1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning. 2 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 2: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's 3 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 2: tip is to get rid of old things that you 4 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,200 Speaker 2: aren't using or that you won't use now that you 5 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: have new items from the holidays. Doing this will reduce 6 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: clutter and probably save you time when you can more 7 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 2: easily find the things that you do want to use. 8 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,839 Speaker 2: So I recently had a revelation while looking in my 9 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 2: sock drawer. I have eight pairs of winter socks that 10 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: I wear on repeat from mid October to May. I 11 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 2: also have about half a dozen pairs of workout socks 12 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,559 Speaker 2: that I wear regularly, because well, I do my laundry 13 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 2: weekly and it is the rare week when I am 14 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 2: exercising more than six times. There are definitely six favorites. 15 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: I never dip out of the pool of favorites for 16 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 2: any kind of sock, and so I know exactly which 17 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,200 Speaker 2: fourteen pairs of socks I actually wear, and yet oddly 18 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 2: I have many. 19 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: More pairs of socks or worse, individual socks sitting in 20 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 1: my sock drawer. Why are they there? I guess I 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 1: wore them at one point in my life or at 22 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: least acquired them, but they are never in the rotation. 23 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: They have no chance of actually being in the rotation, 24 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 1: since if something happened to the socks I wear, I 25 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: would just replace those socks. These socks I don't wear 26 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: were taking up space and making it mildly more challenging 27 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: to grab the socks I do wear. So I got 28 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 1: rid of all the stretched out old ones and the 29 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: ones with holes. Hey, at least it's a start. Perhaps 30 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,559 Speaker 1: you too have things in your home that you never use. 31 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: I am guessing you may also have got some new 32 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: things over the holidays, which is very exciting if so, 33 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 1: take some time today to think out with the old. 34 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: You can grab a big trash bag for trash. You 35 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,119 Speaker 1: can find a box or hamper for anything you plan 36 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: to donate. Just because you are getting rid of something 37 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 1: doesn't mean it can't be used by somebody else, though 38 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,200 Speaker 1: we do need to be realistic here. If you are 39 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: donating clothes or household items. In many cases, the nonprofits 40 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 1: that accept these items accept them in order to sell 41 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: them in order to raise funds, which means that if 42 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: they can't be sold, they will likely be dumped. So 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: either you are dumping them or the nonprofit is dumping them. 44 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: It might be easier if you just do it. You 45 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: can schedule a pickup for donation items from a group 46 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 1: like Green Drop if you have a lot of stuff 47 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,920 Speaker 1: to go out the door. But honestly, this out with 48 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: the old mindset as we come into the new year 49 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,720 Speaker 1: doesn't need to be a huge purge. You can just 50 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: recognize that in many cases, when we use things in 51 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:10,680 Speaker 1: our daily lives, we use the same things over and 52 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: over again. I have my favorite pens. I will never 53 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 1: use the cheap free pens I got once in my 54 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: drawer because I have a favorite type of pen. If 55 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 1: my favorite pen goes dry, I will buy more of 56 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: my favorite pens. The old pens are never going to 57 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 1: get promoted into regular use, so they can go. When 58 00:03:35,840 --> 00:03:37,839 Speaker 1: you get rid of the old things you don't use, 59 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: you won't have to wade through these old things that 60 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: you don't use in order to find the things that 61 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: you do use. We almost always have our favorite things. 62 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: In general, it is better not to have too many 63 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: items beyond the favorite things. So getting dressed, or finding 64 00:03:56,720 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 1: a pen, or even finding a mug in the morning 65 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 1: is a straightforward process. The start of the new year 66 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,760 Speaker 1: is as good a time as any to think out 67 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: with the old, then it is in with the new 68 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: and a much less cluttered life. In the meantime, this 69 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:21,360 Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the 70 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. 71 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach 72 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 1: me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast 73 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 1: is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, 74 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 75 00:04:54,160 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 1: listen to your favorite shows.