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Thanks for joining me. 
In today's episode, I'm going to

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talk you through a whole house 
speed reset. 

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So it's time to put in your 
earbuds or put your headphones 

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on, maybe put on some shoes if 
you like to clean and shoes. 

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And I'm going to talk you 
through the process of quickly 

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resetting your home. 
You also might want to get your 

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house smelling fresh. 
Maybe you want to light a candle

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or put some fresh wax in the wax
warmer, or take out your kitchen

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trash and reline it. 
Whatever you need to do to get 

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ready to quickly speed through 
your house and get it clean, 

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now's the time to do that. 
Just so you know what's ahead of

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this episode, we're going to be 
starting some laundry. 

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We're going to quickly clean 
your kitchen, we're going to 

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straighten up and spot clean 
your outer areas, and we're also

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going to touch up both of your 
bathrooms and have you quickly 

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make your bed and clean your 
room at the end of the episode. 

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And then I'll remind you to do a
laundry switch or at least set a

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timer to do the laundry switch 
once the cycle is over. 

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OK, But for now, I want you to 
be doing whatever you need to do

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to gear up for your cleaning 
session. 

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Maybe you need to do something 
to feel presentable. 

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Wash your face, put on some 
moisturizer, run a brush through

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your hair. 
Or if you're like me, you also 

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want to put on a little mascara 
and some kind of lip balm. 

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OK, I'm not talking about 
getting overly fixed up, but I'm

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talking about doing those 
minimums that make you feel good

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about yourself because when you 
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And that can definitely energize
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When I was working a full time 
job from home a while back, I 

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made a point to get dressed for 
the day in kind of a dressy 

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outfit. 
It was something comfortable yet

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dressy. 
I wanted to make sure that I I 

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looked good before starting my 
job, even on the days when I 

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didn't have a meeting. 
And then I'd also do my hair and

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moisturize and put my mascara 
on. 

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I'd wear like some comfortable 
palazzo pants and a matching 

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top. 
And it it made me feel 

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professional. 
While in the same way, when 

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you're getting ready to clean, 
you want to feel like you look 

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nice. 
Even if you're going to be using

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bleach products and you want to 
wear a pair of sweats and AT 

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shirt, you can still do your 
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You can still wash your face, 
you can still put on a little 

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makeup if you wear it, and if 
you hate the feeling of walking 

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on a gritty or sticky floor 
barefoot, you might also want to

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put on some shoes. 
I mean, some days when I'm 

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really lacking motivation, I'll 
even go as far as to drive to a 

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gas station and get a bottled 
coffee or something. 

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Although I think I've finally 
nailed down the perfect iced 

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coffee recipe from home, I need 
to measure the amounts next time

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so that I can post it for you 
guys, for those of you who are 

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iced coffee fans, because you 
know how sometimes when you make

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it at home, it's not the same. 
Well, I think I finally nailed 

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the recipe, but I'll have to 
post that on social media soon. 

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Be sure you're following me on 
social media. 

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I'm on Facebook, Instagram, 
TikTok. 

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All right, so the first thing I 
want you to do now that you're 

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presentable is strip your bed 
and start some laundry. 

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OK, unless you've just recently 
washed your bedding, let's strip

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that and get those sheets and 
pillowcases washing or that 

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blanket washing or the comforter
washing, whichever item you want

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to start with. 
But fresh bedding is so inviting

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to crawl into at night and it 
makes your bedroom smell good 

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and it's it's super important. 
So strip your bed and get that 

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laundry going. 
Maybe you need to switch some 

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laundry from the washer into the
dryer so that you can start 

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washing your bedding. 
Lately I'm doing a laundry day. 

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I always say like I don't do one
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I do one load every couple days 
and I think what was stopping me

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from having a laundry day was 
the fact that I'm not usually 

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home all day. 
But lately I've begun to realize

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that a lot of the errands I run 
and things that I do only take a

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short time and then I'm back 
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So the key to getting your 
laundry done all in one day is 

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just kind of doing a laundry 
switch before you leave the 

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house and then when you get 
back, doing another laundry 

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switch and folding a load as 
soon as it comes out of the 

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dryer. 
Believe it or not, it only takes

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two or three minutes. 
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throughout the day, you can get 
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And I'm also big on hanging up 
those heavy blankets and 

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comforters to dry instead of 
putting them in the dryer, 

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because if you're having to 
restart the dryer multiple 

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times, one, you're using a lot 
of electricity, but two, you're 

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using a lot of time, and then 
you're not going to get all of 

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your laundry done in one day. 
OK, For example, you can hang a 

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damp comforter over an open 
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You could drape it over your 
dining room chairs, or you could

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hang a blanket over a room 
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I've got one of those like 
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often use that to dry my 
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hanging them over the room 
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And I can still use the room 
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I like to use that to kind of 
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I'm in the bathtub. 
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comforter or blanket hanging 
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By now you've had time to start 
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I want you to head to the 
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started. 
Maybe you are planning to empty,

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reload and run your dishwasher, 
but you have a couple of 

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difficult items that you need to
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That's one way of doing it. 
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everything, you might want to 
just pre rinse everything, fill 

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the sink up with hot water and 
liquid dish soap, and get those 

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pre rinsed items submerged in 
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Either way, whether you're 
soaking an entire load or you're

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getting some difficult items, 
soaking, emptying the 

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dishwasher, and then putting 
those easy items directly into 

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the dishwasher, it's time to get
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But you don't need to wash 
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You need to get your dishwasher 
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emptied, and either start that 
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dishwasher and leave a couple 
items to soak. 

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But we're not going to leave 
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We're going to go back to 
anything that's soaking at the 

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end of the cleaning session. 
I've just found that when I'm 

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washing everything by hand, I 
like to pre rinse all of it, get

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it all submerged. 
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little too hot to put my hands 
in, I work in the kitchen on 

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clearing and wiping down 
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And then I come back and wash 
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a comfortable level. 
And that way that hot soapy 

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water has done a lot of the work
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OK, just get those dishes 
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you. 
And then of course, you're going

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to start clearing and wiping 
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And I want you to make sure that
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doors, especially the high touch
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the cabinets near the edges 
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Those can get sticky. 
So that's something I want you 

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to pay attention to. 
I also want you to spray and 

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wipe down the fronts of your 
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your, not necessarily just the 
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dishwasher, the outside of your 
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dishwasher front if you have 
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microwave using a glass and 
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And I realized some of you might
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That's fine. 
You can look at this as just me 

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telling you what's ahead. 
You don't need to be completely 

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In Sync with the episode. 
I'm just happy that you're 

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working in the kitchen right 
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OK, so again, you're going to 
get your dishes pre rinsed and 

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soaking or loaded into the 
dishwasher with a few difficult 

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items soaking and then you're 
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surfaces. 
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I talked about large appliances.
But what about small appliances?

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Maybe you need to take part your
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Kids are notorious for cooking 
something in the air fryer and 

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then just putting that drawer 
piece of it back in and then you

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don't realize it's not been 
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So definitely check on that. 
If you know, you know, maybe 

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it's your spouse doing it, but 
they don't always put that 

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washable part of the air fryer 
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They just put it back in and you
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you open it up. 
And of course, you need to shine

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up the outside of your 
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those, whether it's a toaster, 
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And when you're cleaning your 
countertops, hopefully your mom 

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already taught you this, but you
need to pick things up and move 

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them and wipe under them those 
items that perpetually belong on

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your counter. 
Maybe it's a cookie jar or your 

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Keurig. 
You've got to pick up those 

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items and wipe under them. 
I've been talking about the 

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upper surfaces of your kitchen. 
We're not going to get to the 

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floors in this episode, but I'm 
going to refer you to the Messy 

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House Makeover series. 
I'm going to be making another 

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episode today, which is going to
be the Part 2 of Messy House 

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Makeover, and that episode is 
going to cover floors. 

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It's going to cover decluttering
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secondary bedroom. 
It's going to cover deep 

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cleaning bathrooms, and it's 
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floors, as in sweeping and or 
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And it might cover some other 
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But that that's the gist of what
the episode's going to be about.

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But in this episode, we're 
tidying and we're cleaning those

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upper surfaces. 
You can always do the floors 

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after this episode, either while
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like I mentioned, or maybe just 
listening to some music, OK, Or 

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a podcast about another topic. 
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listening to something when I'm 
cleaning floors and I like to 

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play it out loud on a speaker. 
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kitchen, cleaning my dishes, I'm
more likely to have earbuds in 

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and listen to a podcast. 
So maybe you're like me, I like 

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to boom some music when I'm 
scrubbing floors. 

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All right, so we've been talking
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kitchen. 
We've got the dishes started 

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with at least some items 
soaking. 

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Before you finish those dishes 
that you have soaking, I want to

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you to head to the front 
entrance of your home and just 

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start tidying up your outer 
areas, picking up any stray 

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items and putting them away. 
OK, whether it's in your 

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entryway or your living room or 
maybe that's, you know, one in 

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the same. 
But I want you to start at your 

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front door and just work your 
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You know, once you've cleaned 
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And by clean, I'm talking mainly
about tidying right now. 

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But I also want you to spot 
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For example, you're in your 
living room, you've straightened

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the couch cushions and you 
notice a couple little spots on 

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the couch. 
Get a damp rag and some kind of 

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cleaning spray, spray it and 
scrub it. 

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It only takes a second, but 
you've been looking at those 

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spots for a while. 
Now's the time to take care of 

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that spot cleaning. 
Other spot cleaning could be 

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cleaning the TV screen in your 
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OK, you just need a micro fiber 
cloth slightly dampened. 

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I made a short reel about this. 
Well, it was a clip from a 

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podcast episode that I posted on
social media. 

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I think it's on Facebook, 
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram. 

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I made a short real about how 
when you're cleaning a window or

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a mirror, the key to getting 
that street free shine is to 

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keep wiping it. 
After you think it's already 

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dry, you continue wiping it. 
Same thing applies to your TV 

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screen. 
Obviously you're going to need 

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to scrub any problem areas, but 
once you've dealt with any 

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obvious smudges, you want to 
just wipe it with the damp micro

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fiber cloth. 
But you want to wipe it a little

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longer than you think you should
to make sure that you remove the

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streaks even after you think the
liquid is gone, if that makes 

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sense. 
Another area to spot clean and a

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living room or family room could
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Let's dust that, OK, with maybe 
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microfiber cloth or just 
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I mentioned the TV and window 
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Some of you, all you have are 
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I remember when a few of our 
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so that they wouldn't bump their
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until that child was walking 
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toppling over. 
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table or end table, or maybe 
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and you've just got couches. 
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table or end table, you might 
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because I think it's kind of 
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coffee table and your side 
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TV screens. 
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Hallways. 
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in the hallways unless there's 
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sitting in the hallway and that 
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Maybe you have some artwork in 
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dusted or some family pictures. 
I'm going to give you just a 

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couple more minutes to clean 
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Again, in any living room or 
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straighten the couch cushions, 
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upholstery. 
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TV, screen, tables, windowsills.
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blinds. 
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something to do right now, it's 
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into a room, look around and 
determine what needs to be done.

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Try to look at your house 
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Think like you're a maid being 
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you're like, what else do I need
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Oh, I never dusted the ceiling 
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Let me do that. 
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You want to be as observant as 
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someone else, and someone's 
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and inspect their work. 
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it? 
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in your own home. 
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difficult to do. 
We get into a rut of just kind 

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of putting out fires, Like, 
we've got to get this floor 

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picked up and run a vacuum. 
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things like dusting the blinds 
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OK. 
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area could be wiping out wiping 
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door frames or door handles or 
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I don't know what you've got 
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The other day there were some 
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my husband had to break out the 
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them because when I tried to 
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off. 
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hair dye, I don't know what it 
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painted. 
Let's move on, OK? 

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The next thing I want you to do 
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But you might want to get some 
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Maybe some disinfecting wipes, 
glass cleaning spray, microfiber

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cloth and another rag or maybe 
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you have on hand for touching up
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If you have something to put 
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a swish, you can do that like a 
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Squirt that in, grab the toilet 
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the inside of that bowl of swish
and then you can sanitize the 

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exterior parts of the toilet. 
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clean where you're going to be 
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That's going to be covered in 
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subscribes to the bonus content.
And you're not going to be on my

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I'll talk more about that in a 

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minute, but. 
Maybe you're going to touch up 

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the toilet seat and the flusher 
handle and the rim with a 

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disinfecting wipe. 
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cleaning spray and paper towels,
but you're going to touch up 

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that toilet as if you were 
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coming by who probably won't use
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OK, just a light touch up and of
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different, different paper 
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I want you to clean the sink and
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mirror. 
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touching up the mirror, counter,
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paper and a fresh hand towel. 
Pick up any stray items from the

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floor or any items from the 
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Obviously you'll need to put 
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that bathroom countertop, but 
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touch up and then we're going to
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Some of you might have just one 
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medium number of bathrooms to 
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you have two. 
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has more clothes and towels on 
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neglected bathroom. 
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using or it's when you and your 
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But often 1 bathroom can be a 
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Let's get both of those 
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up, so to speak. 
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toilet bowl a swish to keep that
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By the way, if you're having 
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you could have hard water and 
you might need to use a pumice 

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stone during your deep cleaning 
sessions. 

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But again, this is just a touch 
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And again, after this episode, 
if you're on a roll, you can 

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listen to Messy House Makeover 
Part 2 to deep clean your 

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bathrooms. 
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delay in this coming out, but by
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Messy House Makeover Part 2 will
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Messy House Makeover Part 1, but
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this episode that I'm recording 
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It kind of supplements it as far
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OK, hopefully by now you've 
touched up the bathrooms. 

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If you need a little more time, 
pause the episode again. 

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It was just a quick touch up and
not a deep clean. 

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I recently made a bathroom 
cleaning episode and I'm going 

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to talk about it again in Messy 
House Makeover Part 2, which is 

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bonus episode for paying 
subscribers. 

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Now what I want you to do is 
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wash any dishes that you have 
soaking. 

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It could be a full sink load or 
it could be just a couple 

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difficult items. 
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grab your dishwand or your 
sponge with a rough side and a 

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soft side and start going to 
town washing those dishes. 

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If you don't have a drying rack,
just lay out a towel. 

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I'm not asking you to dry things
and put them away. 

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You can do that later. 
I'm, I'm pretty big on emptying 

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the drying rack and dishwasher 
before dinner. 

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You know, ideally in the 
morning, but at least before we 

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start to prep dinner. 
It's my teenage daughter's job, 

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but I want it done before 
anybody goes in to prep dinner. 

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That way it's easy to clean as 
we go when we're cooking and 

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washing the items that we use to
prepare the meal. 

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So just a thought there for now,
you can just have things air 

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drying on a towel and that's 
just fine. 

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Let's quickly wash those dishes 
over the next couple of minutes.

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And then the last thing we're 
going to do when you're done 

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with those dishes is make your 
bed. 

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You know you might be washing 
bedding, but if you have an 

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alternate sheet and pillowcases 
and comforter to put on it, you 

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can quickly remake the bed. 
If not, no worries, you can put 

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it to put it back together 
later. 

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Just maybe set a timer. 
Maybe you need to actually dry 

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your comforter if you don't have
another one you can use in the 

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meantime. 
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blanket comforter for your bed, 
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hanging up those items and 
letting them air dry. 

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That way you can keep doing 
those laundry switches 

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throughout the day instead of 
having to redry that same 

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comforter that just won't get 
dry. 

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I guess an exception would be if
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area. 
Definitely. 

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Our blankets and things dry 
super quickly here because it's 

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the air is dry most of the time.
We live in a desert and again, 

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if this is an all day, you know 
be be washing those dishes. 

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But if this is an all day 
laundry day for you, be sure to 

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time your errands around it. 
Meaning do a laundry switch just

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before you leave and then again 
as soon as you get back. 

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Like if you're picking up kids 
from school or something. 

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You don't have to stay home all 
day to get caught up on laundry.

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You just need to keep doing 
those laundry switches and 

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folding and putting away each 
load as it comes out. 

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It literally takes two or three 
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laundry. 
It might take a little longer to

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actually hang up the items and 
put them in the drawers, but 

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just to fold them and lay them 
out on your coffee table or your

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freshly made bed. 
However you do things really 

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doesn't take long at all and I 
hope you're getting your house 

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under control during this 
episode. 

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But if you have the time and 
energy to do more, listen to 

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another episode or just listen 
to some music while you clean 

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the floors. 
Hopefully you knocked out those 

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dishes. 
Isn't it amazing how fast you 

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can get your dishes done when 
you do a good effective pre 

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rinse and soak? 
If you're not done though, no 

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judgement here. 
Maybe you were facing a dish 

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master today and you need to 
pause the episode, but a lot of 

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you just knocked out that sink 
full of dishes. 

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OK, so again, lastly, you're 
going to make your bed if you 

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have some bedding you can use, 
unless you're just waiting for 

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the stuff that you have washing 
and then just quickly pick up 

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your bedroom floor. 
OK, you've tidied up your living

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areas, you've cleaned the 
kitchen, your your entryways 

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picked up. 
Now let's pick up your bedroom. 

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And then I want you to clean a 
couple of problem surfaces. 

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Maybe a dusty TV stand or a 
fingerprinted mirror in your 

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bedroom. 
It doesn't take long at all to 

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take care of those small things,
but the little things like that 

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are what can make your room look
really clean. 

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You know, maybe you don't even 
notice it on a conscious level, 

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but clean mirrors and furniture 
that's been dusted makes your 

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room shine. 
OK. 

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And of course, get the floor 
picked up, but I feel like when 

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you make a bed, it automatically
causes you to pick up your 

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bedroom floor. 
It's just funny how that works. 

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I hope you got a lot done during
this episode. 

447
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Thank you so much for listening.
I appreciate each and every one 

448
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of you. 
And as always, happy cleaning. 

449
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I'll talk to you in the next 
episode.