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Welcome back, busy bees. 
In today's episode, I'm going to

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talk you through speed cleaning 
your kitchen. 

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This is not a deep clean by any 
means, but if you want to get 

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your kitchen under control fast 
and move on to something else, 

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this episode is for you. 
For those of you who are new to 

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the show, my name is Ronnie and 
you're listening to Clean With 

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Me, the podcast where I talk you
through cleaning your house. 

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Let's get right into the 
episode. 

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It's time to gear up for our 
cleaning session. 

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Maybe you need to get your house
smelling fresh. 

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This could mean taking out your 
kitchen trash. 

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That's almost always the way I 
start when I'm cleaning my 

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kitchen because you got to take 
out the trash and reline it. 

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You're going to be tossing 
things while cleaning the 

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kitchen, so that's an important 
first step. 

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If people haven't been running 
the garbage disposal, you may 

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want to run your garbage 
disposal. 

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And then of course, you may want
to gather up dishes from around 

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the house. 
Now, if you're not feeling 

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presentable or ready for the 
day, or you want to get shoes on

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because there are crumbs on your
kitchen floor, go ahead and 

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pause the episode and do that. 
But I'm getting straight to the 

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point in this episode because I 
want you to get your kitchen 

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clean in 20 minutes as promised 
for those of you who showed up 

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already ready to clean. 
But I understand if you need to 

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pause and take care of some 
other things, now's the time to 

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do that. 
The first thing I want you to 

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do, other than taking out your 
trash and relining it, is 

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gathering up any dishes from 
around the house. 

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And by dishes, I mean anything 
and everything that you're going

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to wash along with your dishes. 
OK, this could be a mug on the 

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night stand, a glass on the 
ledge around your master 

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bathtub, or it could be a 
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in a teenager's room. 
I don't know what you're dealing

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with today, but you want to make
sure that you brought everything

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to the kitchen so that nothing 
goes unwashed and it's not going

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to take on. 
Just be a busy little bee 

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buzzing around your house and 
get that stuff to the kitchen. 

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This is going to be a fast-paced
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If that stresses you out then 
just click on a different 

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episode because most of my 
episodes I'm talking slowly and 

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it it's a calm relaxing talk 
through. 

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But I'm I've had lots of 
caffeine this morning and this 

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is going to be a fast-paced 
speed clean talk through. 

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So if you're up for it, be 
buzzing around right now 

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gathering up those dishes. 
OK, once you have everything to 

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the sink area, I want you to 
take care of the difficult items

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first. 
Meaning those items that need to

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soak. 
Maybe you have a pot or pan that

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needs to soak, or even a glass 
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the bottom from your coffee, 
milk chocolate, whatever. 

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Let's get all these items that 
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Let's get those soaking right 
now I'll give you an example. 

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Yesterday I was re hit. 
I was re hit yesterday I was 

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reheating some cheese dip that 
my husband had made and in 

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typical me fashion, I forgot 
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I didn't set a timer and I 
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he's like Oh no, that dip. 
So I ran in the kitchen. 

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Fortunately it was not burnt, 
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anything, but we were reheating 
something in the same dish and 

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we've been listening a while, 
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that, but it was in the same 
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heated up in, so it was like 
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around the edges. 
It was still edible, but it was 

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going to be a son of a gun to 
clean, if you know what I mean. 

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So I just told him I said OK I 
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going to need some serious 
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I'll probably have to drop a 
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something and soak it possibly 
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I try to not let things carry 
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sometimes. 
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you're not getting into a cycle 
of always having something 

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perpetually soaking, because 
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for an hour or so or less, 
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Get those items soaking at the 
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session. 
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do is empty your drying rack and
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And don't try to don't be 
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You might be thinking that's OK,
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the drying rack I can pile more 
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Most stuff's going in the 
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And I realize some of you are 
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Don't be tempted to skip that 
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your clean stuff put away. 
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and you know if you're going to 
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it's going to be an empty reload
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But the drying rack needs to be 
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And your drying rack might be a 
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have laid out. 
OK, we're putting away all the 

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clean dishes before we start the
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that for a sink load. 
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And remember your difficult 
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We're going to get back to 
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We're going to talk about those 
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So once you've gotten your 
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you've put away all your clean 
dishes, you're going to want to 

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either load the dishwasher or 
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you're 100% hand washing. 
OK, I'm going to give you a 

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couple minutes to do that and 
then we're going to do a little 

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bit of straightening. 
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minutes you're going to be 
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whatever that means for you. 
It could mean that you're pre 

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rinsing things under running 
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abrasive sponge and placing them
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This is often your glasses, your
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small stuff, your silverware, 
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spatulas, you know, cooking 
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dishwasher. 
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place those and then get that 
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You might be hand washing, in 
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of the silverware and maybe a 
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so many that they're banging 
around and they're breaking or 

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anything like that. 
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like to get the water super hot 
so that the items are soaking 

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while that water cools down 
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for me to stick my hands in. 
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dishwasher and then started the 
first sink load while you know 

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the dishwasher is running or 
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its soak, after the pre writes, 
you're going to straighten up 

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your kitchen. 
So you're going to turn your 

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attention to the rest of the 
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start straightening up. 
OK, I'm talking about clearing 

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clutter off of your kitchen 
islands, countertops, kitchen 

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table. 
It could be trash that you need 

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to throw away. 
It could be items that just need

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to be relocated to another room.
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don't use very often because you
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space. 
It's it's going to make it 

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easier to clean when you don't 
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people are going to keep it 
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It, it's a psychological thing. 
Less is more. 

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You want to go minimalist with 
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This is not a major decluttering
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It's just quickly removing 
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You know, maybe you don't need 
to have that KitchenAid mixer on

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display to keep up with the 
Joneses when you only use it 

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once every three months. 
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haven't been using your bread 
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crock pot insert appliance here,
let's get that put away for a 

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while. 
You still have it, but it 

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doesn't need to just be a 
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OK, so let's clear off your 
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that doesn't belong. 
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just becoming part of the decor 
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And your everyday appliances can
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on what kind of phase you're in.
Like there was a time when I was

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just obsessed with baking bread.
It is one of my hobbies, but 

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it's not an everyday thing for 
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So I'm honest with myself. 
And I have another place where I

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store that. 
I bring it out when I'm going to

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use it. 
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just because it's inconvenient 
to be moving the toaster around 

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due to crumbs and stuff. 
The toaster stays out and coffee

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makers stay out. 
Pretty much every other 

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appliance is put away. 
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every day. 
We don't use the crock pot every

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day. 
Air fryer, we don't use that 

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every day. 
All of these items need to have 

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a place other than on your 
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literally using them every day. 
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for everyday items are the 
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But then that third item varies.
Are we in a blender phase? 

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Are we on a bread making phase? 
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Or let's clear that clutter off.
OK, now I know you need to wipe 

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down your countertops and 
everything, but we're going to 

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do that closer to the end. 
I just wanted you to remove the 

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visual clutter and streamline it
so that you don't have so many 

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obstacles after your dishes are 
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So now what you're going to do 
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dishes, whatever that means for 
you because you're in different 

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cycles of dishes. 
I mean, some of you have more 

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than one sink load. 
Some of you put everything in 

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the dishwasher except those pans
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Some of you are doing one sink 
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If you're like me, when you're 
hand washing, you like to change

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the water constantly. 
And we're not using nasty water 

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to just keep washing stuff, 
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So I'm not sure what stage 
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you a few more minutes to do 
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wipe down the upper surfaces and
then end with a sweep and at 

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least a spot mop of the floor. 
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I'm on a serious kick where I 
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putting away clean dishes from 
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Meaning when I go in to wash 
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clean stuff to put away. 
And obviously in this session, I

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assumed that you did, but bonus 
points if your clean stuff was 

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put away in the morning and 
you're listening to this episode

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another time of day and you were
able to just dive in and start 

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washing your dishes. 
It's it's such a game changer 

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for me. 
And different things resonate 

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with different people. 
Some of the tips that I give you

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will work for you and some of 
them won't because we all think 

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differently and have different 
lifestyles, routines, family 

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dynamics. 
There's so many differences. 

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But a kitchen episode wouldn't 
be complete without me saying 

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that I like to put away my clean
dishes in the morning while my 

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coffee's brewing. 
And I'm talking about emptying 

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the drying rack and dishwasher 
to set the stage for a day where

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people are cleaning as they go 
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So if you're facing a disaster 
right now, that could help you 

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moving forward if you try to 
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This show isn't about just 
preaching to you that you need 

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to change your habits. 
It's about getting you through 

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these tough cleaning sessions 
where you didn't do all the 

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right things, but also giving 
you tools to make things easier 

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on yourself in the future. 
Some people mistakenly think 

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like I'm really into cleaning. 
No, I just wanted a show like 

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this for myself and ended up 
making one because I saw a need 

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there. 
I wanted something to get me 

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through those mundane household 
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Once you've gotten your dishes 
done, maybe you need a couple 

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more minutes for that. 
But once you've gotten it done, 

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you're going to grab your 
favorite cleaning spray. 

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Or if you don't have an 
appropriate spray to wipe down 

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your cabinets and countertops, 
you can always just use a clean 

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dish rag with hot soapy water. 
You know, just dish dish soap on

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it and wring it out and wipe 
things down with that. 

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If you're worried about your 
wood, you can dry it immediately

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afterward. 
Or maybe you have a dedicated 

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product that's great for 
spraying your wooden cabinets. 

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But a lot of times I like to 
just spray my upper cabinets, 

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wipe them down and then get a 
different product that I use on 

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my ground at countertops and 
then yet another product that I 

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use on my cook top that's a 
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And you might also have a 
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spraying the fronts of your 
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But I often just use a glass and
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when I'm spraying and wiping 
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refrigerator. 
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of these large appliances have 
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front of the microwave, the 
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dishwasher. 
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cleaning supplies as an excuse 
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just dish soap. 
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cabinet fronts. 
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Spray down your kitchen counters
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surfaces down. 
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have a glass cook top. 
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burners to properly clean in 
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I'll wait. 
I'm going to give you time to do

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that, so be working on that. 
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kitchen involves picking up and 
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belong. 
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your clean dishes that have 
already dried and then of 

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course, gathering up the dishes,
putting them in the sink slash 

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dishwasher or next to the sink 
if you're like me and you don't 

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like to pile all your breakable 
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I'll admit that on some days I 
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timer, go do something else, and
come back and reboot the 

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dishwasher. 
But I I caution against that. 

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It's usually best to just hand 
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because you want to get down to 
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possible, but especially by the 
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OK, no judgement here if you're 
not doing that and you've always

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got something perpetually 
soaking, but I want to help you 

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change that so have the goal of 
getting down to dish zero at the

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end of the day. 
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with something soaking can be a 
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OK, now for those of you who did
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beginning of this session, 
unless it's like that cheese dip

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that's just double baked on, you
can probably finish washing it 

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at this point. 
It doesn't always take that long

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to soak things unless there's a 
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something on or bake something 
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Now scrub those items that you 
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otherwise, or just continue with
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kitchen from the top down. 
OK, this is not a deep cleaning 

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episode. 
Or I'd talk about the top of 

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your cabinets. 
I'd talk about the top of your 

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refrigerator. 
I'd talk about scrubbing switch 

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plates, baseboards, the wall 
behind your countertop, all the 

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things. 
But this is just an everyday 

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speed clean where you do dishes,
you scrub your you wipe down 

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your cabinets because they might
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You clean the front of your 
large appliances and you wipe 

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down the counters. 
And of course, those small 

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appliances that you're keeping 
on your countertop, you wipe 

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those down in the same step that
you're wiping the counters and 

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you pick them up, you wipe under
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OK, your toaster, your coffee 
maker, your other favorite 

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appliance. 
And then you move down to your 

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lower cabinets and you wipe 
those down. 

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And then once you've scrubbed 
those items that you left 

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soaking, it's time to detail 
your sink. 

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Scrub out your sink, shine that 
up, especially the faucet, the 

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area behind the faucet that can 
be a harbor for germs. 

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And it's going to feel good to 
just be able to see your sink 

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and not have like a couple 
inches of water in it and 

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something soaking. 
And bonus, if you have 

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teenagers, they're going to be 
more likely to help you with the

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dishes when they don't have to 
stick their hand in some yucky 

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water to pull the plug. 
Like a lot of people have an 

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aversion to that They gross out.
I mean, you can tell them to use

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tongs or whatever, but better 
yet, don't leave yucky water. 

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When I talk about soaking 
things, I'm not usually talking 

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about having them submerged in 
the sink. 

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I'm talking about having those 
items sitting on the counter 

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full of the hot soapy water, 
because then you can just dump 

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it and nobody's sticking their 
hand in the gross water like 

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they just don't want to do. 
So let's deal with those items 

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that were soaking. 
No judgement here if there's 

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something that you have to leave
overnight, but you can use 

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things like crock pot liners. 
You can use disposable aluminum 

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containers. 
If your biggest struggle in the 

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kitchen is the fact that you 
have things perpetually soaking,

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there are ways to prevent that. 
For example, you can move your 

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food into a serving dish right 
away after dinner and then clean

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that pan while it's still hot. 
OK. 

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You can avoid reheating things 
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You can buy disposable items. 
Sometimes you've got to ask 

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yourself, what's your time 
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OK, and I'm all for being frugal
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possible. 
I'm all for that. 

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But at the same time there are 
certain things that I will spend

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money on that are just game 
changers for me. 

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Like I love the disposable 
disinfecting wipes, I love the 

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pre moistened mop pads that go 
on the Swiffer and I also use 

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them to clean certain things by 
hand. 

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Love those. 
It's worth it to me. 

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But different people spend money
in different areas. 

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And it's so funny. 
Like we'll look at somebody and 

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we'll be like, I can't believe 
they spend money on that. 

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But then there's something that 
we're spending money on that 

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they can't believe. 
That's just just the way it is. 

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And most cleaning lists have a 
step of drying and putting away,

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hand wash, hand wash dishes. 
Obviously the things in the 

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dishwasher are not ready to put 
away yet. 

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So that's not on these 
checklists and that could be a 

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thing. 
That is another way to separate 

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the act of putting away your 
clean dishes from the next time 

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you have to do dishes. 
So you don't have to put clean 

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stuff away and then wash. 
And it's always like a whole 

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thing. 
One way is what I said, putting 

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away your clean stuff in the 
morning if you're just team air 

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dry. 
But another thing you could do 

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if you want to just get it all 
done while you're in the kitchen

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is to dry those items. 
And put them away like you'd see

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in a 1950s or 1960s sitcom. 
You know, one person's washing, 

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one person's drying. 
There's something to be said for

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that. 
I just air dry with a drying 

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rack. 
So does my husband. 

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That's the way his mom did it. 
And my mom let things air dry on

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a towel. 
So we're just not like a dry the

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dishes type of family. 
But that's definitely a valid 

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way to separate the putting away
from the washing and help you 

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avoid overwhelm where you have 
to do it all at once. 

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Once you've cleaned your upper 
cabinets, your countertops, 

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stove top, appliance fronts, 
you've done your dishes, you've 

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cleaned out your sink, the last 
step is to sweep the kitchen 

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floor and maybe do a quick spot 
mop of any sticky areas. 

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Since this isn't a deep clean, 
I'm not expecting you to 

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thoroughly mop your floor, but 
sometimes spot mopping can make 

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a huge difference. 
Just remember, cleaning is not 

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an all or nothing proposition. 
Sometimes good enough is OK. 

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And yes, if the job's worth 
doing, it's worth doing right. 

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But is it doing a job right when
you're not prioritizing your 

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time, when you're hyper focusing
on certain things and you're not

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looking at the bigger picture? 
No, absolutely not. 

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So realize that doing something 
right means prioritizing your 

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time and knowing when good 
enough is good enough. 

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