WEBVTT - Make one spot a haven

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of my 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 to make one spot in your home

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<v Speaker 1>a haven. We can't always control other people's messes, but

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<v Speaker 1>if clutter bothers you, having one spot that is tidy

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<v Speaker 1>can leave you feeling far more serene. Anyone who has

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<v Speaker 1>seen my office knows that I am not too bothered

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<v Speaker 1>by messes. I get focused on what I am doing,

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<v Speaker 1>and when I am focused, my physical environment just doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>rise up my priority list. That said, even I have

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<v Speaker 1>a limit, and in a family of seven people, sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff can get out of control. Rather than spend

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<v Speaker 1>my life picking things up, I know I can always

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<v Speaker 1>retreat to my bedroom. I'm never in there except for

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<v Speaker 1>when I am sleeping, and maybe the thirty minutes or

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<v Speaker 1>so before I am sleeping. My closet and bathroom are

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<v Speaker 1>both down a little hallway, which means there's no need

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<v Speaker 1>to stack stuff in the bedroom itself. All that is

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<v Speaker 1>in there is a bed, a rug to night tables,

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<v Speaker 1>two lamps, a chair, and a decorative shelf with nothing

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<v Speaker 1>on the shelf because the shelf is new and I

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like keeping it empty. In other words, there

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<v Speaker 1>is really nothing to clean up. If the bed is made,

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<v Speaker 1>then the room is completely tranquil. If other places feel

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<v Speaker 1>like a mess, I can always go in there and

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<v Speaker 1>shut the door. Maybe you could consider creating one such

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<v Speaker 1>space too. The primary bedroom is a good spot in

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<v Speaker 1>many houses since most of the time the kid clutter

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't wind up in there. Not always, of course, if

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<v Speaker 1>you are sharing sleeping quarters with a baby or toddler,

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<v Speaker 1>then obviously that is going to change things. But if not,

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<v Speaker 1>you might have a fighting chance of keeping most of

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff out of there so everything stays tidy with

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<v Speaker 1>minimal effort. If that is not an option, maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>can find another spot. Sometimes a bathroom can become an

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<v Speaker 1>adult only bathroom and take on a spa like atmosphere.

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<v Speaker 1>Or perhaps it's an office or a guest room that

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<v Speaker 1>no one would naturally use much. If one of your

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<v Speaker 1>kids has moved out, that child's old bedroom could be

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<v Speaker 1>re envisioned as a low clutter spot. Or maybe it's

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<v Speaker 1>just a corner of the living room where you fight

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<v Speaker 1>the good fight to keep everything away. People know not

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<v Speaker 1>to leave a dish on mom or Dad's favorite coffee

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<v Speaker 1>table over there. Or move the pillows from their carefully

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<v Speaker 1>arranged spot. The rest of the home can be a disaster,

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<v Speaker 1>but if you arrange one corner and have the ability

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<v Speaker 1>to sit facing away from the mess, this can make

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<v Speaker 1>things feel more in control. Now to be sure, I

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<v Speaker 1>know people can go overboard on linking physical clutter with

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<v Speaker 1>mental unhappiness. I do not buy the idea that life

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<v Speaker 1>begins when you put your house in order, since housework

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<v Speaker 1>is never done. That is just a way to keep

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<v Speaker 1>people from feeling like they can ever do anything in

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<v Speaker 1>their lives except pick things up. Since we can't always

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<v Speaker 1>control other people's messes, that means we are defeated from

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<v Speaker 1>the get go. So please go build your are big, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>fabulous life, whatever your house looks like. But if you

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<v Speaker 1>do enjoy a calm and serene spot from time to time,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't need to go full minimalist to make it happen.

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<v Speaker 1>Just clear one room or one spot and make that

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<v Speaker 1>your haven. Go there when you need a break, then

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<v Speaker 1>you can emerge to everything else feeling better. 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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<v Speaker 1>the most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to

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