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Hi everyone. 
I'm Ronnie. 

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And I'm Jessica. 
And you're listening to Clean 

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with me. 
The podcast where we walk you 

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through cleaning your house. 
Hey everybody, we're gonna do a 

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house straightening today, a 
house reset if you will. 

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And we're gonna take the house 
back to factory reset mode if 

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you will. 
So what I call this is just 

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maintenance cleaning and but 
we're going to reset the house 

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so that we can focus on extra 
bonus chores later in the day or

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in the following days to come. 
So let's reset the house. 

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First thing I want you guys to 
do is let's go ahead and get 

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ready for our clean. 
Put our hair up in a bun. 

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If you have hair, open a window,
light a candle. 

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Umm. 
And then we are going to get 

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right into it. 
First thing, like always, I like

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to do a load of laundry. 
So let's go ahead and do that 

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now and do a laundry switch. 
Move the clothes from the washer

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to the dryer and from the dryer 
to a laundry basket. 

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I will try my best to remind you
at the end of the episode, but I

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need these episodes just as much
as you guys do 'cause I get 

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really off track and sometimes I
forget to remind you, but I'm 

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going to remember. 
And even when I'm not really 

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feeling doing laundry, and maybe
I like, I was super behind on 

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laundry last week, I got caught 
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Now I'm back to where I want to 
be with laundry and maybe I'm 

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having a day where I really kind
of don't want to do it. 

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I still try to do just a load of
towels or something. 

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That way at least I'm doing 
something and doesn't get super 

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built up on me. 
So while you're in your laundry 

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room as part of your reset, if 
you need to clean out your dryer

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lint sheet, do that. 
If you need to do a wipe down or

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maybe you've got some socks or 
some clothes that fell behind 

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the washer and dryer, that kind 
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My laundry room gets neglected 
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So that's something I like to 
check every so often when I'm 

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doing my resets is just do a 
little spruce up of the laundry 

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area. 
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sometimes you'll put some 
clothes like a small load or 

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something on top of the dryer. 
And then you'll do more and more

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laundry and you'll fold the 
laundry that you're currently 

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doing like you're adding to. 
But then you leave the load that

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you put on top of the washer 
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So I like to just as a little 
reminder, clean up the laundry 

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room completely and making sure 
I'm getting any clothes that 

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have landed themselves on top of
the dryer to live. 

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Next thing I want you guys to 
do, we're going to go to the 

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dishes. 
So let's get prepped for the 

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dishes. 
And by that I mean get any 

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dishes from all around the 
house. 

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If you have cups or different 
plates or anything in the dining

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room or your bedrooms, let's go 
ahead and clear everything and 

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put them next to the sink. 
And then we're going to put all 

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the crazy stuff to soak. 
Anything that's going to be hard

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to clean, let's fill it up with 
hot soapy water. 

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That way we have no excuses and 
it'll be nice soaked and ready 

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to clean by the time we're done 
with all the small stuff. 

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And then we're going to do an 
empty reload and run of the 

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dishwasher. 
And if you don't use your 

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dishwasher, that's fine. 
Then just empty your drying rack

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and reset it. 
And then we're going to do a 

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kitchen clean and just get 
started on those dishes while 

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I'm talking. 
And we're going to tackle those 

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super quick Dishes are something
that I do not get very excited 

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about. 
But you know what makes me even 

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less excited about the dishes 
and makes me really not want to 

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do it when I wait too long. 
Because the more dishes there 

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are, the more I'm like, this 
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I don't want to clean old food. 
That's gross. 

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So the more we really hold 
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as soon as we cook, rinsing 
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training the family to do so 
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Because if everyone's not on the
same same page, then that can be

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discouraging for us. 
Because if we're being really 

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good about rinsing off our 
plates and stuff and maybe your 

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husband, kids, roommates, 
they're not doing the same. 

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We'll kind of be like, oh what? 
Well, whatever, nobody else is 

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doing it anyway. 
And then we're kind of back to 

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square one. 
And then we get behind on the 

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dishes and then we get 
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So just as a quick reminder, if 
you see a kid going to put their

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plate up and they're not rinsing
it off, or maybe you have older 

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kids and they're helping cook 
and they're not rinsing out 

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stuff, just remind them, hey, 
we're going to try. 

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We're going to do this now. 
We're going to clean after we 

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cook, while we're cooking. 
I've talked many, many, many 

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times about chores that are 
connected to different tasks, 

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anchor chores, and how we should
make doing the dishes and anchor

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chore to cooking. 
That way, when you're all full 

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and tired and sluggish after 
eating a meal, you're not having

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to do this huge mess of dishes 
that you made while you were 

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cooking and all you have to do 
is a couple of plates that the 

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kids and yourself and whoever 
ate off of, right? 

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Because I always say like, oh, I
have trouble cleaning after I 

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cook and then spend all this 
time cooking and then eat and 

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then I'm full. 
But the truth is I only really 

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have trouble doing that when I 
did not clean as I go and 

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there's just food everywhere. 
And I did a chaotic cooking 

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thing where flowers every, you 
know, strewed across the 

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countertops. 
There's messy pots everywhere. 

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Nothing's been rinsed out. 
That's when I'm like, I don't 

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want to do this at all. 
So if I'm cleaning as I go, I'm 

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way more likely to just finish 
the job and do those extra 

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plates at the end of the day. 
So as we're doing our dishes 

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right now, whatever state you're
at, if you're having a disaster,

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if you're having a really bad 
dish day, just remember that's 

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fine. 
Don't beat yourself up at all. 

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We always do that. 
But evaluate and reflect on the 

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situation and how we can make 
our lives easier, easier. 

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And just making little small 
personal goals to be a little 

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bit better than we were the day 
before is how we are going to 

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get really, really organized and
on track with our cleaning. 

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Because whenever I compare 
myself to other people and other

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people's houses, I get really 
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But you know what? 
We should never do that. 

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We should strive to be better. 
We should always strive to be 

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better. 
But comparing ourselves to other

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people's dangerous because they 
have different priorities, they 

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have different lives, they have 
different struggles, and it's 

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really hard to better yourself 
when you're looking at other 

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people. 
And I'm definitely guilty of 

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this and have been guilty of 
this, but I'm a way better 

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cleaner when I am just making 
small personal goals that are 

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attainable for myself and just 
striving to be better and just 

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keep working on those dishes. 
So yeah, the main point always 

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being just try something 
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Try a little bit harder than we 
did the day before and make 

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yourself a better version of 
yourself when it comes to 

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cleaning. 
And that's how you're going to 

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improve the most. 
And as we're doing the dishes, 

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do not forget your refrigerator.
Any leftover containers or 

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anything like that that could be
cleaned inside of your 

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refrigerator, definitely do that
as well while you're in kitchen 

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cleaning mode and dishes 
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Just making sure we're getting 
everything 'cause it's kind of 

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annoying if you finish all your 
dishes and then when you're 

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done, either someone brings you 
some for another from another 

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room or you open your 
refrigerator and you notice a 

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bunch of dishes that you forgot.
So let's go ahead and get those 

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tackled and taken care of. 
And if you have a disaster, if 

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you have a lot of dishes today, 
then you just keep working on 

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those dishes. 
If you only had a few and you 

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want to go ahead and move on, 
then you can start working on 

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other things in the kitchen like
changing out your trash liner, 

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throwing away the trash, 
throwing away anything on the 

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countertops that needs to be 
thrown away and or kitchen 

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table, dining room or shelving. 
And also when you know, clearing

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stuff, small appliances such as 
toasters, blenders, things that 

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you don't want to have a 
permanent home on your 

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countertop, you can put those 
away and then do a thorough wipe

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down of your whole kitchen, 
including the surface of your 

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refrigerator backsplashes. 
I cleaned my cabinets the other 

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day, which I have to do probably
more often than most, but 

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something that works great for 
getting like the little cracks 

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and scuff Marks and even marker 
marks paint from my children on 

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the dining room table is the 
pink stuff. 

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And no it's not. 
I wish I was sponsored by them. 

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I am not, but that stuff is 
amazing. 

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It's called the pink stuff. 
It's like a paste. 

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It gets most scuff Marks and 
hard to clean stuff off of the 

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walls and it doesn't really mess
up the paint if you have cheap 

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paint in your house or apartment
or something. 

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So I used that yesterday to help
me clean the cabinets. 

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But sometimes we get into a 
rhythm when we're doing our 

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maintenance, cleaning our house,
reset, where we don't always do 

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things like the cabinets and 
maybe we're only wiping down 

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certain spots that look visibly 
messy and like just the 

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countertops or something and not
like every nook and cranny of 

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the stove and backsplashes and 
floorboards and stuff like that.

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So just try to at least every 
few days do a little bit more of

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a thorough wipe down and just 
wipe down anything and 

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everything, even if it doesn't 
necessarily look dirty, 

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disinfect it. 
And that way we don't have a lot

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of build up of dust and stuff 
like that inside your cabinets. 

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Just anything in everywhere that
needs to be wiped down behind 

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your sink sometimes can get 
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I mean, you're washing food in 
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So definitely your faucet behind
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And then when you guys are 
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everything, wiping everything 
down, don't forget to just do at

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least a little spot sweep and 
we'll do our major floor clean 

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at the end of the episode. 
But that way we're not going to 

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track stuff throughout the 
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I always just, if there's 
visible crumbs on the floor 

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after I've wiped stuff down, 
then I just get those up. 

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That way I'm not just making a 
bigger mess. 

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Now moving on to the living 
room, if you're still working on

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your kitchen, completely fine. 
Just keep working on your 

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dishes, wiping down or whatever 
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Like I said, we all have 
different personal goals. 

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This is just a guideline. 
It's just ideas more than 

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anything and to help kind of 
keep you on track and give you 

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an order of operations, but you 
do what needs to be done in your

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house and what needs the most 
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And that's always going to be 
different for every person and 

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individual. 
We all have the same basic 

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things that need to be cleaned, 
but different things that need 

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to be focused on at as the days 
pass and different things come 

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up in our lives. 
So for the living room, I always

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like to start with the focal 
point of the room, which is the 

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couch. 
So let's go ahead and reset the 

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couch. 
Do a little spot cleaning if you

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need to with some carpet cleaner
or fabric cleaner. 

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If I'm not doing a major, throw 
all the covers in the washer, 

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deep clean. 
Then I just do a little spot 

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clean, fix my little blankets 
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Vacuum underneath the cushions, 
clean underneath the couch. 

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If you're physically able to 
move the couch you can do that. 

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If you are not, then you can get
a broom and just kind of sweep 

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everything out from under if you
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And then once we're done with 
the couch, let's tackle that 

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floor. 
Pick up everything from the 

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floor, starting with trash and 
then putting things in the other

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rooms that go away. 
Don't be afraid to throw stuff 

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away. 
If you see like 50 McDonald's 

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toys or something, for example, 
like every little cheap toy that

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the kids drag out that they 
don't really play with 

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sometimes, especially if they're
at school, you can toss it if 

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they're not going to notice it 
or donate. 

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And I always say that 
decorating, even on, I'm 

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definitely on a budget when it 
comes to decorating, but 

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decorating is a big motivator 
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So I like getting little cheap 
decorations based on the 

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seasons, especially Christmas. 
And I kind of use that as a 

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reward system for myself to 
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So I'm like, if I get all of my 
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back to the way it's supposed to
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then I will reward myself with 
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or something like that. 
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me, like I talked about in 
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yourself a little reward just 
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Give ourselves a little reward 
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Like I'm gonna reward myself by 
watching my favorite show once I

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get all such and such done that 
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gonna take some me time, do some
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Definitely reward yourself. 
Positive reinforcement, it 

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definitely, it seems like it 
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just tell my brain, you cannot 
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But think of about it in a more 
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than a you're going to get 
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watch your favorite show. 
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if I don't do the certain chore 
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stressing about it, thinking 
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didn't do it. 
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And once you're done with the 
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clean your surfaces, throw stuff
away, wipe down, put things away

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that you're, you know, your 
coffee tables, you're in tables.

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I finally got rid of the big 
ugly safe in my living room that

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I complained about in every 
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My husband sold it because there
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and it was an eyesore, so thank 
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Now it's bothering someone 
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living room and even though I 
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to it. 
Once it was gone I was like wow,

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this makes my living room look 
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Anyway, once you're done picking
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guest or or another person and 
make sure we're getting clutter.

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If you have a problem with other
people putting Knickknet or just

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random stuff on surfaces that 
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I'll add like a little picture 
frame or something just to kind 

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of signal people like this is a 
place where I don't want things 

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just sat down and accumulated, 
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So let's go ahead and clear 
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Wipe down anything like mirrors,
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And then lastly, I want to talk 
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reset. 
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away anything you use to get 
ready with today and make up 

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hair supplies, hot tools, 
styling tools, roll them up, put

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them away where they go. 
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move it to the laundry room. 
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Windex, the mirrors, wipe down 
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toothpaste, water, anything the 
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And once everything is put away,
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house reset. 
The things that I do at the end 

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of a good pick up and wipe down 
of those areas, I like to a if 

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you are not done with your 
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so you don't forget about it. 
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remembered this time. 
And so set a little timer so you

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don't forget because I'm very 
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I always forget. 
Set a timer for sure and then do

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a whole house floor clean, 
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Do a really thorough sweep and 
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room, living area or vacuum. 
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don't be scared to do a little 
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carpet cleaner. 
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It makes a big difference 
because a lot of times we don't 

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notice things. 
Like I said about the other day 

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when I did the deep clean, 
wiping down random baseboards 

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and stuff with the pink stuff 
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It's not stuff you necessarily 
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once you start cleaning, you 
start noticing all these little 

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spots. 
And then once you clean all of 

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them and all the little scuff 
marks, it makes a huge 

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difference. 
And I noticed a huge difference 

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when before I was just so used 
to seeing them I didn't even 

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really even care or notice. 
But that those kind of small 

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things do make a big difference.
So I hope you guys get a lot 

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done today. 
Don't forget to check out 

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Cleaning with Jessica, my crime 
cleaning collaboration podcast. 

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And as always, happy cleaning 
guys.