WEBVTT - Tidy up faster 

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is about a genius method of corralling small

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<v Speaker 1>items and being able to tidy up faster. Use trays

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<v Speaker 1>and baskets, and the clutter will seem far more under control.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you've noticed this, but in my house,

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<v Speaker 1>any item on a surface tends to attract more clutter

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<v Speaker 1>to it. People feel a slight tinge of guilt about

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<v Speaker 1>leaving an item on a clear counter, but if there's

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<v Speaker 1>something else there, well pile it up. The solution would

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<v Speaker 1>seem to be to leave all surfaces completely clearer, but

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<v Speaker 1>of course this isn't practical. Some stuff needs to be accessible,

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<v Speaker 1>and some of us, this is definitely my personality, forget

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<v Speaker 1>stuff exists when we don't see it. I actually forgot

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<v Speaker 1>about a bag of my favorite candy that I had

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<v Speaker 1>hid in my desk drawer once. I love that candy,

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<v Speaker 1>but out of sight, out of mind. It is possible

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<v Speaker 1>that if my toothbrush weren't on my bathroom counter, I

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<v Speaker 1>might forget to brush my teeth. So an intermediate solution

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<v Speaker 1>is to use little trays for corralling all items that

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<v Speaker 1>do need to be on a surface without making the

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<v Speaker 1>surface a free for all. Any item that needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be on the surface goes on a tray or in

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<v Speaker 1>a little basket, and the rest of the surface remains clear.

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<v Speaker 1>This provides a natural limit on how many things can

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<v Speaker 1>go on the surface, which can be helpful and still

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<v Speaker 1>makes the surface look relatively neat and a bonus. If

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<v Speaker 1>you do need to make the surface completely clear, just

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<v Speaker 1>whisk the tray or the basket off somewhere else in

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<v Speaker 1>the cupboard in a closet. This is a five second

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<v Speaker 1>operation and a reversible one too, because as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>the surface no longer needs to be clear, you take

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<v Speaker 1>it back out. There are some variations on this theme.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, all spring, I kept my homeschooling binder and

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<v Speaker 1>papers on one corner of the kitchen island. The rest

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<v Speaker 1>of the island had to be clear, but I acknowledged

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<v Speaker 1>that that one corner could have stuff. Things could still

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<v Speaker 1>be kept relatively clear that way, and whisked off to

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<v Speaker 1>another place if they needed to be. In any case,

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<v Speaker 1>if you have surfaces that tend to get cluttered, but

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<v Speaker 1>you can't go cold turkey on having them completely cleared.

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<v Speaker 1>Try using a tray or a basket. The surface will

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<v Speaker 1>look better, you'll limit the amount of stuff on display,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll be able to tidy up faster when necessary.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a win all the way around. In the meantime,

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

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