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 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:21,520 Speaker 1: tip is to put things all the way away. Your 4 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 1: stuff doesn't need a layover when it is getting from 5 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: here to there. So I am fascinated by the ways 6 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 1: that people manage and think about tidying up. One thing 7 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,479 Speaker 1: I have noticed is that a lot of people have 8 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: waypoints where they deposit items that are out of place 9 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: before they put them where they actually belong. Maybe you 10 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:47,479 Speaker 1: have a pile at the foot of the stairs for 11 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:50,639 Speaker 1: things that belong upstairs, and another pile at the top 12 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:53,480 Speaker 1: of the stairs for things that need to go downstairs. 13 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: Maybe the kitchen counter by the door to the hallway 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,840 Speaker 1: collects items destined for the bedrooms and bathroom down the hall. 15 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: When you unload groceries, you may park toiletries, cleanex boxes, 16 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: and cleaning supplies near the back door until they find 17 00:01:09,440 --> 00:01:13,240 Speaker 1: their way to the bathroom. Items intended for the attic 18 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 1: might spend weeks on the table beside the attic door 19 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: before they finally get put in the right box in 20 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: the right corner. Things may end up languishing in this 21 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 1: transition spot for hours. Days or even longer. It's all 22 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: kind of silly because the effort it would take to 23 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: get the tissue box out of the grocery bag and 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:35,759 Speaker 1: straight to the bathroom, or to put the extra pantry 25 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,240 Speaker 1: bin in the attic is not that much more than 26 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: putting it in a waist station. And since you will 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: have to stop at the wat station at some other 28 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 1: point in order to finish the job, the sum total 29 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: of energy is less if you just do the job 30 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 1: completely at the beginning. Now, I do understand that sometimes 31 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 1: it's wise to batch things. If you truly do have 32 00:01:58,760 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: a lot of items going up upstairs or into the attic, 33 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: like say, all your holiday decorations, it might make sense 34 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: to collect them and do it all at once. I 35 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: also suspect that many times the way station is actually 36 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 1: an invitation for someone else to complete the job, perhaps 37 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: because you feel like you have done enough. And I 38 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 1: believe it that may be entirely true. But if that 39 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: is the case, then you are better off just telling 40 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: the person to deal with the item, because most likely 41 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,800 Speaker 1: it will sit there for a long long time until 42 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: you do get around to finishing the job yourself. So 43 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: instead of sharing the load, you have just increased your own. Now, 44 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 1: I am personally not that much bothered by things being 45 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: in the wrong place, but I know that some people 46 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: do get bent out of shape by clutter and they 47 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: find it hard to concentrate. If that is the case, 48 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 1: then putting some thing all the way away is definitely 49 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: going to cause fewer negative feelings than seeing the item 50 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:11,480 Speaker 1: for days. So finish the job and you won't have 51 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: to think about it again. In the meantime. This is Laura. 52 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of 53 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. 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