1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning, 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: tip is to store things wisely. As the seasons shift, 4 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: you'll want to move seasonal things to new locations, but 5 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: make sure you're taking care of your things at the 6 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:33,839 Speaker 1: same time. Spring comes and fits and starts. In my 7 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 1: part of the world, it takes a while before we're 8 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:40,559 Speaker 1: sure that we won't be wearing our coats anymore, but 9 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 1: there is a point of no return, and yet inevitably 10 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:46,199 Speaker 1: June will come and there will still be coats and 11 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: hats and gloves taking up space in the mudroom. I 12 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: will also admit that sometimes I have not noticed that 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: I'm not really wearing my sweaters anymore, and I don't 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,240 Speaker 1: do anything about that fact, and then they've wound up 15 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: in pretty bad can by the time I pull them 16 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: back out of a drawer in October. So it might 17 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: help to just be a bit more intentional about this. 18 00:01:10,240 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: Choose a day when you are mostly sure the cold 19 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 1: weather is done, to move your cold weather things away 20 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 1: from valuable real estate, and then figure out exactly how 21 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: you are going to store them. I'm a big fan 22 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: of plastic bins with locking lids for clean items they 23 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,479 Speaker 1: keep spills and critters away, Or perhaps you use garment 24 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: bags or sweater boxes. Think about where these things can go. 25 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,240 Speaker 1: Many people have a closet where they put out of 26 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: seasoned stuff. Hopefully you have some shelves in there where 27 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: you can put things that you don't really need to 28 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:45,399 Speaker 1: access all that frequently. But if your closets are all 29 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: in high demand, maybe you could slide some bins under 30 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,640 Speaker 1: your bed and use that space too as much as possible. 31 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: You also want to put stuff away, clean, check your 32 00:01:56,800 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: coat pockets, wash everything, or maybe even send your sweaters 33 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: to the cleaners and have them pack them up. They 34 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 1: will be all fresh in the fall. Now. Of course, 35 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: it can be a fair amount of work to wash 36 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: things and have a special container for them, so this 37 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: seasonal shift can also nudge you to do some purging. 38 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 1: Did you ever wear that sweater this winter? If not, 39 00:02:22,200 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 1: you probably don't really like it. Did you wear that 40 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 1: second coat or did the first one really just do 41 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: the job? Maybe you can donate the second one to 42 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,200 Speaker 1: someone who could use it. You can also go through 43 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 1: and figure out if any mittens are missing matches, if 44 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: you're not going to find those matches. The mittens aren't 45 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:47,079 Speaker 1: going to be of much use. Best to let them go. 46 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 1: We don't have a whole lot of natural opportunities to 47 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: go through our stuff unless we're moving, and most people 48 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: don't move all that often, Thank goodness of us, do 49 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,919 Speaker 1: experience at least some change in the seasons. So use 50 00:03:04,960 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: the occasion to think about your stuff and store what 51 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: you wish to keep. Wisely, it will all emerge in 52 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 1: much better condition if you do. In the meantime, this 53 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the 54 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: most of our time. 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