WEBVTT - Put it all the way away

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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 put things all the way away. Your

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<v Speaker 1>stuff doesn't need a layover when it is getting from

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<v Speaker 1>here to there. So I am fascinated by the ways

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<v Speaker 1>that people manage and think about tidying up. One thing

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<v Speaker 1>I have noticed is that a lot of people have

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<v Speaker 1>waypoints where they deposit items that are out of place

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<v Speaker 1>before they put them where they actually belong. Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>have a pile at the foot of the stairs for

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<v Speaker 1>things that belong upstairs, and another pile at the top

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<v Speaker 1>of the stairs for things that need to go downstairs.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe the kitchen counter by the door to the hallway

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<v Speaker 1>collects items destined for the bedrooms and bathroom down the hall.

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<v Speaker 1>When you unload groceries, you may park toiletries, cleanex boxes,

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<v Speaker 1>and cleaning supplies near the back door until they find

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<v Speaker 1>their way to the bathroom. Items intended for the attic

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<v Speaker 1>might spend weeks on the table beside the attic door

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<v Speaker 1>before they finally get put in the right box in

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<v Speaker 1>the right corner. Things may end up languishing in this

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<v Speaker 1>transition spot for hours. Days or even longer. It's all

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<v Speaker 1>kind of silly because the effort it would take to

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<v Speaker 1>get the tissue box out of the grocery bag and

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<v Speaker 1>straight to the bathroom, or to put the extra pantry

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<v Speaker 1>bin in the attic is not that much more than

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<v Speaker 1>putting it in a waist station. And since you will

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<v Speaker 1>have to stop at the wat station at some other

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<v Speaker 1>point in order to finish the job, the sum total

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<v Speaker 1>of energy is less if you just do the job

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<v Speaker 1>completely at the beginning. Now, I do understand that sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>it's wise to batch things. If you truly do have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of items going up upstairs or into the attic,

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<v Speaker 1>like say, all your holiday decorations, it might make sense

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<v Speaker 1>to collect them and do it all at once. I

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<v Speaker 1>also suspect that many times the way station is actually

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<v Speaker 1>an invitation for someone else to complete the job, perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>because you feel like you have done enough. And I

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<v Speaker 1>believe it that may be entirely true. But if that

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<v Speaker 1>is the case, then you are better off just telling

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<v Speaker 1>the person to deal with the item, because most likely

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<v Speaker 1>it will sit there for a long long time until

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<v Speaker 1>you do get around to finishing the job yourself. So

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<v Speaker 1>instead of sharing the load, you have just increased your own. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I am personally not that much bothered by things being

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<v Speaker 1>in the wrong place, but I know that some people

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<v Speaker 1>do get bent out of shape by clutter and they

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<v Speaker 1>find it hard to concentrate. If that is the case,

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<v Speaker 1>then putting some thing all the way away is definitely

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<v Speaker 1>going to cause fewer negative feelings than seeing the item

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<v Speaker 1>for days. So finish the job and you won't have

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<v Speaker 1>to think about it again. In the meantime. This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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<v Speaker 1>got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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