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Thanks for joining me. 
In today's episode, I'm going to

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talk you through cleaning a 
bathroom and I'm also going to 

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discuss the concept of setting 
aside time to clean. 

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I know I've been talking a lot 
about cleaning as you go, but 

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another component to keeping a 
clean house is carving out a 

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designated time to clean. 
Let's get right into the 

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episode. 
It's time to gear up for your 

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bathroom cleaning session. 
One of the first things I want 

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you to do is get something into 
your toilet bowl and give it a 

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swish. 
Lift the seat, grab whatever you

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use to clean the toilet, apply 
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then take your toilet scrubbing 
brush to make sure that you've 

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coated the entire toilet bowl. 
OK. 

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That way, we can allow that 
cleaning product to do its work 

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while we turn our attention to 
other aspects of cleaning the 

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bathroom. 
I know my previous episode was 

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not a video version. 
I was feeling a little under the

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weather and and it was just, 
there was a lot going on in my 

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house and it was just easier for
me to record some more quieter 

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where I didn't have a camera set
up and whatnot. 

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Once you get the toilet bowl 
coated with whatever you're 

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using today, whether it's a 
dedicated toilet bowl cleaner or

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you're just sprinkling in a 
bleach powder like Comet or 

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Ajax, it's time to take out the 
bathroom trash. 

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Nothing says a messy bathroom 
like an overflowing wastebasket 

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or a wastebasket that's in 
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Let's empty that wastebasket and
reline it. 

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And of course, if there's 
anything around the trash 

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tissues that didn't make it in 
or whatever, let's get those 

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picked up. 
You know, if you're squeamish 

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about it or whatever, you know, 
use some toilet paper as a glove

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or wear some actual gloves. 
But let's pick up any debris 

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around the wastebasket area and 
get it emptied out and relined. 

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You might even want to clean 
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If so, just set it aside and 
maybe take it outside and power 

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wash it after the episode. 
But some of you just need to do 

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a quick empty and reline of your
bathroom wastebasket and I 

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realized I might be able to talk
faster than you can clean. 

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You can always pause the episode
if you want, but you don't have 

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to be cleaning and sync with the
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Just as long as you're moving 
and generally doing the things 

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that I'm saying, it's OK if it's
a step takes you longer or you 

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finish a step before I do so to 
speak. 

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Not that I'm cleaning along, but
some people assume that since 

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it's called clean with me that 
I'm cleaning while I'm recording

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and I do a few episodes like 
that, but more often than not, 

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I'm just sitting and talking to 
you. 

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You're cleaning with me in the 
sense that you're cleaning along

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with the sound of my voice, just
like on ATV show or a radio 

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show. 
They might say thanks for 

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joining me. 
They don't mean that you're 

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literally joining them in the 
studio. 

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So just some clarification 
there. 

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But for financial supporters, I 
do sometimes clean in real time 

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on the bonus episodes. 
For example, there's a 

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refrigerator cleaning episode 
and just be gathering up your 

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cleaning supplies and pre 
cleaning the bathroom while I 

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talk. 
But there is a refrigerator 

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episode, for example, where I'm 
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And there are also some older 
episodes like that even 

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available to the general public.
So if you are interested in 

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listening to an episode where I 
was talking and cleaning in real

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time, I do have a few episodes 
like that. 

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Hopefully by now you're 
gathering up your cleaning 

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supplies. 
You need something for cleaning 

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the glass. 
You need a micro fiber cloth or 

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paper towels or even newspaper. 
My method of choice is to clean 

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the bathroom mirror with a micro
fiber cloth, which I often 

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attach to the end of a Swiffer 
mop to make it even easier. 

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OK, and then you need either a 
glass cleaner or glass and 

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surface cleaner. 
Then you also need something for

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cleaning the exterior parts of 
the toilet, whether it's 

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disinfecting wipes or paper 
towels and some kind of a spray,

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or maybe you clean with actual 
rags and some other product. 

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Just whatever you use to clean 
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toilet, your vanity area and the
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Let's get those cleaning 
products together and cleaning 

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tools like rags and whatnot. 
Once you get everything 

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together, you're going to need 
to do what I call the pre clean.

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You're going to need to clear 
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This could include bath mats or 
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It could include anything that's
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floor. 
Perhaps there's dirty laundry, 

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towels, items that have been 
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Let's get that bathroom floor 
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And of course, let's clear off 
the vanity of everything. 

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There might be items on your 
vanity that don't belong there, 

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and also some others that do. 
So maybe you need to put things 

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away in a drawer or cupboard and
then just set some other things 

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aside, like your toothbrush 
holders and your soap dispenser.

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And the thing, you know, the 
things that actually go on your 

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vanity perpetually, even those 
need to be moved aside for when 

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you're spraying your cleaning 
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Sometimes cleaning the bathroom 
can feel daunting because you're

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keeping a lot of clutter on your
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This happens a lot in a bathroom
that's shared by multiple people

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or maybe a master bathroom that 
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There can be a tendency to kind 
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I definitely recommend having a 
place for everything and maybe 

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even having trays or baskets to 
kind of corral this stuff if you

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do need to keep a lot of stuff 
out so that you can quickly move

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those items aside to clean. 
But let's get all of those 

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obstacles out of the way. 
And during this pre clean stage,

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you might also want to check the
inside of your bathtub or shower

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to see if you need to toss any 
empty containers. 

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OK, once you've gotten 
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you have all of your cleaning 
products ready, it's time to 

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work on the vanity area. 
Once I get the toilet bowl 

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soaking like we did at the 
beginning, I like to turn my 

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attention to the vanity area. 
I'm talking about scrubbing out 

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the sink, cleaning that, 
cleaning the actual countertop 

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part of the vanity, the 
hardware, and then spraying and 

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wiping down the mirror. 
And in case you're new to the 

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show, my little hack for 
cleaning the bathroom mirror 

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that I'm super excited about is 
attaching a micro fiber cloth to

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the Swiffer mop. 
You know how it has these little

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holes where you shove the pre 
moistened cloth into the four 

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corners to attach it? 
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you know what I'm talking about.
And maybe you're using a 

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different brand that works the 
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Well instead of attaching that 
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the floor, I attach a dry 
microfiber cloth in that same 

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way. 
And then I spray the mirror with

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a glass cleaner and mop the 
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And even if you're not mopping 
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just using the micro fiber 
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The secret to cleaning glass and
mirrors is to wipe them longer 

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than you think you need to 
because you're spraying on a 

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glass cleaner and wiping it off 
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And a lot of people stop there. 
But you need to continue to wipe

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after it is dry or appears dry 
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That's the secret to that street
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But I've just found that I'm 
better at it when I'm using that

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mop because it applies the 
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it's very systematic. 
And I love it for mopping my my 

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master bathroom mirror because 
it's a huge mirror and there's a

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lot of natural sunlight that 
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So it's very unforgiving. 
I could be wiping down that 

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mirror and then I walk away and 
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and I'm going to see streaks 
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So that's that's the hack of the
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I should have, I should have had
that Swiffer mop with me. 

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For those of you who are 
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need to remember to do that next
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episode. 
But I do have a little 

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demonstration on my Instagram 
and on my TikTok. 

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I think it's on my personal 
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Don't forget to follow me on 
social media. 

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There's going to be a link in 
the bio that has all the things,

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the different links for my 
social media accounts, ways to 

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unlock bonus episodes and ways 
to purchase products. 

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OK, believe it or not, I am a 
Mary Kay beauty consultant. 

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It's not something I spend a lot
of time on, but this is the skin

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care I use and I joined for the 
discount, so it does help me 

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financially if you purchase Mary
Kay skin care products through 

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my link. 
And of course, I also have 

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Amazon links to cleaning 
products, and as an Amazon 

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affiliate, I earn a small 
Commission from your purchases 

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of those. 
And then of course, supporting 

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the show by unlocking bonus 
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A way to help me without 
spending a dime is to give this 

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podcast a five star rating on 
whichever app you're listening 

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on. 
And of course, follow me on 

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whichever social media accounts 
you're already on. 

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Like, let's say you're not a 
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Facebook. 
Follow the show on Facebook or 

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follow it on Instagram. 
Anyway. 

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Hopefully by now you've cleaned 
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faucet and mirror. 
The next thing I want you to do 

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is turn your attention to the 
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We don't always clean those in 
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because like I told you, I often
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separately from my regular 
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But when I'm combining them, 
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wet and the bottom of the shower
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I'm just going to talk as if I 
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that has both A to band a 
shower, but I realize you might 

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be cleaning, you know, just a 
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stand up shower. 
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sprinkle some Comet or Ajax when
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I use the scrubbing bubbles 
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But lately I've been in kind of 
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So I'm I'm sprinkling some Comet
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floor and then the bathtub, the 
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I like to use a 32 ounce cup 
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because it makes it easier for 
me to rinse the sides after I've

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scrubbed them. 
And then I use the Scotch Sprite

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shower scrubbing tool. 
So once I've got the bathtub wet

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and sprinkled the Comet around 
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that tool, which gives me some 
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It's a scrubbing tool on a pole 
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of the tub. 
When I go to rinse it, I'm going

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to just stick the 32 ounce cup 
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that to rinse the tub with the 
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The rinsing is a little bit 
easier because it it sprays 

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right into the bottom of the 
shower, so you just rinse it 

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with the with the shower head. 
But I've found that when I'm 

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cleaning my garden tub that does
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cup really comes in handy for 
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And even at a previous house 
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combo, I like to use a cup for 
rinsing the tub because the 

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shower head didn't point exactly
where I wanted it to point. 

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OK, but we're just doing a quick
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The entire inside of your 
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And remember when I talked about
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The way I clean the shower 
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same way. 
I use that Swiffer tool. 

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But in that case, in the case of
the shower walls, I actually 

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attach the pre moistened mop pad
and I use that to clean the tile

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of my shower walls. 
And I also have tile walls in my

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bathtub shower combo in the kids
bathroom and I clean the tiles 

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the same way in there. 
Oftentimes. 

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I mean, I mix it up a little 
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Sometimes I'm, you know, taking 
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walls by hand. 
But when I'm cleaning from the 

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outside, I often mop the shower 
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OK, but sometimes I'm just 
cleaning the inside of the tub, 

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the actual tub basin that needs 
to be super sanitary because 

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people take a bath in there. 
Sometimes I'm just cleaning that

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with the Comet and the scrubbing
tool and then rinsing it and 

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then doing the same with 
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because another option for 
shower walls is to use a daily 

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shower spray. 
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That's what's going to get dirty
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sanitary. 
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your family has athlete's foot 
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shower floor. 
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couple more minutes to quickly 
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basin and rinse it, or to scrub 
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as well, but that could always 
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while you're working on those 
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you're going to clean all the 
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exterior part of the bowl, the 
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handle, the back of the tank. 
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of your toilet are. 
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the inside of it another scrub 
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time to do its work. 
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You always want to end with the 
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by hand or with a broom and mop.
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talk about setting aside time to
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Obviously, we try to clean as we
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day after dinner or just before 
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away as you're getting ready in 
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manatee A swipe, You know, doing
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deeper cleans. 
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about putting your clothes in 
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when you get out of it, or not 
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Those are all great habits, but 
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perfect in every area. 
We can't control everyone in our

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family. 
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might have pets, we might have 
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have time to clean in the 
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I remember years ago during an 
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morning service and a Sunday 
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often want to have a friend over
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Like someone who went to church 
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with us and then spend the 
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And I remember I always needed a
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that because when we would cook 
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church, we would just leave an 
aftermath because I would be 

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making sure everyone looked 
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was the last thing on my mind 

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unless I knew we were going to 
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Or I might take a shortcut and 
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making a breakfast mess. 
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morning is an example of a time 
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as you go. 
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examples like that. 
Maybe you do a breakfast before 

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work and you're not able to do 
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And I'm sure there are 
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things slide. 
You know, maybe when you get 

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ready in the morning, you try on
a few outfits and kind of mess 

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up your room and the process. 
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as we go, we don't tend to deep 
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I mean, are you really, you 
know, removing those stove 

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burners and cleaning those 
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cooking? 
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So I encourage you to have at 
least one time per week that you

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do some deep cleaning. 
You know, maybe you could deep 

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clean half of your house one 
week and then half of your house

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the next. 
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episodes come in. 
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sessions where you have 30 
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deeper cleaning in your home and
not that you have to be 

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listening to an episode to deep 
clean, you might have other 

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podcasts that you listen to 
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You could listen to one of my 
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something on a different topic 
to to finish out the cleaning 

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session. 
Of course, I don't make enough 

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episodes for all the cleaning 
you should probably be doing 

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unless you're cleaning along 
with free runs. 

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OK, you don't always need to be 
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Some of you have not gotten back
and listened to the older 

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episodes. 
So if you crave novelty and you 

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want a fresh episode to listen 
to, you could always go back and

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listen to some of those older 
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Hopefully by now you've scrubbed
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both, and you're cleaning the 
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giving that bowl another scrub. 
If it still has discoloration, 

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you might need to scrub it with 
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especially if you have hard 
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Get that toilet full sparkling 
clean and then wipe the exterior

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parts of the toilet. 
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hand, the knees for that part 
and clean the floor around it 

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because when you mop, the mop's 
not going to get behind the 

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toilet or whatever. 
So that's why it's always a good

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idea to clean your floor around 
the toilet bowl while you're 

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cleaning the exterior parts of 
your toilet. 

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And I always say this, but when 
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use the pre moistened mop pads 
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the Swiffer. 
I use those to clean the 

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bathroom by hand and I bathroom 
floor by hand in a small 

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bathroom. 
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that one would wipe up crumbs 
from the counter after making a 

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sandwich where you're kind of 
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And that way you can sweep and 
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In a small bathroom, it's a 
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In my larger bathroom, I sweep 
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mop in a separate step. 
But that's my little hat for 

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cleaning a tiny bathroom floor, 
just doing it by hand in one 

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fell swoop. 
OK, I'm going to give you just a

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couple more minutes to basically
mop your way out of the bathroom

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or wipe your way out of the 
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I realized that you might need 
to sweep first or you might be 

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doing it all by hand, but I 
encourage you. 

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I know it's busy this time of 
year, especially if you have 

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kids in school and you're 
dealing with end of the year 

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activities, but I encourage you 
to listen to a bonus episode 

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sometime this week and do some 
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OK? 
You'd be surprised how much you 

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can get done in an hour, 
especially if you focus on the 

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areas of of your home that need 
the most work. 

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And if you don't have an hour to
dedicated to deep clean of 

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court, deep cleaning, of course 
you can listen to individual 

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episodes like this one, you 
know, focus on the bathroom one 

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day, the kitchen the next, all 
while maintaining those daily 

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habits of trying not to make a 
huge mess in between deeper 

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cleaning sessions. 
By the way, I'm going to make a 

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bonus episode soon about 
traveling, what to do before a 

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trip as far as your house, 
preparing your house, doing some

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packing, and just kind of some 
money saving hacks for traveling

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this summer. 
So be sure to subscribe to the 

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bonus content for a small 
monthly fee. 

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Special thanks to those who've 
already done so and to, of 

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course, to anyone who has 
supported the show in any way. 

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Even following me on social 
media helps. 

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Thank you so much for listening.
I hope your bathroom is 

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sparkling clean. 
Don't forget to put it back 

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together. 
Put those rugs back in there if 

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you're not washing them today. 
And you know, arrange your 

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toothbrush holder and soap 
dispenser and other items on the

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bathroom counter. 
Hang up some fresh towels. 

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Make sure there's plenty of 
toilet paper and other products 

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in stock. 
Thank you so much for listening.

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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 in the next 

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episode.