
stand. 

715
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,960
If you don't have a wall mount, 
we've got a thing with drawers. 

716
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,800
In living room sometimes. 
There's a tendency to stash. 

717
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:45,520
Things out of sight. 
Especially if it's the front. 

718
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,320
Room of your. 
House because you're quickly. 

719
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:50,560
Straightening up so you can 
vacuum in preparation for. 

720
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,560
Company or you just. 
Don't. 

721
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:56,720
You know. 
Feel like organizing because it 

722
00:38:56,720 --> 00:38:59,280
seems like it's fine to just put
a few items. 

723
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,800
Inside the coffee. 
Table or inside the storage? 

724
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,400
Item in it and before you know 
that. 

725
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:06,960
Stuff starting to build up. 
So don't forget to declutter 

726
00:39:07,120 --> 00:39:08,760
that. 
Stuff now, I said we were going 

727
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:09,400
to. 
Declutter. 

728
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,440
Every room of your house. 
So if there's a room that I 

729
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,360
didn't mention, pause the 
episode and do it. 

730
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:19,560
Maybe you need to declutter a 
child's room at this point. 

731
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:22,960
But I feel like I. 
Touched on the major. 

732
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,840
Categories you. 
Know the bedroom. 

733
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,680
You're responsible. 
For the the. 

734
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:33,960
Bathrooms, kitchen and dining 
office, laundry room and living 

735
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,320
areas. 
I mean, let's face it, there's 

736
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:39,480
not clutter in your hallways. 
If there is that, definitely. 

737
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,440
Needs to be dealt with. 
Don't be storing things on the 

738
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:47,360
floor. 
So anyway, at this point in the.

739
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,880
Episode you've you've picked up 
stuff. 

740
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,960
From around your house and put 
it into these containers. 

741
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:55,160
It's time to make some 
decisions. 

742
00:39:55,600 --> 00:40:00,080
One of them's trash if you have 
to separate. 

743
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:04,200
It and put it into different 
bins, recyclables and the non 

744
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:07,280
recyclables. 
Now's the time to go out and do 

745
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,200
that. 
OK, and you may need to pause 

746
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:11,920
the. 
Episode if that's. 

747
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,320
Going to take you a minute and 
then you know that way you can 

748
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,880
come back and do the other 
things but. 

749
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,880
The other bag is your. 
Donatables. 

750
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:23,880
You might be giving that. 
Entire bag to a charity. 

751
00:40:24,600 --> 00:40:28,120
Or you might. 
Be separating some things. 

752
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,840
Out. 
OK. 

753
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,880
Maybe you? 
Have a box for. 

754
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:39,640
When you're a teenager or young 
adult moves out or for someone 

755
00:40:39,640 --> 00:40:41,800
who you know who's getting. 
Married soon and might not. 

756
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:43,240
Get that many gifts or. 
Whatever. 

757
00:40:44,240 --> 00:40:47,520
OK. 
There's that or. 

758
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,560
Maybe you have a specific? 
Family member who? 

759
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:55,600
You give books to or a specific 
friend or. 

760
00:40:55,680 --> 00:41:01,400
Maybe the clothes that you put 
in that donation bag. 

761
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:03,800
There's a sweater. 
In there. 

762
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,440
That would be perfect for your 
sister and you want to put that 

763
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,880
in her little pile. 
Or whatever, wherever you put. 

764
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:11,640
Stuff. 
I definitely have permanent 

765
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,280
places for things, usually 
things that are going to go to. 

766
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,320
Jessica's house go inside the 
pop up coffee table or if I've 

767
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,720
started a tote bag for her. 
They go into that bag. 

768
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,760
And it's like hanging in my 
closet. 

769
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:31,520
There is a little hanging canvas
shelf thing that's designed for 

770
00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:34,000
shoes. 
In my hall. 

771
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:37,440
Cloak, Coat, closet. 
And I put things in there. 

772
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:39,600
They're different categories. 
Some of them are. 

773
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:42,920
For things that are getting. 
Passed. 

774
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,000
On from one of my kids to a 
younger one. 

775
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:50,920
Or things that are going to my 
sister or nephews definitely 

776
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,680
have these permanent. 
Spots if you if there's. 

777
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:57,480
Kind of a constant. 
Flow of things to someone's 

778
00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:58,960
house. 
Things that you're going to take

779
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,800
somewhere immediately you can 
put. 

780
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,320
The back of your car. 
So once you've pulled out 

781
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,480
anything that's for a specific 
person, you can take. 

782
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,960
The the rest of that. 
Donate, bag and put it. 

783
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:10,000
In the back. 
Of your car. 

784
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,440
And of course, I'm not talking 
about just giving people your 

785
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,960
unwanted clutter. 
It's. 

786
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:16,360
It's. 
Stuff that you know that they 

787
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:20,640
truly want obviously. 
And most people welcome hand me 

788
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,680
downs. 
That are kids clothes for sure. 

789
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:26,560
Yeah, their style might be 
different than yours, but you 

790
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:28,560
know they need those basics for 
their kids. 

791
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:33,240
That winter coat for their small
toddler who doesn't care. 

792
00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:35,280
What the coat looks. 
Like or whatever. 

793
00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:38,200
OK. 
And then of course. 

794
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,200
The redistribution. 
Basket. 

795
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:43,000
Maybe there was something? 
In there that doesn't. 

796
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,600
Need to be redistributed, but 
you needed to think. 

797
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:50,360
About it, you know, maybe. 
Just make the decision right now

798
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,320
what you're going to do with it.
Does it need to be? 

799
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:54,160
Trashed. 
Donated. 

800
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:56,080
Or does it need? 
To go on that top. 

801
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,440
Shelf of your bedroom closet. 
Where the jeans are that you're 

802
00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,320
going to be selling on eBay? 
Is it something? 

803
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:03,920
You want to sell on eBay? 
Maybe you have maybe if. 

804
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,280
You're like me, you have a shelf
for that. 

805
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:07,600
OK for me. 
It's one of the top shelves of 

806
00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,920
my closet. 
And I can always change my mind 

807
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,840
and just put it in the donation 
bag, but it's stuff I'm thinking

808
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,520
about selling. 
So it's on that particular 

809
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:22,520
shelf, OK, so maybe. 
You want to move something to 

810
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:25,640
another spot? 
But a lot of the. 

811
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:29,080
Stuff in the basket. 
Just needs to be redistributed. 

812
00:43:29,880 --> 00:43:35,000
OK, maybe you. 
Found something in your room 

813
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,840
that's a toy? 
It needs to go in the toy. 

814
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:38,360
Box. 
Whether the toy box? 

815
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,600
Is in your living room or a 
child's room maybe some cat and 

816
00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:45,680
dog toys need to go into your 
pet toy box. 

817
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:50,240
Maybe some tools need to go out 
to the toolbox in the garage. 

818
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:53,120
It's just. 
Time to redistribute. 

819
00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:56,960
So basically you're you sort 
through your. 

820
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,440
Donation bag and whatever is 
just a general donation should 

821
00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:01,760
be taken out to your. 
Cart. 

822
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,840
You might drive around with a 
bag of donations in the back. 

823
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,760
Of your car for a couple weeks, 
but at least it's out of your 

824
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,520
house. 
And you'll probably think of it.

825
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:14,800
When you're at the charity drop 
off station. 

826
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,080
OK, so. 
That's the thing. 

827
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,600
Gotten some. 
Trash out of your house. 

828
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,640
And. 
You've redistributed some stuff.

829
00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:25,640
I hope you got a lot. 
Done during this. 

830
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,640
Episode Special Special. 
Thanks to my financial 

831
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:31,200
supporters. 
Who support the show either? 

832
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:33,520
On Apple. 
Podcasts, which is the purple. 

833
00:44:33,520 --> 00:44:39,840
App, Patreon or Spreaker or. 
Even through a Venmo or Cash App

834
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:41,760
donation. 
DME if you want to know about 

835
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,240
that. 
As always, happy cleaning. 

836
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:43,960
I'll talk to you soon.
