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I'm Ronnie and you're listening 
to Clean with Me, the podcast 

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where I walk you through 
cleaning your house step by 

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step. 
Thanks for joining me. 

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In today's episode, I'm going to
talk you through 15 straight 

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minutes of picking up your 
house. 

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Let's get right into the 
episode. 

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If you need to freshen up for 
the day or start some laundry or

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start some dishes, please pause 
the episode because this 

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cleaning session is only about 
picking up and I want you to do 

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it for the entire 15 minutes. 
Start at your front door and 

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start picking up in that 
immediate entrance area. 

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You may not have anything on the
floor of your entryway, but you 

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may have a piece of furniture in
the entryway with some clutter 

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on it. 
For me, that piece of furniture 

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is a piano. 
For you, it could be a shelf 

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unit or something else, and 
maybe your entryway is kind of a

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dedicated for your area or maybe
it's part of your living room. 

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Whatever that front room is, 
that's where I want you to 

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start. 
Now. 

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If you have a two-story, you 
might want to place some items 

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at the bottom of the stairs so 
that you aren't going up and 

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down the stairs during this 
pickup session. 

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But for those of you with A1 
Story Home, you might want to 

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just grab up two or three items,
take them to the room where they

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belong, and come right back. 
I have some lists here of items 

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that might be in each room. 
I didn't make the list. 

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I don't necessarily have all 
these items, but I like to use 

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some outside materials at times 
so that I mentioned things that 

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might not necessarily apply to 
me. 

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Maybe you have an issue with 
coats and jackets. 

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I know it's summertime, but for 
all I know you could have a coat

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hook with way too many coats on 
it. 

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Time flies sometimes and things 
carry over from one season to 

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the next. 
So if you have an issue with 

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coats or jackets that need to be
put away, now is the time. 

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You might also have a similar 
issue with shoes by the front 

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door. 
What is your system for shoes by

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the front door? 
I get the fact that some people 

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like to take off their shoes 
when they first come in, but if 

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you do keep shoes by the front 
door, you may want to consider 

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making that more visually 
appealing, and that starts with 

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keeping fewer shoes right there.
OK? 

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Over time you might have several
pairs of shoes by your front 

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door, when really you just need 
one or two pairs ready, if if 

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that's even a thing. 
I keep my shoes in my closet, 

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and if they're not in my closet,
they're usually in the bedroom 

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floor, but I don't keep them by 
the front door. 

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No judgement here if you do, I'm
just saying you might have some 

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excess shoes to put away. 
The system I like for people who

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do want to keep shoes at the 
front door is to have some type 

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of a bench where the shoes can 
go underneath that bench out of 

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sight. 
And then if you've been 

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listening to the show for a 
while, you know that I used to 

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have a shoe basket when my kids 
were little, but there was a 

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little alcove that couldn't be 
seen from the front door, even 

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though it was near the front 
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And I had a shoe basket there 
and a little coat hook there. 

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It allowed me to get the kids 
sweaters and shoes ready so that

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we could get out the door in a 
hurry when I had little ones. 

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But I still wanted my entryway 
to look visually appealing. 

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Be picking up while I talk. 
Even though some of these items 

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are not necessarily going to 
apply to you, you can just give 

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yourself a pat on the back if 
you don't have one of the issues

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I mentioned. 
If you do, you take care of it. 

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If not, just declutter something
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Book bags, purses. 
Some of you, your kids have 

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already gone back to school. 
I was surprised to find out that

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some schools even start in July.
So maybe you need a system for 

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book bags or backpacks. 
I know some families have little

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cubbies and cubbies don't 
necessarily have to look like 

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what you would see in a school 
or preschool. 

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It's OK if they do. 
That's the image that sometimes 

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comes to mind. 
But I've seen people with nice 

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looking wooden cubicles painted 
white, and that's where their 

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kids put their backpacks to get 
them ready to head out the door 

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for school. 
So that's something to consider 

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while you're straightening 
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Athletic gear is another thing 
that might fit into a cubby, 

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depending on what it is. 
Umbrellas. 

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If you live in an area where it 
rains a lot, you might need a 

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place for umbrellas by your 
front door. 

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I've seen containers where 
people get umbrellas. 

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Some people like to keep a 
Louisville Slugger in that 

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container just for security 
reasons, self-defense reasons 

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and you want that contained be 
picking up your entryway and or 

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front room while I talk. 
Another important thing is your 

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keys. 
Do you have a key rack? 

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Some of you need a key rack 
hanging on the wall to make sure

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that your keys are out of reach 
of toddlers so that they don't 

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get misplaced. 
But maybe you have a tall piece 

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of furniture where you can just 
put a little bowl or tray of 

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some kind and then just get in 
the habit of placing your keys 

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there. 
Maybe you keep your keys in your

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purse. 
If that's the case, put your 

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purse somewhere and you may be 
thinking, oh, I, I take my purse

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all over the house because I 
keep my makeup in there and this

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and that. 
I encourage you over time to 

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have another place to do your 
makeup and another set of 

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makeup. 
It's a personal preference, of 

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course. 
I like to have some makeup in my

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bathroom drawer and then also in
my purse for getting ready on 

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the go when someone else is 
driving, of course, and then the

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third place is at my desk. 
And these don't have to be two 

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or three complete sets of 
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Maybe you put on fewer products 
when you're in the car versus 

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when you're at your vanity or 
desk versus when you're in the 

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bathroom. 
But having different makeup that

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you use at home versus what you 
keep in your purse allows you to

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keep your purse in the same 
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If you do want to move your 
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throughout the day, I recommend 
carrying a larger one. 

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I have found that whenever I 
downsize to a tiny purse, it 

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gets misplaced. 
So just a thought there. 

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Basically the piano bench is my 
launchpad. 

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If I have a package I'm going to
mail, it's on the back of the 

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piano and I'm I'm mentioning my 
piano. 

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I realize not everybody has a 
piano right by their front door,

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but you've got a launchpad of 
sorts, I would assume. 

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So for me, when I'm getting 
ready, I like to put things 

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there. 
I do it before I'm completely 

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ready because my thinking on 
getting out the door faster is 

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the most important thing is that
I have my purse, my keys, and 

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whatever else I need to bring 
with me, whether that's a lunch,

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a tote bag, a package I'm going 
to be mailing. 

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So I get those items ready and 
then I go back to primping or 

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whatever. 
When I was a teenager I hated 

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that word when my parents would 
be like stop pramping. 

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I'd be like, I'm not pramping 
but I probably was pramping by 

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now. 
Your immediate front entrance is

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clear and possibly your living 
room, but you may still need to 

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pick up the living room floor 
and straighten those couch 

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cushions. 
You'd be surprised how quickly 

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this can go if you just keep 
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Don't forget to clear the items 
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coffee table. 
And I realize you might need to 

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do some decluttering in the 
drawers that you have in your 

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living room, but if you're 
overwhelmed with surface 

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clutter, today might not be the 
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For example, I have a pop up 
coffee table that is just great.

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It allows us to eat at the couch
and still have a table for our 

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food. 
And I, I like it for having 

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company and it's, it's just a 
really nice piece of furniture 

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to have and it has storage 
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But of course, when I'm popping 
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don't want a lot of clutter 
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So I do clear the inside of that
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And when I do, I also clear out 
the drawer of an end table and 

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the drawer of the drawers, 
plural of my TV stand. 

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But this might be just a surface
pick up for you. 

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And I want us to get to the 
whole house, so I'm only going 

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to give you about another 
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In your living room or front 
room, maybe you have a throw 

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blanket that needs to be either 
folded up or laid over the back 

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of the couch. 
Maybe you have coasters that 

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need to be stacked a certain 
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Maybe you have shoes to put away
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I don't know if you're listening
to this in the summer, just 

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because I'm recording it in the 
summer. 

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So I'm still mentioning things 
like jackets and sweaters. 

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What about chargers? 
Something that I liked that I 

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noticed that my sister does is 
she has phone chargers in 

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different rooms of the house 
rather than just moving the same

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charger from room to room. 
This seems so convenient to me. 

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You're visiting her and there's 
just an iPhone charger for your 

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convenience right where you're 
sitting on the couch. 

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Maybe when people have a lot of 
chargers, they don't wear out as

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quickly and it seems like no 
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the one that comes with your 
phone. 

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Those are always better. 
But maybe you have some chargers

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that don't be long in your 
living areas and you need to put

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those away. 
Some of you have a pizza box on 

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the coffee table and you need to
walk outside and throw that away

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because it's too bulky to go in 
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Let's continue on to the next 
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Of course, pause the episode if 
you need more time, but this is 

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a quick pickup and hopefully 
you're just quickly moving 

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through your house. 
It's going to be so nice to have

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it all picked up so that you can
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After this episode, you might 
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I don't know the floor plan of 
your house, but you might have a

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hallway that connects your two 
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Or if you're like me, you just 
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hallway that heads back toward 
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You probably don't have a lot to
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The thing that I constantly have
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straighten a little rug. 
And the purpose of this 

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particular rug is to cover a 
cord to keep people from 

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tripping over a cord. 
It's I guess an Ethernet thing 

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to improve my son's gaming 
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Some of you may have a runner in
the hallway that needs to be 

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straightened or shaken out. 
Maybe you vacuum over it. 

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I do need to replace. 
Speaking of little rugs, while 

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you're picking up your, your 
common areas, your outer areas, 

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I do need to replace some of my 
little accent rugs that I use 

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for various purposes because 
once they get loose strings, 

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then I worry about those getting
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Those have to be replaced. 
Another reason I use little rugs

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is where the carpet meets the 
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Sometimes it starts to wear out 
and I put a little rug there to 

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kind of protect that edge. 
Something I learned from my mom,

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if there's a tear in your 
carpet, you get a little accent 

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rug and you use that to cover 
that bad spot. 

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By now you've picked up your 
front entrance, your main living

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area or front room, a hallway, 
possibly a family room if you 

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have two living areas. 
Of course. 

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Straighten the couch cushions, 
clear the floor, clear the end 

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table, clear the coffee table, 
all the things. 

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But a lot of you are ready to go
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Make sure there's no clutter on 
your kitchen floor. 

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And as part of the pickup, I 
want you to move any dirty 

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dishes over to the sink area. 
Either place them in the sink or

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next to the sink. 
I like to put my glasses next to

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the sink and put the other items
in the sink. 

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OK, maybe you're clearing off a 
kitchen table or dining room 

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table. 
Maybe you need to quickly gather

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dishes from around the house and
get them to the sink area. 

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Or maybe all of your work is in 
the kitchen and you just need to

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kind of consolidate the mess and
get those dishes over to the 

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sink so that your kitchen looks 
generally tidy even before you 

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start to wash your dishes. 
After this episode. 

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It just does something positive 
psychologically when you 

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consolidate the mess and you 
make a room look less visually 

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overwhelming. 
I mean, it takes very little 

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effort to clear some clutter off
of your kitchen countertops, put

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the seasonings away, throw away 
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into the sink. 
It it doesn't seem like a big 

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deal, but you're going to feel 
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into the kitchen later to clean 
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This next one's only going to 
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I want you to go into a bathroom
that you're responsible for 

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whichever bathroom needs it. 
You know, you could be 

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responsible for all of your 
bathrooms, but go into a 

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bathroom, pick up the floor, 
pick up towels and dirty laundry

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that ended up on the floor. 
Bend down, look for makeup that 

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maybe fell on the floor rolled. 
Make sure that floor is clear 

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and take out the wastebasket if 
it's getting full or worse, 

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overflowing. 
If it only takes a second to 

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pick up your bathroom floor or 
there's nothing on your bathroom

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floor, turn your attention to 
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I call this straightening a 
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I will often tell my kids go 
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when it's not a day that we're 
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We want it straightened and 
sometimes items are getting 

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piled on the vanity area and 
they need to be dealt with. 

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This does not take long at all. 
You're probably already done. 

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Let's move to a bedroom that 
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It's probably your own bedroom, 
but if your bedroom is generally

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tidy and maybe a kid bedroom is 
a mess, work in there. 

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Obviously kids should be taught 
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when they're little, we're doing
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Whichever room you're working 
in, quickly make the bed and 

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start picking up the floor while
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I'll just say I have a lot of 
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that go into the clutter that's 
accumulating around the edges of

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your room or the the clothes 
that are starting to overflow 

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out of your drawers or closet. 
I realize there might be some 

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problems in your room that call 
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but right now I want you to just
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Think getting it vacuum ready or
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You make the bed, you put the 
shoes in the closet, you put The

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Dirty clothes into the hamper. 
Maybe there's something clean 

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that you do drape over a chair 
for now, but you want to get the

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floor cleared again. 
You can do a complete overhaul 

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in a future cleaning session. 
For example, I recently had to 

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reach under my bed with a broom 
and pull stuff out that one of 

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our dogs drags under the bed. 
That particular dog doesn't even

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hang out in our room, but at 
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and takes paper plates and water
bottles, empty water bottles, 

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and drags them under the bed to 
like the middle where I can't 

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reach them and I have to pull 
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That's something for a deeper 
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I did do an overhaul in my room 
couple days ago, but you're just

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getting the floor picked up and 
it doesn't take as long as you 

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think to get a bedroom vacuum 
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When you don't get sidetracked 
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corner or clutter on a dresser 
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You always start with the floor 
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upper surfaces. 
Anyway, I'm out of time. 

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I have a teacher training to go 
to today. 

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For those of you who are new to 
the show. 

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I work at a school a couple days
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I have a training today. 
I'm excited to get ready and go 

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to that. 
So I'm going to go ahead and 

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wrap this up, but I hope that 
this helped you get your house 

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picked up and get that pre clean
done so that you can do your 

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dishes and deep clean a bathroom
or whatever it is you need to do

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today. 
Special thanks to my financial 

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supporters who support the show 
either on Patreon, Apple 

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Podcasts, or some other place. 
I appreciate each and everyone 

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of you and as always, happy 
cleaning. 

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I'll talk to you in the next 
episode.