WEBVTT - Store things wisely

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to store things wisely. As the seasons shift,

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<v Speaker 1>you'll want to move seasonal things to new locations, but

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<v Speaker 1>make sure you're taking care of your things at the

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<v Speaker 1>same time. Spring comes and fits and starts. In my

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<v Speaker 1>part of the world, it takes a while before we're

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<v Speaker 1>sure that we won't be wearing our coats anymore, but

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<v Speaker 1>there is a point of no return, and yet inevitably

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<v Speaker 1>June will come and there will still be coats and

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<v Speaker 1>hats and gloves taking up space in the mudroom. I

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<v Speaker 1>will also admit that sometimes I have not noticed that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not really wearing my sweaters anymore, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>do anything about that fact, and then they've wound up

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<v Speaker 1>in pretty bad can by the time I pull them

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<v Speaker 1>back out of a drawer in October. So it might

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<v Speaker 1>help to just be a bit more intentional about this.

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<v Speaker 1>Choose a day when you are mostly sure the cold

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<v Speaker 1>weather is done, to move your cold weather things away

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<v Speaker 1>from valuable real estate, and then figure out exactly how

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<v Speaker 1>you are going to store them. I'm a big fan

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<v Speaker 1>of plastic bins with locking lids for clean items they

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<v Speaker 1>keep spills and critters away, Or perhaps you use garment

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<v Speaker 1>bags or sweater boxes. Think about where these things can go.

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<v Speaker 1>Many people have a closet where they put out of

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<v Speaker 1>seasoned stuff. Hopefully you have some shelves in there where

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<v Speaker 1>you can put things that you don't really need to

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<v Speaker 1>access all that frequently. But if your closets are all

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<v Speaker 1>in high demand, maybe you could slide some bins under

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<v Speaker 1>your bed and use that space too as much as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>You also want to put stuff away, clean, check your

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<v Speaker 1>coat pockets, wash everything, or maybe even send your sweaters

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<v Speaker 1>to the cleaners and have them pack them up. They

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<v Speaker 1>will be all fresh in the fall. Now. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>it can be a fair amount of work to wash

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<v Speaker 1>things and have a special container for them, so this

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<v Speaker 1>seasonal shift can also nudge you to do some purging.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you ever wear that sweater this winter? If not,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably don't really like it. Did you wear that

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<v Speaker 1>second coat or did the first one really just do

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<v Speaker 1>the job? Maybe you can donate the second one to

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<v Speaker 1>someone who could use it. You can also go through

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<v Speaker 1>and figure out if any mittens are missing matches, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're not going to find those matches. The mittens aren't

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<v Speaker 1>going to be of much use. Best to let them go.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't have a whole lot of natural opportunities to

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<v Speaker 1>go through our stuff unless we're moving, and most people

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<v Speaker 1>don't move all that often, Thank goodness of us, do

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<v Speaker 1>experience at least some change in the seasons. So use

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<v Speaker 1>the occasion to think about your stuff and store what

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<v Speaker 1>you wish to keep. Wisely, it will all emerge in

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<v Speaker 1>much better condition if you do. In the meantime, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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