1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,800 Thanks for joining me. In today's episode, I'm going to 2 00:00:02,800 --> 00:00:06,640 guide you through an evening reset of your home that will 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,240 streamline your mornings and help you keep up on housework 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,080 throughout the week, even if you're gone during the day. 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:17,320 In case you're new to the show, Clean with Me is the podcast 6 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:20,480 where I walk you through cleaning your house step by 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,440 step. And today as I guide you through 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,800 three key tasks that will get your house under control fast. 9 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:32,280 I'll also be talking about the importance of doing these three 10 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:36,120 things the night before when you have to work the next day or get 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:41,160 kids ready for school or both. I'm just talking about for those 12 00:00:41,160 --> 00:00:45,160 nights when you're going to be leaving the house fairly early 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,240 the next morning. But of course, as usual, this 14 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,000 cleaning session will work for anybody because you can clean 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,600 along regardless of whether everything applies to you or 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:58,960 not. Anyway, let's get right into the 17 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,720 episode. One of the most important things 18 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:05,680 to think about the night before you go somewhere is what you and 19 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,840 or your kids are going to wear if you have little ones who 20 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:10,400 aren't lanning their own outfits yet. 21 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:15,400 So the first thing I want you to do in this episode is spend a 22 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,400 few minutes dealing with your laundry. 23 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,160 OK, if you're behind on laundry, you might need to gather up 24 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,120 specific things to include in a load of wash that you and your 25 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,520 family will be wearing tomorrow and then start that load. 26 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,640 Or maybe your family has plenty of clothes to wear, but you need 27 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:35,920 to wash someone's bedding or a load of towels. 28 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,320 These days my teenagers wash their own separate loads and my 29 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:44,160 husband often washes his own load of laundry. 30 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,960 So we kind of break it down by person. 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:50,280 But there was a time when I was just throwing everyone's laundry 32 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,680 in together when the kids were younger. 33 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,000 If you work 40 hours a week, doing laundry on your day off 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,120 may not be ideal. Some of you have written that 35 00:01:59,120 --> 00:02:02,840 you work full time and your house gets messy in between 36 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,400 those deeper cleaning sessions on your way on your days off. 37 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,960 Well, now might be a good time to fold and put away just one 38 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,640 load of clean laundry to free you up for deeper cleaning tasks 39 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:19,440 on your major cleaning day. Doing laundry can in the evening 40 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:24,080 can just be a game changer. But whether you do laundry in 41 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:28,760 the evenings or you're more of once a week, or you still might 42 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:34,120 be living out of a clean laundry basket that you don't want to be 43 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:38,480 digging through in the morning and making more of a mess while 44 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:42,440 getting ready, some of you are making a mess when you're 45 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,360 getting ready in the morning. OK, When you're in a hurry, 46 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:48,800 digging for an article of clothing or or trying things on 47 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:51,760 that are hanging in your closet but are not necessarily your 48 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:53,920 favorite outfits can make a mess. 49 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,960 And I'm sure everyone listening has trashed your bedroom and 50 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:03,240 closet floor while trying on clothes to find that perfect 51 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,560 outfit for a special event. That's pretty normal. 52 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,040 We've all done that. But what's not ideal is doing 53 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,640 that virtually every morning or every morning that you work. 54 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:18,480 I work part time, I work two days a week, and I need to plan 55 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,360 ahead for those days. When you're trying to get out 56 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,840 the door in a hurry is not the time to experiment with 57 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:27,960 different combinations of clothing than you usually wear, 58 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,080 or trying on outfits you haven't tried on in a while. 59 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,160 And this particular problem can be eliminated by laying out one 60 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:39,000 of your tried and true favorite outfits the night before. 61 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:44,120 OK, if I don't plan ahead, those school mornings because I work 62 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,520 at the school where my children attend can be hectic because, 63 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:50,040 you know, one of my teenagers might need me to make him a 64 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:54,360 lunch or, you know, something could come up. 65 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:57,360 For this reason, I like to get dressed long before it's time to 66 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:58,800 leave. I think that's important if 67 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,200 you're also getting kids out the door with you. 68 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:04,680 And I'm not saying you shouldn't have a lot of clothes and 69 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,800 experiment with different combinations. 70 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,440 You know, maybe a capsule wardrobe isn't for you. 71 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,400 I get it. I don't like wearing too many of 72 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:16,800 the same things. I like to plan my wardrobe 73 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,240 around a color scheme, if you heard that episode. 74 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,280 But I also like variety, and I like to experiment with 75 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:26,720 different combinations. But for those two days a week 76 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,840 when I work at the school, I like to plan a tried and true 77 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:33,560 outfit the night before. Because when I don't, I could be 78 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,440 sometimes digging through an overflowing clean laundry basket 79 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,680 or trying things on that don't work out and then creating a 80 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:43,800 mess. The goal is to keep your house 81 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:49,480 clean during the week and not create too much work for 82 00:04:49,480 --> 00:04:53,960 yourself on that deep cleaning day, whether it's a Saturday or 83 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,520 some other weekday. I want to be able to fix up and 84 00:04:57,520 --> 00:05:00,680 I don't want to have to leave the house at the at the last 85 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:02,840 minute. So I try to take the thought out 86 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:05,800 of the outfit by laying it out the night before. 87 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:09,880 And I'm not perfect, but that's what I do on my best days, so to 88 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,160 speak. Whether you have a lot of 89 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,320 clothing or a little planning your specific outfit or just 90 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,960 getting your clean laundry put away is a great way to 91 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,320 streamline your morning and reduce your workload on the 92 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,240 weekend. And I say weekend, but I realize 93 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,640 your main house cleaning day could be on a weekday depending 94 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,400 on your schedule. When my kids were younger and I 95 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:37,280 was at home all day every day, Monday was often my main home 96 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,880 reset day because I needed to deal with the aftermath of the 97 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,040 weekend and start out the week on the right foot. 98 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,240 If you work outside the home, one or more of your days off 99 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:51,560 could be weekdays. Lately I work on my podcast on 100 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:54,400 Monday and Wednesdays, and I work at the school on Tuesdays 101 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,960 and Thursdays, so I tend to do a lot of housework on Fridays. 102 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,040 But if you work outside the home, I recommend doing some 103 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,560 kind of laundry reset each day. And before dinner might be 104 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,080 ideal, to be honest, because after dinner you're going to be 105 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:13,560 cleaning up the dinner mess. OK, So hopefully you've been 106 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,720 doing something to do with laundry, whether you needed to 107 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:20,080 start a load or switch the load from the washer into the dryer, 108 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:24,120 fold and put away some stuff or layout outfits for tomorrow. 109 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,160 Hopefully you've done that. The second key task to complete 110 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,360 at the end of the day, whether it's right after dinner or just 111 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,800 before you go to bed, is washing your dishes. 112 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,840 And some of you are saying you're tired in the evening 113 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:39,640 after a long day and you're more of a morning person. 114 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,480 And I get it, but that closing shift in the kitchen is 115 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,040 something you need to just force yourself to do. 116 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,440 Getting down to dish 0 right now is one of the keys to an easy 117 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:54,520 morning and day tomorrow. And it is non negotiable. 118 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,680 Yes, you heard that right. I go soft on you and other areas 119 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:01,520 because life's hard and everyone's schedules different. 120 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,800 We can do housework in a lot of different ways. 121 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:08,120 But if you get nothing else done that I talked about in this 122 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,760 episode, at least wash your dishes. 123 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,480 And unless you're a night owl, you shouldn't put it off until 124 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:17,720 later this evening. Do it right after cooking if 125 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,400 you're going to let the food have a little standing time 126 00:07:20,400 --> 00:07:23,720 before serving it. I mean, some things are better 127 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:25,600 if you don't serve them up immediately. 128 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:30,160 So during that standing time, wash everything you can. 129 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,080 And then if you're going to transfer that into a different 130 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,760 container for storage, you would just wash that one pan. 131 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,920 And of course, the plates and silverware and glasses that 132 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,160 people used at dinner. Maybe you need to gather some 133 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,880 dishes around the house right now. 134 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,840 You might have coffee mugs or water glasses on your night 135 00:07:50,840 --> 00:07:52,920 stands. Or maybe someone forgot to clear 136 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:56,040 their plate and fork from the dining room table. 137 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:58,840 If you're listening to this, after dinner, if you have 138 00:07:58,840 --> 00:08:01,640 teenagers who are allowed to eat in their bedrooms, be sure to 139 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:04,520 check their rooms too. And if it becomes a problem 140 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:08,320 where they're not bringing things in and rinsing them, at 141 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,240 least they can lose that privilege to eat in their room 142 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,040 for a while so that they know you. 143 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,640 You mean business. You're doing them a favor when 144 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:18,000 you're teaching them to clean up after themselves. 145 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,440 They're going to have to do that regardless of who they live with 146 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:25,480 after they live with you while you're gathering up dishes and 147 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,200 bringing them to the sink. I'd like to remind you that if 148 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,840 you're a stay at home mom, you might even have an afternoon 149 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,880 routine. Because let's face it, if you're 150 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:36,600 home and your kids are home, you're making messes during the 151 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:40,440 day necessitating that afternoon routine. 152 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:44,640 And also, if and for those of you who are working outside the 153 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,560 home or you're just gone all day on certain days for whatever 154 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:52,400 other reason, it's not always realistic to have a morning 155 00:08:52,560 --> 00:08:56,080 housework routine. OK, obviously you're going to 156 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:58,520 have a morning routine, things you do in the morning. 157 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,760 But when it comes to housework, if you're gone all day, the 158 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:08,880 evening routine makes more sense because in the morning you know 159 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:12,800 sometimes. Unless you're just an early 160 00:09:12,800 --> 00:09:15,960 bird. I know someone who is getting up 161 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,600 at 5:00 AM years ago and I just couldn't relate. 162 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:23,040 But I've gotten to a season of life where I wake up early 163 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:29,480 naturally and so now I get it. But when I was in my 30's, the 164 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:33,560 last thing I wanted to do was get up at 5:00 AM and do a bunch 165 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:35,880 of housework before even leaving the house. 166 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,960 But if you need a suggestion for a morning cleaning routine to 167 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:44,600 make your day go smoothly, I do recommend emptying your drying 168 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:48,640 rack and dishwasher, perhaps while you're brewing coffee or 169 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:50,240 making breakfast or making lunches. 170 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:53,720 Whatever you do in the morning, just getting those clean dishes 171 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,040 put away so that you don't have to put those away before washing 172 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:01,320 dishes at the end of the day. That having been said, if you're 173 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:05,200 doing your dinner dishes right now, whether it's right after 174 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,440 dinner or in the evening, I give you permission to just add to 175 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,760 that drying rack. If you don't feel like putting 176 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,000 the stuff away right now, I get it. 177 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:19,400 These evening routines can be difficult, and if they are a 178 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:23,360 challenge for you, you need to simplify it and do less. 179 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:27,000 You've got to do the bare minimum, which involves washing 180 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,000 all your dishes and sanitizing your kitchen surfaces. 181 00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:36,320 If that's all you do during this episode, then great. 182 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,600 I said there are three things, but the most important of those 183 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:44,880 three things is the kitchen. OK, we talked about doing some 184 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:50,160 kind of laundry related task, whether that was washing a load, 185 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,160 folding and putting away a load, or even just laying out your 186 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:56,800 clothes. But right now we're on the 187 00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:00,320 kitchen task, which is the most important of the three. 188 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,600 OK, the last one, something super easy. 189 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:08,720 But even if you don't get to that one, I'm happy because the 190 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,360 kitchen is so crucial. If you could change one thing 191 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:17,240 about your housekeeping routine, just pushing through that after 192 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:21,960 dinner kitchen clean is the most important. 193 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,080 And no judgement here if if you're not doing that yet, maybe 194 00:11:26,080 --> 00:11:29,360 you need to listen to my crawling out of the whole series 195 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,960 for financial supporters. OK, Special thanks to those who 196 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,680 are already supporting the show by unlocking those bonus 197 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:40,080 episodes. But your daily routines are 198 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,920 crucial. Some of you are saying your 199 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:46,960 house falls apart on the days that you work, and I get it. 200 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:54,480 But you've got to try to make time for a few things each day, 201 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,960 OK? And you're not going to 202 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,160 necessarily have time for a morning cleaning session if you 203 00:12:01,160 --> 00:12:04,640 work outside the home. Working from home, you're more 204 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:08,160 likely to empty that drying rack and empty the dishwasher because 205 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,520 you know, you don't have a commute to work and maybe you 206 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,120 don't have to get us fixed up before starting your shift. 207 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,040 That definitely. I've worked from home, so I get 208 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:19,680 that, but I'm talking about those of us who are leaving the 209 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:24,840 house early in the morning. Sometimes we're going to just 210 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:26,920 leave that stuff in the drying rack. 211 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:31,040 OK, is what it is. The first thing I want you to do 212 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,480 once you've gathered up dishes, if you're not already plugging 213 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,200 away on washing those dishes, is to get any difficult items 214 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,200 soaking. Bonus points if you don't have 215 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,040 any difficult items to wash because you're only cleaning up 216 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,240 one meal's worth of dishes and you're doing it immediately 217 00:12:48,240 --> 00:12:52,320 after the meal. For the rest of you, you might 218 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:55,640 have some items with some dried on food. 219 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,800 Maybe you found a plate in someone's bedroom, or maybe 220 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:02,040 people have been dirtying dishes throughout the day. 221 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:06,000 Or maybe you're a mom who left early in the morning, you've 222 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:10,120 been gone all day for work or something else, and you left 223 00:13:10,120 --> 00:13:12,920 some breakfast dishes or a breakfast pan. 224 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:17,200 Let's get those difficult items pre rinsed and soaking and then 225 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,520 we'll wash the easier dishes. And maybe you need to do an 226 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,680 empty reload and run of the dishwasher. 227 00:13:22,680 --> 00:13:26,440 Or maybe you're a hand washer. Again, I give you permission to 228 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,640 pile things onto an existing pile in the drying rack if 229 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,720 you're just exhausted and you're not motivated to put all that 230 00:13:33,720 --> 00:13:36,480 stuff away. Some people get overwhelmed at 231 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,880 the thought of putting away clean dishes. 232 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:44,160 It's a thing when my husband's working in the kitchen and I 233 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:48,280 walk in and offer to help him because we have a different 234 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,360 division of Labor at this stage of life. 235 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,240 He's retired, so he's often doing the dishes I walk in. 236 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,880 He's like, can you put this stuff away? 237 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,320 He's super happy if I empty the drying rack and the dishwasher 238 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,160 because he doesn't mind washing the dishes, but he finds putting 239 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:11,000 away the clean dishes tedious. So if if all of that falls to 240 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,480 you, you might want to break up those tasks in the future. 241 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,600 Which is why I recommend that stay at home moms especially put 242 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,840 away any clean dry dishes first thing in the morning. 243 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,280 But you might be able to do that on a work morning. 244 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,560 The other morning I told myself I was going to put away the 245 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,320 clean dishes before work but then I just kind of lingered 246 00:14:35,320 --> 00:14:38,920 over my coffee and maybe I was primping or something. 247 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:43,200 So I know the struggle in the morning and I get it. 248 00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:48,520 But after pre rinsing your difficult items you might need 249 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:52,120 to just start. Start your first sink load or 250 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:56,200 put everything that fits into the dishwasher in there and then 251 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,400 hand wash the rest of the stuff. Just be working on dishes, 252 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:05,360 whatever that means for you. If you hate scrubbing, which is 253 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:11,160 true of most people, consider that method of dropping a dish 254 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:18,320 dishwashing pod into the sink or into that difficult pot and 255 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:21,200 letting that chemical do some of the work for you. 256 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,360 You could also try using the Don Power wash spray. 257 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,160 The thing with the Don Power Wash spray is that I also like 258 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:32,920 to get liquid dish soap and just be working on your dishes while 259 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,960 I talk. But I also like to get liquid 260 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:40,240 dish soap because I'm one of those people who fills up the 261 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:45,840 sink with dishwater, you know, hot water and dishwashing 262 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:49,680 liquid. My daughter Jessica mainly just 263 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,760 does her dishes under running water, so she loves the Dawn 264 00:15:54,760 --> 00:16:00,040 Power Wash for that reason. For me, the Don Power Wash is 265 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:05,120 just one of my secret weapons for pretreating the dishes to 266 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,520 avoid scrubbing for kids. If you have kids that are 267 00:16:08,520 --> 00:16:11,120 learning to do dishes and you want them to do some kind of 268 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,600 pretreatment, consider like the Don Power Wash. 269 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,280 And none of this is sponsored, but you guys are always saying 270 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,320 that you want more product recommendations. 271 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:23,480 So I try to talk about products. And kids also might find it fun 272 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:26,680 to use like a scrub mommy because it's got that happy face 273 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:31,120 on one side. Kids also like using scrub 274 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:36,160 brushes, sprays, you know, give them all the gadgets. 275 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,280 If you want to teach your kids to do dishes. 276 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,360 Of course, getting just a large container of a generic dish soap 277 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,520 can save money. So I'm not saying that I'm 278 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:48,520 always buying all this fancy stuff. 279 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,960 It just depends if I'm in a frugal mode or not to be honest. 280 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,920 But be working on washing your dishes, whether you're a 281 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:03,560 dishwasher user, hand washer, or a combo washer like me. 282 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,359 Now, if this were a morning or afternoon episode or one of my 283 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:11,920 whole house episodes, I would have you clear all clutter from 284 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,800 your countertop before even washing your dishes. 285 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:18,720 I often have you do that to eliminate visual clutter and so 286 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:20,520 on. But the most important thing 287 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:23,599 before bed is just getting your kitchen sanitized. 288 00:17:24,599 --> 00:17:26,480 I don't even want you to think ahead too much. 289 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,560 I just want you to think I've got to get all these dishes 290 00:17:28,560 --> 00:17:31,360 done. Then once you get them done, 291 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:33,680 we'll talk about what you're going to do next. 292 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:35,840 OK? But we're doing the bare minimum 293 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:41,600 because it's an evening routine. Unless you're a night owl and 294 00:17:41,640 --> 00:17:45,880 you like to just totally detail your kitchen after everyone's 295 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:49,880 gone to bed, you might want to be super minimal with this 296 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,280 evening routine and just get your dishes done and your 297 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:57,440 surfaces sanitized. OK, That's a win if that's all 298 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:01,320 you do during this episode because the evening session is 299 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:06,200 the hardest for most of us because we are tired, OK? 300 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:10,600 And if you struggle with consistently working this 301 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,320 closing shift in your home, you need to simplify it. 302 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:18,880 Maybe you're being too much of A perfectionist and trying to, you 303 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:24,520 know, complete this long To Do List in your kitchen and you're 304 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:28,880 letting perfectionism take over. Now that your difficult items 305 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:34,600 are soaking and you're washing dishes, think about maybe 306 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:39,400 completing that step in the morning of putting away the dry 307 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:43,240 dishes, the dry clean dishes, OK? 308 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,760 And you know, maybe that's right for you. 309 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,560 Maybe getting up a little earlier to put that stuff away 310 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,960 is right for you. Or maybe you're home all day, 311 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:54,040 then it's definitely right for you to put that stuff away in 312 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:55,720 the morning. But no judgement here. 313 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,400 If you have a full dishwasher or a full drying rack and you need 314 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:04,440 to do those steps right now, OK? I just tend to kind of add to 315 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,520 the pile if I'm washing dishes after dinner because it's 316 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:11,800 something I'm pushing through. OK, The other night I was 317 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,160 thinking about, I was thinking about the show. 318 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,040 I had cooked dinner, I was cleaning while cooking. 319 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,560 You know how you can clean certain things that you're done 320 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,560 with? And then there's also that after 321 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,360 dinner clean where you're washing the actual dishes people 322 00:19:28,360 --> 00:19:31,440 ate off of and putting away leftovers and then washing the 323 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:35,960 pan you cooked in. And I remember thinking, I need 324 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,640 to tell people that this is something that you just push 325 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:42,840 through because I didn't particularly feel like doing it. 326 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:46,120 And I'll be honest, I was playing a little bit of dish 327 00:19:46,120 --> 00:19:51,240 Jenga and piling stuff on top of an already full drying rack. 328 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:56,200 I just was because I had had a long day and cooked dinner and I 329 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,840 was cleaning up afterwards, so I wasn't going to be too hard on 330 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:00,200 myself. By the way, you need to be 331 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:03,960 strategic in how you place things in the dishwasher so that 332 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,360 it doesn't keep the moving parts from moving. 333 00:20:06,360 --> 00:20:09,200 And if you have kids that help you, they need to be trained on 334 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:14,480 this, OK, They need to be taught that some things aren't going to 335 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,760 fit in the dishwasher. And you might even need to make 336 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,280 a rule. And this doesn't apply to every 337 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,520 one of you. Some of you you don't have kids, 338 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,680 or your kids are grown, or your kids are babies. 339 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:30,280 But I'm talking to people right now who have school aged kids. 340 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:36,480 Sometimes you need to make a rule that they need to wash the 341 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:41,520 pots and pans by hand because they're not strategic and how 342 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:43,600 they position everything in the dishwasher. 343 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,640 Often I'll just say put all the small stuff in the dishwasher 344 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,840 and then hand wash this pot in this pan. 345 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:54,280 Sometimes it's about making general rules and sometimes it's 346 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,320 just about telling them what to do right before the session. 347 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:03,160 Like, hey, just leave this cast iron pan for me to wash and I 348 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,400 want you to wash everything else and it should all fit in the 349 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:08,800 dishwasher. You know, assess the situation, 350 00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:12,040 tell them what they're going to do that might be ideal or maybe 351 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,840 just having general rules that they follow. 352 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,520 It is ideal. But kids obviously need 353 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,760 instruction and then you need to check behind them because you 354 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:25,560 can only expect what you inspect when it comes to kids or 355 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,360 managing employees for that matter. 356 00:21:27,640 --> 00:21:32,040 OK, My husband's the one who told me that about the kids, but 357 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:37,880 it was something that his boss told him, you know, with regard 358 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,160 to managing employees because my husband was a manager for many 359 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:45,200 years. Hopefully by now you've I at 360 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:47,400 least washed some of the easy stuff. 361 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:50,680 You've loaded the dishwasher or you've hand washed some easy 362 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,080 items. The closing shift isn't supposed 363 00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:57,480 to take long, but if it does, you might need to work on 364 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,280 cleaning as you go more while you're cooking. 365 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,200 I mean, the other night I made something kind of messy. 366 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,160 I made chicken Curry. And I don't even know if I'm 367 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:10,000 pronouncing this right and I'm not claiming my Indian foods 368 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:15,560 authentic or anything, but none. I made that flatbread and I got 369 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,440 flour everywhere and I was getting flour fingerprints 370 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:22,360 around. But once I got those pieces of 371 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:26,440 flatbread into the skillet, you know, while those would cook, I 372 00:22:26,440 --> 00:22:29,880 was, I was cleaning up the flour, I was wiping it up, I was 373 00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:34,680 cleaning up after myself. You've got to be conscious of 374 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,000 that. Even if you're like me and 375 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:41,040 you're a little bit of a messy cook, you've got to use those 376 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:45,200 moments when you're waiting for something to cook to clean. 377 00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,440 You've got to clean as you go. And don't tell me you're too 378 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,600 lazy to clean as you go because it's harder to just keep making 379 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,680 a mess and then clean afterward. You've got it. 380 00:22:54,680 --> 00:23:00,520 You've got to realize that hopefully by now you've washed 381 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:05,080 the easy stuff. Like I said, maybe you've got a 382 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:09,600 few difficult items to scrub that have maybe been soaking for 383 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:13,280 a while. Just keep plugging away at those 384 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,080 dishes and if you still have them. 385 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:20,040 And then once your dishes are done, the natural next step is 386 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:24,200 to start spraying and wiping down your kitchen surfaces that 387 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:29,480 need it, like your food prep area, your stove top, your table 388 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,120 and high chair. If you have little ones. 389 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,360 The closing shift is one time where I don't mind cleaning 390 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:40,240 around things a little bit. I might put my seasonings in the 391 00:23:40,240 --> 00:23:44,560 spice cabinet, but I might leave a few random items out on the 392 00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,200 counter. OK, this is not a deep clean. 393 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:54,000 This is about sanitizing those surfaces that got dirtied up 394 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:58,160 during food prep. OK, I typically use the Myers 395 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,160 spray or another multi purpose spray on the counters. 396 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:05,000 But you can also just clean your countertops with liquid dish 397 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,520 soap and a damp rag. Maybe there's dried on stuff 398 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,960 where you need something abrasive like maybe a scrub 399 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:16,040 mommy sponge or a Scotch brite sponge or scrub brush. 400 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,560 Maybe you need to scrub a little bit before you wipe. 401 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:22,480 You might also need to spot sweep your kitchen and floor, 402 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:25,920 maybe in the food prep area or under and around the table. 403 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,680 Remember, this is not a deep clean session. 404 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,040 You know, maybe there's that weekly deep cleaning day where 405 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,880 you sweep and mop your kitchen floor. 406 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:37,560 This is not that day, But we are just getting your kitchen 407 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:40,960 sanitary before bed. We don't want to track pests. 408 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:46,880 We don't want you to walk on gritty debris in the morning or 409 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:52,080 step on something sticky. But if you do too much tonight, 410 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:56,360 you might feel burnt out on cleaning tomorrow, or you might 411 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:59,960 be tempted to skip the next closing shift because you see it 412 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:03,440 as a time consuming task. You think, man, I don't want to 413 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,200 do all that. Keep in mind that this is just a 414 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,360 generalization that may not apply to you. 415 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,680 Again, some people are night owls and don't mind the closing 416 00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,160 shift, OK? And maybe you're one of them. 417 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,560 Maybe you're detailing your kitchen right now after 418 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,480 everyone's asleep, and it's therapeutic for you. 419 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:26,960 Or maybe you're like me and you want to become a person who 420 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:29,840 enjoys that evening shift a little bit more. 421 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,440 But I'm not going to do it late at night. 422 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,840 And I never thought I would say I'm a morning person, but I am 423 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,400 now. Trust me, it might happen to you 424 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,000 as you get older and you might be up with the chickens in the 425 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,200 morning. And I think even when I was kind 426 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:44,680 of a night owl, I disliked cleaning at night. 427 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:50,200 So for those of us who do dislike doing the housework at 428 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:56,160 night, we've got to keep the closing routine simple, OK, 429 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,120 Different rules apply at night. Remember I said sometimes I'm 430 00:26:00,120 --> 00:26:02,960 playing dish Django a little bit at night, and I always tell 431 00:26:02,960 --> 00:26:05,360 myself, I'm going to put away these clean dishes in the 432 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:08,080 morning. I might do it, I might not. 433 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:12,160 But a stack of clean dishes is far better than a stack of dirty 434 00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,400 ones. And you know, maybe you can 435 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,440 delegate putting away the clean dishes to a kid, just like my 436 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,080 husband often delegates it to me when he's washing dishes. 437 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,320 Not everybody minds putting away clean stuff. 438 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:30,400 It's not that big of a deal. I just want you to keep your 439 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,320 cleaning sessions short. If it seems daunting to you, the 440 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,200 next step after doing dishes is spraying and wiping down your 441 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,960 upper kitchen surfaces. I've already talked about it a 442 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,560 little bit, but you know, maybe, maybe you need to wipe down your 443 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:48,120 cabinets. I tend to touch the cabinets 444 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,920 with flour on my hands, you know, at times. 445 00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:55,640 So maybe you need to wipe down your cabinets, your appliances, 446 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:59,080 your countertop, your stove top, your empty sink. 447 00:26:59,120 --> 00:27:03,120 And this might sound like a lot, but it only takes a couple 448 00:27:03,120 --> 00:27:06,400 minutes. OK, spraying and wiping down 449 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:09,480 these surfaces quickly is the easiest part. 450 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,680 Getting your dishes done was the hurdle, and by now you've 451 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:16,760 probably gotten that done and built up some momentum by 452 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:19,680 completing that important springboard task. 453 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:24,520 But if for some reason you were facing a dish master, that's OK. 454 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,240 Just keep plugging away at those dishes. 455 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,920 It's the most important thing you can do in your house before 456 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,400 bed. Some of you have a baby or a 457 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:38,080 toddler and you've got a high chair to clean, or you have a 458 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,680 formal dining room that's in another room and you need to go 459 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,960 in there and wipe down that table. 460 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:49,880 Definitely prioritize getting down to dish 0 and sanitizing 461 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:53,640 your kitchen and dining room surfaces. 462 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,600 OK? And you might even need to sweep 463 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,320 and mop if your floor is covered in crumbs or it's sticky. 464 00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:06,240 But for a closing shift that you feel like you're doing under 465 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:09,440 duress and you're just pushing through it, maybe just spot 466 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,800 clean your floor. Spot sweep the food preparation 467 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:18,240 area or under the table, and clean any sticky spots with a 468 00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:22,760 rag while you listen to some commercials that help pay the 469 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:24,880 bills. Yes, I'm asking you to let those 470 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:32,920 ads play while you work. Some of you just need to finish 471 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:37,160 the kitchen before you get your kids ready for bed, or plop down 472 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:41,120 and watch a movie with your husband, Whatever the rest of 473 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,600 your or whatever the rest of your evening routine involves. 474 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:48,680 We all have different divisions of Labor and are in different 475 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:53,160 seasons of life, But there's probably something you're 476 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:57,320 looking forward to doing after doing the dishes and quickly 477 00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:03,320 sanitizing your kitchen. And if you can get in the habit 478 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,040 of doing the dishes and wiping your kitchen and dining surfaces 479 00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:11,600 each night, that's a win. Even if that's all you do as far 480 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,400 as housework in the evening. Especially if you're a stay at 481 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,720 home mom. And you can worry about other 482 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,760 things at other times of day. But whether you're a stay at 483 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,440 home mom or not, you've got to do your dishes before bed. 484 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,760 And if you've already finished that crucial step, you have time 485 00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:29,200 to do a quick straighten somewhere in your home. 486 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,960 OK, I'm talking to those of you who are done with your dishes. 487 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,200 This this could be your front entrance and main living area. 488 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,920 Or if those areas are already tidy, you might want to use this 489 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:44,440 time to pick up a messy bedroom or bathroom. 490 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,840 Just whatever room's bothering you because you know it's a 491 00:29:46,840 --> 00:29:50,880 mess. Just reset whichever area of 492 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,640 your home needs it. You will be amazed at how much 493 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,040 you can pick up at about 5 minutes. 494 00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:01,640 OK, so let's do that crucial tidying somewhere. 495 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,920 If your house is already tidy, you could always start getting 496 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:07,880 things ready for tomorrow morning. 497 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,840 Hopefully you're already laid out your clothes and the kids 498 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,680 clothes if you have little ones, because you don't want to be 499 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,640 scrambling to wash something or digging through a clean laundry 500 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,480 pile to find socks. But if you keep listening to 501 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,880 this show, you'll soon have organized drawers and closets 502 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,640 full of clean clothes. Because I plan to do an episode 503 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,960 about that soon. As part of my crawling out of 504 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,200 the whole series for financial supporters. 505 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,280 I've already made two of the episodes. 506 00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:44,320 I'm super excited about the series because sometimes you 507 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:49,120 just need to hit the reset button and kind of do a low 508 00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:53,800 impact house cleaning session each day until you're back on 509 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:55,720 track. That's what the crawling out of 510 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,240 the whole series is all about. And there's going to be a 511 00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,840 laundry episode. 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Please keep that open. 537 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,040 Another way to help me out without paying for a 538 00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:33,520 subscription is to subscribe to Clean With Me podcast on YouTube 539 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,360 and consider playing the episode there. 540 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:40,320 I'm not very big on YouTube. I need more followers and 541 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,480 viewers there. I'm talking to those of you who 542 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:45,240 don't have a paid subscription. If you're paying to support the 543 00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,040 show, you're already doing enough. 544 00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,560 But starting today, the YouTube versions will be videos instead 545 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,080 of just audiograms. Those who've already been 546 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:57,000 listening to those audiograms on YouTube know what I'm talking 547 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,680 about because they can see me now, whereas they used to just 548 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:05,480 see a static image with some little squiggly sound waves. 549 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,920 Anyway, another thing you might want to do to prepare yourself 550 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:12,440 for tomorrow is take inventory and make sure you have 551 00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:15,440 everything you need for your coffee or other morning 552 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:19,280 beverage, maybe a breakfast on the go and any lunches you'll 553 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:23,040 need to pack. I don't eat breakfast on work 554 00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:26,920 mornings. I just make myself a coffee and 555 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:30,320 then I pack a Greek yogurt in addition to whatever I'm 556 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:34,320 bringing for lunch and I eat the yogurt at my desk at work as a 557 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:38,160 mid morning snack. I'm going to talk more about 558 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:42,080 what to eat for productivity in the next bonus episode because I 559 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,880 think some of you would be more productive if you just made a 560 00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:50,280 few simple tweaks to your diet. And no, I'm not talking about 561 00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,400 diet as in the D word that some of you don't want me to talk 562 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,640 about. I'm talking about eating in a 563 00:33:57,640 --> 00:34:00,720 way that gives you more energy. Some of you need protein in the 564 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,280 morning. Some of you need to cut back on 565 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,520 sugar in the morning and you'll feel a lot better. 566 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,600 But we'll get into that in another episode. 567 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:11,120 Anyway. If you're like me, you don't 568 00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:15,040 love going to the store at night, but taking inventory now 569 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,280 will allow you to make plans to leave early and pick something 570 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,040 up in the morning before your commute or whatever if you need 571 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,719 to. Once in a while I take my kids 572 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,000 to Sonic on the way to school if we've just run out of lunch 573 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,920 ingredients or something. You could also get a head start 574 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,239 on tomorrow's dinner by moving some meat from the freezer to 575 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:36,159 the fridge. Another thing you might want to 576 00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:41,040 do is check to make sure your keys and your work lanyard are 577 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:45,040 in the key basket by the front door and start packing your tote 578 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:48,560 bag. You could also put your toddler 579 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,480 shoes by the front door or your preschooler shoes by the front 580 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,040 door if they tend to carry them off and leave them in random 581 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:58,920 places. There was a season of life where 582 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:06,720 I had a little coat hook and a shoe basket and I was a stay at 583 00:35:06,720 --> 00:35:09,400 home mom, but I wanted to be able to get out the house 584 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,960 quicker, out of the house quicker when I went somewhere. 585 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,800 It's probably time for you to relax with your family and get 586 00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,080 ready for bed. So I'll end the episode here. 587 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,440 Don't forget to do a quick laundry switch before bed 588 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:28,440 tonight if you started a load earlier and set an alarm on your 589 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:32,240 phone if you have to. I know you're tired, but I'm 590 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:35,160 sure you have the energy to get up and do that laundry switch 591 00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,800 before you go to sleep. Anyway, thank you so much for 592 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,920 listening. I appreciate each and everyone 593 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:42,280 of you. And as always, happy cleaning. 594 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,240 I'll talk to you in the next episode.