WEBVTT - Out with the old

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

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<v Speaker 2>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 2>tip is to get rid of old things that you

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<v Speaker 2>aren't using or that you won't use now that you

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<v Speaker 2>have new items from the holidays. Doing this will reduce

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<v Speaker 2>clutter and probably save you time when you can more

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<v Speaker 2>easily find the things that you do want to use.

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<v Speaker 2>So I recently had a revelation while looking in my

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<v Speaker 2>sock drawer. I have eight pairs of winter socks that

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<v Speaker 2>I wear on repeat from mid October to May. I

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<v Speaker 2>also have about half a dozen pairs of workout socks

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<v Speaker 2>that I wear regularly, because well, I do my laundry

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<v Speaker 2>weekly and it is the rare week when I am

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<v Speaker 2>exercising more than six times. There are definitely six favorites.

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<v Speaker 2>I never dip out of the pool of favorites for

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<v Speaker 2>any kind of sock, and so I know exactly which

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen pairs of socks I actually wear, and yet oddly

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<v Speaker 2>I have many.

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<v Speaker 1>More pairs of socks or worse, individual socks sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>my sock drawer. Why are they there? I guess I

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<v Speaker 1>wore them at one point in my life or at

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<v Speaker 1>least acquired them, but they are never in the rotation.

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<v Speaker 1>They have no chance of actually being in the rotation,

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<v Speaker 1>since if something happened to the socks I wear, I

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<v Speaker 1>would just replace those socks. These socks I don't wear

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<v Speaker 1>were taking up space and making it mildly more challenging

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<v Speaker 1>to grab the socks I do wear. So I got

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<v Speaker 1>rid of all the stretched out old ones and the

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<v Speaker 1>ones with holes. Hey, at least it's a start. Perhaps

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<v Speaker 1>you too have things in your home that you never use.

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<v Speaker 1>I am guessing you may also have got some new

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<v Speaker 1>things over the holidays, which is very exciting if so,

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<v Speaker 1>take some time today to think out with the old.

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<v Speaker 1>You can grab a big trash bag for trash. You

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<v Speaker 1>can find a box or hamper for anything you plan

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<v Speaker 1>to donate. Just because you are getting rid of something

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean it can't be used by somebody else, though

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<v Speaker 1>we do need to be realistic here. If you are

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<v Speaker 1>donating clothes or household items. In many cases, the nonprofits

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<v Speaker 1>that accept these items accept them in order to sell

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<v Speaker 1>them in order to raise funds, which means that if

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<v Speaker 1>they can't be sold, they will likely be dumped. So

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<v Speaker 1>either you are dumping them or the nonprofit is dumping them.

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<v Speaker 1>It might be easier if you just do it. You

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<v Speaker 1>can schedule a pickup for donation items from a group

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<v Speaker 1>like Green Drop if you have a lot of stuff

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<v Speaker 1>to go out the door. But honestly, this out with

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<v Speaker 1>the old mindset as we come into the new year

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't need to be a huge purge. You can just

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<v Speaker 1>recognize that in many cases, when we use things in

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<v Speaker 1>our daily lives, we use the same things over and

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<v Speaker 1>over again. I have my favorite pens. I will never

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<v Speaker 1>use the cheap free pens I got once in my

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<v Speaker 1>drawer because I have a favorite type of pen. If

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite pen goes dry, I will buy more of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite pens. The old pens are never going to

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<v Speaker 1>get promoted into regular use, so they can go. When

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<v Speaker 1>you get rid of the old things you don't use,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't have to wade through these old things that

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<v Speaker 1>you don't use in order to find the things that

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<v Speaker 1>you do use. We almost always have our favorite things.

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<v Speaker 1>In general, it is better not to have too many

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<v Speaker 1>items beyond the favorite things. So getting dressed, or finding

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<v Speaker 1>a pen, or even finding a mug in the morning

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<v Speaker 1>is a straightforward process. The start of the new year

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<v Speaker 1>is as good a time as any to think out

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<v Speaker 1>with the old, then it is in with the new

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<v Speaker 1>and a much less cluttered life. 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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