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Them talking about the things 
that you would do either after 

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dinner or before bed. 
I'm Ronnie and you're listening 

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to clean with me, the podcast 
where I walk you through 

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cleaning your house step by 
step. 

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Thanks for joining me in this 
episode. 

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I'm going to talk you through a 
quick evening routine. 

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Maybe you're listening to this 
after dinner or maybe you're 

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listening to this before bed, 
but there are certain things 

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that you can do in the evening 
to set yourself up for a a 

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better day tomorrow. 
OK. 

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And while you're gearing up for 
your cleaning session, maybe you

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want to put on a pair of flip 
flops or slides in case there 

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are crumbs or sticky spots in 
your kitchen floor. 

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You know, while you're just 
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on. 
I will go over what we're going 

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to work on. 
We're going to be washing your 

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dishes, scrubbing out the sink. 
We're going to clear and wipe 

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your countertops and stove top. 
We're going to do a 5 minute 

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pickup of your house. 
We're going to put away one load

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of clean laundry to kind of keep
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then we're going to talk about 
possibly laying out your clothes

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for tomorrow or laying out 
someone else's clothes for 

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tomorrow. 
We'll spend a couple minutes at 

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the end talking about that, but 
the first thing I want you to do

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now that you've got your shoes 
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gather up any stray dishes from 
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Maybe there's a coffee mug on a 
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spoon on a coffee table, or a 
plate and a fork in someones 

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bedroom, or on a kitchen table 
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I'm sure you have that rule 
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clear their dishes and 
silverware and rinse them off 

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and at least place them in the 
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put it completely into the 
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I mean, some people have a 
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things into the dishwasher 
throughout the day, running it 

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at the end. 
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as they go. 
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lenient rule, if you're the 
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is to at least have them take 
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them off and leave them in the 
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Anyway, gather those dishes up 
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And I realize that you may need 
to put away some clean dishes 

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before you start washing in the 
morning episode I did recently 

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and in a lot of episodes for 
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the mornings to empty your 
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dishwasher. 
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away the clean dry dishes from 
washing dishes so that you don't

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have kind of a an overwhelming 
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But let's face it, sometimes 
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rack, dishes in the dishwasher 
and we need to put away those 

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clean items first so that we can
wash dishes. 

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Another time that you can be 
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dishwasher is when you're 
cooking because oftentimes there

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are waiting periods where you're
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for water to boil or waiting for
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before you flip it over. 
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so that you don't burn your food
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supervise what you're cooking. 
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where you're hanging out in the 
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OK, But I realize you may be 
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or later in the evening and you 
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you have clean stuff to put away
quickly get that stuff put away 

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when you're hand washing and you
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pad. 
Some people put things out on a 

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pad or towel, but you have an 
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It goes a lot faster because 
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and think about where to place 
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So let's get all the clean stuff
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your dishes, whatever that means
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Maybe you have some difficult 
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and fill up with hot water and 
liquid dish soap and get those 

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soaking, like a pot or a pan or 
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coffee ring in the bottom or 
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Get any difficult items soaking 
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stuff. 
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items and putting them into the 
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starting that first sink load 
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glasses and silverware by hand 
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so to speak, you you drain that,
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You know as needed you're going 
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hand washing. 
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and silverware, I move on to the
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sometimes I leave the silverware
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If there's stuff kind of dried 
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You want to work smarter, not 
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So you want to soak the things 
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you're washing the easy items. 
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difficult items that we were 
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full of water or submerged. 
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items. 
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everything that fits into the 
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the rest. 
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sink loads and changing the 
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dishes in the evening can be a 
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I get that like a lot of times 
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Maybe you've been standing 
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then you overindulge and you 
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want to like plop down. 
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settle before doing dishes, but 
just keep in mind the sooner you

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do dishes, the easier it is to 
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You know, if you just kind of 
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after dinner and wash those 
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than if the stuff cools down 
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just be working on your dishes 
while I talk. 

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Often times I will transfer food
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casserole dish that has a lid 
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and then also the storage 
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And you might be thinking what? 
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we don't dirty anything. 
My method's better, OK? 

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And the reason I say that is 
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food while it's still hot into 
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container, which is one in the 
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that skillet or that pot, 
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while it's still, the food is 
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It's just going to be easier to 
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everything's still hot. 
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This will make more sense if you
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have leftovers. 
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don't want to run out of food 
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they go back for seconds and 
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So to prevent that, we're making
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And then it's always nice to 
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and, you know, have the exact 
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there's only a little bit of 
leftovers, maybe reheat it for 

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lunch. 
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leftovers in a container, take 
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days where I'm working at the 
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OK. 
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into breakfast. 
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heating up some enchiladas and 
then frying some eggs to plop on

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top and having that for 
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Anybody else? 
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make large amounts of food and 
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out a dish that will work as a 
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leftovers and then doing that 
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hot will make it so much easier.
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scrubbing pots and pans or 
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into this cycle where there's 
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serving dish method can be kind 
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But I realize if there are just 
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small portions and you've just 
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much food to make, and you're 
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maybe you just wait until after 
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that are empty because you made 
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I get that. 
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you to try to get into the habit
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dinner. 
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routine where you get the kids 
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night owl and you clean the 
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That's fine too. 
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involved, but that that's fine 
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What I really want you to do is 
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to bed. 
It is such a game changer and I 

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feel like a lot of you probably 
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people in a state of overwhelm 
often wake up to a messy kitchen

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and dirty dishes. 
And it's such an important habit

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to change. 
You know, get out of the habit 

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of not washing every single or, 
or maybe you are washing every 

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single dish every 24 hours. 
Maybe that was kind of your 

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first baby step on your 
housekeeping journey was to get 

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down to dish 0 every 24 hours. 
The next thing is getting it to 

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where it's happening before you 
go to bed, because it's always 

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better to have your dishes done 
before you go to bed than doing 

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them the next morning. 
You don't want roaches, do you? 

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And I'm not trying to sound 
preachy or anything, it's just 

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my job to motivate you and give 
you some reasons behind what 

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we're doing. 
OK, the next thing I want you to

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do is clear and wipe down your 
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Maybe you left some seasonings 
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from, you know, prepping, Like 
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some vegetable ends and whatnot.
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chickens. 
Do what you do with that kind of

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stuff. 
But I want you to clear off your

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countertops, OK? 
There could be packaging, food 

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packaging. 
There could be seasoning that 

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needs to be put away. 
There could be items that belong

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island where people kind of walk
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Let's get that stuff put away. 
Basically, you want to get your 

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countertops completely cleared 
off, and you don't want to store

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a lot on the countertops, but 
there are things you're going to

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have out. 
Your coffee maker, your toaster,

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your blender. 
It depends on, you know, what 

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you're into. 
But I want you to grab some 

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spray once you've cleared it 
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Spray down your countertops and 
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Scrub them. 
Sometimes you need to use an A 

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sponge with an abrasive side and
do some scrubbing before you do 

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just the wiping. 
OK, you might be using liquid 

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dish soap and an abrasive sponge
to clean your stovetop, your 

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countertops, and scrub out your 
sink and the faucet and the area

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behind the faucet. 
Do that scrubbing and then after

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that, you might want to just get
your favorite cleaning spray and

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spray the surfaces and wipe them
off OK, either with a clean damp

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cloth or paper towel, whatever 
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But I want you to shine up those
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stove top. 
And I realized there are deeper 

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cleaning tasks to be done in 
your kitchen, scrubbing your 

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cabinets and things like that. 
But this is just a quick evening

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routine. 
You're tired, I get that your 

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main cleaning session probably 
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of day. 
If not, you can listen to one of

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my Whole House episodes at night
if you're just a total night 

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cleaner. 
By the way, those who support 

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mess, you might want to sweep or
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Or you might just want to do a 
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Maybe you just need to sweep 
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ate, or next to the stove, or 
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your cutting board and do a 
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dust panning there. 
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sweep and mop later, but if 
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quickly sweep that into a dust 
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We're not going to spend a lot 
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not a deep cleaning session. 
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evening to set you up for a 
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Tomorrow I want you to wake up 
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presentable house and the time 
and energy to do some deep 

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cleaning either in the morning, 
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tomorrow. 
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evening routine because I'm 
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you would do either after dinner
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So the next thing I want you to 
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Now maybe you already picked up 
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If if it's your habit to kind of
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maybe before your spouse gets 
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kids. 
We all have these self-imposed 

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deadlines, these events that 
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So it could be that you've 
already picked up those areas 

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and you need to do the pickup 
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Like, maybe your bedroom's out 
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there is some clutter in those 
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your entryway, maybe a family 
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house if you have two living 
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living in those areas all 
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people started to get home, now 
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And I don't want you to go to 
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Obviously, doing the dishes is 
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reasons. 
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nocturnal bugs to start 
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OK, but the reason we want to 
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to remove the the visual clutter
that's going to make you feel a 

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little bit down and depressed if
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I'm trying to prevent that 
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There's just such a wonderful 
feeling when you head to the 

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kitchen for that morning 
beverage, whether it's coffee, 

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tea, juice, and your house is 
generally picked up and your 

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kitchen's under control. 
Dishes are done, surfaces are 

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wiped down. 
It it's such an amazing feeling 

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and it's going to help you stay 
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So hopefully you're just going 
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picking up whether it's 
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entrance, living areas, 
hallways, you know, clearing 

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your couches, your end table, 
coffee table, or maybe picking 

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up some laundry from a bathroom 
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A, you know, dirty towel or 
clothes someone dropped or 

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putting your shoes in the closet
and picking up your own bedroom 

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floor. 
The goal is just to rush through

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your house and remove that 
visual clutter so that you don't

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wake up to that the next day. 
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room you wake up to is your 
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up your bedroom. 
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out of control and you've got 
more time and energy, listen to 

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a bedroom cleaning episode. 
After this. 

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You don't have to Scroll down 
very far to find an episode 

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that's all about cleaning the 
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Once you're done picking up 
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will, is putting away one load 
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Maybe earlier today you made 
your bed and you pulled a load 

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out of the dryer and plopped it 
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You're going to want to fold and
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laundry before bed tonight. 
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couch. 
Or maybe you have a folding 

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table. 
Wherever you keep clean laundry,

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maybe it's still in your dryer. 
This could be a time to fold and

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put away that laundry. 
Now, I realize you might do your

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laundry once or twice a week and
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If that's the case, just keep 
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I realize that some of you need 
more time to pick up, and you've

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expressed that whether you're 
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pets or even your spouse, you 
might just need more time to 

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pick up. 
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But for a lot of you, it only 
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the house. 
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that load of laundry can kind of
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laundry. 
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the morning and then you switch 
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early evening into the dryer, 
that just leaves folding it and 

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putting it away in the evening. 
So the evening is a great time 

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to fold and put away one load, 
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doing the one load a day. 
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necessarily mean seven days a 
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But if you do one load of 
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most days, you're not going to 
be overwhelmed with mount wash 

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more or mount fold more. 
So keep working on either 

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picking up or putting away clean
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While you're finishing up, I 
wanted to mention laying out 

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clothes for the next day. 
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you're the type of person whose 
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Like you have your clothes in 
the correct drawers, you've got 

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things hanging up and it's easy 
for you to open your drawers and

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open your closet and get dressed
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This this might not be for you, 
but if you find yourself 

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scrambling and you have to be 
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whether it's getting kids to 
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work or helping somebody else 
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If your mornings are stressful 
and sometimes finding something 

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to wear or finding something for
your kid to wear is slowing you 

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down, please consider laying out
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I've talked about this in 
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for kids, it can be fun to have 
them clean their room and then 

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assemble a person on the floor 
out of the clothing, like, you 

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know, the shirt, pants, socks, 
you know, kind of assemble this 

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fake man, if you will, on the 
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And it's just kind of a fun 
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older kids might just set some 
folded clothes on a chair, you 

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know, if they seem to experience
decision fatigue in the morning 

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and, you know, or, or you tell 
them to make sure they do their 

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laundry and then they don't. 
And then in the morning, well, I

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thought I'd have something to 
wear, but I don't and I haven't 

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done my laundry. 
You can eliminate all that by 

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having them lay out their 
clothes. 

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OK. 
So that might apply to somebody.

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And also, when I used to work 
out in the morning, I like to be

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able to open my eyes and see my 
workout clothes just ready, like

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within my line of vision. 
Because then there was just 

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something psychological where I 
told myself I really just need 

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to like, wash my face, brush my 
teeth, put my hair in a ponytail

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and then put on those clothes. 
They're already there. 

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I don't have to think about what
I'm going to wear or hunt 

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anything down. 
The outfit's ready, and that was

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kind of motivating for me. 
So there are a lot of reasons to

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lay your clothes out the night 
before. 

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Another situation was when my 
kids were little and I had like 

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five kids living with me at a 
time. 

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And it was like, you know, 1 was
a baby, one was a toddler, it 

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was nursing, you know, all the 
things. 

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Aturday nights, I laid out all 
the clothes for church. 

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And that made that, you know, go
a little more smoothly. 

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Anyway, I hope you got a lot 
done during this episode. 

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There will be another bonus 
episode coming out soon, but the

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reason I skipped one I've been 
traveling. 

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My son just graduated from 
Marine boot camp, so we went 

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down to Southern California for 
Family Day and his graduation. 

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It was an exciting time. 
And then I was going to make a 

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bonus episode this morning, but 
I was helping my daughter move 

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into her new apartment. 
And then we get there thinking 

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it's move in ready, someone 
comes to the door and says that 

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they still have to paint. 
So then we had to come back here

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and I had my little grandbabies 
here and I wasn't going to 

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record with kids chattering in 
the background. 

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Just like you, I've got a lot on
my plate. 

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But there will be a new bonus 
episode coming out soon. 

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Thank you for your patience 
regarding that. 

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Special thanks to my financial 
supporters. 

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But even just listening to the 
show helps me. 

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I appreciate each and everyone 
of you. 

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And as always, happy cleaning. 
I'll talk to you soon.