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If you've ever gotten a call 
that an unexpected guest was 15 

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minutes away from your house and
they had kind of caught you at a

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bad time so you had to spring 
into action and clean your 

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house, then you've done this 
kind of home reset. 

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In today's episode. 
We're not going to wash dishes 

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or anything, but we're going to 
get your house presentable fast.

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And then I'm going to tell you 
about a new series where you can

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get your whole house clean. 
So let's get right in to this 

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episode. 
The first thing I want you to do

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is get your house smelling 
fresh. 

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Maybe you need to light us in 
the candle, or turn on your wax 

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warmer, or even open some 
windows and take the trash out. 

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Just spend the next minute or so
doing something to get your 

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house smelling fresh because you
don't want to wait until right 

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before the company arrives to 
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You want to let it permeate. 
And even if you're not expecting

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company, which you probably 
aren't, having a nice fresh 

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smelling home will help boost 
your spirits. 

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You also might want to open your
front blinds or curtains and let

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some natural light in so that 
you'll see if any dusting is 

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needed. 
We're not going to obsess on 

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dusting, but we're just doing 
kind of the bare minimum to get 

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your home presentable fast. 
Once your house is smelling 

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fresh, the next thing you're 
going to do is just a 5 minute 

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pickup. 
Okay, I'm talking about your 

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front entrance and your main 
living area where your where a 

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guest would sit either your 
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maybe the hallway that leads 
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If you don't have like a front 
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front of your house, the name 
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So you're going to spend the 
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Obviously the most egregious 
problems are any items on the 

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floor. 
You're going to pick up the 

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floor, then you're going to 
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straighten those cushions and 
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And of course you're going to 
clear off any clutter from your 

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coffee table in table and so on.
OK, but often it's just a few 

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things on the floor and 
straightening those couch 

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cushions if you do have some 
extra time because maybe your 

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front room and entryway is 
perpetually clean. 

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Of course you could head to any 
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For example, when I'm expecting 
company, I always clear off my 

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kitchen island. 
That's the area in our home 

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where people tend to just plot 
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That's also the work surface 
where we put our large cutting 

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board and do our prep work in 
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So when I'm pressed for time, I 
will move everything off of the 

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island to a different countertop
that cannot be viewed from the 

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front door. 
And you may be saying, Ronnie, 

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I'm not expecting company right 
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Why are we doing this? 
Think of this as a training 

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exercise to show you how quickly
you can get your house looking 

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presentable. 
This is also going to give you a

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quick win, and then you can 
continue on to some deeper 

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cleaning tasks. 
Yes, I'm going to recommend that

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you do your dishes and clean the
kitchen after this episode, but 

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right now we're just getting 
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Just that surface level cleaning
in those first impression areas.

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We're going to spend just a few 
more minutes in your main living

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area or front entrance. 
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guests, check your front porch 
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Sometimes there's some glaring 
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For example, we live in a super 
windy area and leaves will just 

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pile up right at our front door 
where people would step in those

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leaves before coming in. 
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rake those or sweep those away. 
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you are not cleaning for guests.
I just wanted to explain to you 

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kind of the thinking behind this
type of of home reset and the 

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fact that it focuses on those 
first impression high visibility

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areas. 
And this could also be something

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you might do if maybe time 
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spouse is on their way home and 
you want to make a good 

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impression. 
OK, yes, I have an episode on 

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cleaning for yourself instead of
your spouse. 

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But sometimes, let's face it, we
realize our spouse is about to 

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get home and we want them to 
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No, that shouldn't be your 
primary motivation for cleaning.

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It's got to come from within, 
and you're not always going to 

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get recognition from someone 
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So you want to become a type of 
person who cares how your house 

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looks, not just when someone's 
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Again, I just mentioned company 
to explain kind of what we're 

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going to focus on. 
Because if you thought you were 

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going to reset your whole house 
in 15 minutes, you're wrong. 

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OK? 
It takes longer than that. 

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By the way, I just made an 
episode called Whole House Reset

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for subscribers. 
So if you subscribe on Apple, 

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Spotify or Patreon, you'll have 
access to that Whole House 

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episode which will have your 
whole house looking presentable 

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at once. 
Hopefully by now you've gotten 

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that front room and entryway 
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Let's move on to your kitchen. 
We're not going to clean the 

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kitchen. 
We're not even going to go 

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gather up dirty dishes from the 
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OK? 
Right now we're just focusing on

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those first impression areas. 
So what you're going to do is 

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consolidate the dishes to the 
sink area if they're spread 

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around the kitchen or you know, 
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Basically, get those dishes into
the sink and maybe get any 

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difficult items soaking, but 
have them soaking down in the 

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sink. 
I want you to have that quick 

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win of feeling like your whole 
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So a lot of times I tell you to 
set a pot that's soaking next to

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the sink. 
No, we're going to get 

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everything down into the sink, 
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And then if there's any area of 
your kitchen that can be seen 

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from your front door or your 
main living area, let's focus on

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that section of countertop and 
get that cleared off, even if it

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means just moving the stuff to 
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Better yet, put things away 
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But we're only going to be 
working on this segment for a 

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few more minutes. 
OK, Maybe there's some kind of a

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glaring problem in your kitchen.
A pot of chili that you left on 

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the stove from last night. 
You don't want someone to walk 

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in and ask you, oh, it smells 
good in here, what are you 

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cooking? 
Only to find out that that's the

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smell of a dirty pot that you 
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Something like that definitely 
needs to get pre rinsed, filled 

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up with hot soapy water. 
By the way, in a lot of episodes

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I tell you guys to use the the 
cascade platinum pods as a 

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secret weapon when you have like
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But I recently found out that it
can be dangerous to pull them 

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apart when they get stuck 
together because of how alkaline

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it is or something it can get in
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It's never happened to me, but I
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that out there. 
This is not sponsored or 

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anything obviously, but I do 
like, I do like dropping those 

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pods in to a difficult item to 
kind of to kind of supercharge 

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that soaking session. 
And the way I keep them from 

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sticking together because I 
already didn't want them to 

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stick together and like come 
apart is I, I buy the bigger 

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boxes of them. 
They come in a nice plastic box 

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when you buy a larger number of 
the pods and then it's in kind 

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of a waterproof container. 
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keeping them in the little bags,
sometimes the bags tipped over 

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and the pods ended up falling 
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So even when I want to buy a 
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you know, money is tighter, 
whatever, I, I always keep that 

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box and then pour them into the 
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So just a little safety tip 
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Don't have your kids working 
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They can be a little bit 
dangerous if they burst open 

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while you're handling them. 
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you've consolidated any mess in 
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The next thing I want you to do 
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You're probably going to need a 
few cleaning products. 

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I'm talking maybe a glass and 
surface cleaner and a micro 

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fiber cloth and some paper 
towels because this is not a 

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disinfecting session or 
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This is just a quick bathroom 
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When I'm doing a bathroom touch 
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bottom third of the mirror 
because that's where those water

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spots spots are from the 
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You know, you don't always have 
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especially when you're doing a 
quick touch up just to get your 

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bathroom company ready. 
So you're going to focus on 

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spraying and wiping down the 
bottom part of your mirror, your

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faucet, your sink area. 
You're going to grab any clutter

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that doesn't belong on your 
bathroom vanity area and stash 

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that away. 
You're going to wipe the toilet 

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seat and the rim. 
I do appreciate those of you who

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are listening on Spotify and you
keep the video open because that

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does help me when you don't 
minimize the video. 

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But of course I want you to be 
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OK, so like I mentioned, you're 
going to clean the seat and also

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the rim because, you know, men 
lift that seat and they're going

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to see if that room is clean or 
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So let's do that quick touch up 
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And of course, you know, like I 
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area. 
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attention to the bathroom 
blower, pick up any towels, 

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stray laundry, anything like 
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If it's a small bathroom, you 
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surface spray to quickly spray 
and wipe down that bathroom 

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floor. 
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go that far right now. 
If, especially if you've been 

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listening to my show and you're 
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regular basis, you mainly just 
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quick bathroom rescue. 
OK, the last step is to check 

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for any areas in your living, 
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that need dusting, any just 
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Sometimes you know you want to 
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tiny bit of water on it and just
dust your TV screen because that

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might be a focal point for your 
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OK, but what's going to have the
most impact, because I know you 

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dust probably on a regular 
basis, is to quickly vacuum your

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front entrance, your main living
area, and any hallway they might

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see. 
Obviously I don't know the floor

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plan of your house, but when I'm
expecting guests, I vacuum my 

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living room, entryway, and 
hallway because I've got just 

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one hallway and if my kitchen 
island is cleared off, they're 

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not going to see any mess in the
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OK, I realize you might have a 
different layout so your 

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priorities are slightly 
different, but I kind of created

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this session with my own house 
in mind because everything I 

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just mentioned is literally what
I do when I'm doing an emergency

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15 minute home reset for 
whatever reason. 

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OK, you fill in the blanks 
there. 

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While you're vacuuming, I want 
to tell you about my upcoming 

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series, Crawling Out of the 
Hole, which is a six day 

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recovery plan for those of you 
who are struggling with either 

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getting your house clean or 
keeping it clean, that series is

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for you if you want to get your 
whole house clean in the course 

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of a week. 
But if you feel like you can get

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it clean in an hour, the Whole 
house Reset for subscribers is 

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for you. 
You can unlock both these longer

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whole house sessions and these 
crawling out of the whole 

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sessions that focus on just one 
area for like 40 minutes by 

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subscribing to bonus content. 
For a very small monthly fee, 

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you can unlock these longer 
episodes and get on the full 

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program and get your whole house
presentable. 

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And if you're listening on 
Spotify or Apple Podcasts, these

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episodes are already being 
advertised to you. 

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You can also access them through
a Patreon subscription. 

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And I'll put all the links in 
the description of this episode.

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And I realize your house might 
be bigger than mine and you 

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might need a little bit more 
time to vacuum these key areas. 

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And if your guest or your spouse
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encourage you to go ahead and 
tackle the dishes after you've 

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vacuumed and wipe down those 
kitchen surfaces and maybe even 

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sweep or mop your kitchen floor.
Most of my episodes do cover the

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kitchen toward the beginning of 
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But again, to be on my full 
program, you need to subscribe. 

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But just listening to these 
three episodes helps me too. 

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So I appreciate each and every 
one of you. 

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And as always, happy cleaning. 
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