You're listening to the Decluttered Mom podcast. A podcast built specifically for busy moms by a busy mom. I'm your host, Diana Renee. And in 2017, I had my second daughter and it felt like I was literally drowning in my home. Okay, not literally,

but I felt like I couldn't breathe with all of the stuff surrounding me. Over the next 10 months,

I got rid of approximately 70% of our household belongings and I have never looked back.

I kind of feel like I hacked the mom system, and I'm here to share all the tips,

tricks, and encouragement.

Let's listen to today's show.

Welcome to the very first episode of 2024 of the Declutter and Mom podcast. It sounds so weird to say that,

especially because I am recording this in December of 2023. But it is January 2nd when this episode

comes out of 2024. And I saw a meme on Instagram a couple weeks ago that I

shared to my stories. And it was like, did it hurt when you realize that 2019 was five years ago

and you're still processing it and it's 2024? And I was like, oh my gosh, that's so accurate.

Like the whole world has felt different.

Time has felt different since 2020 and like 2019 felt like the last like normal year.

And it's just it's bizarre.

That's what I could talk about that for like five hours, but that is not

what we are here for today. P.S. Even like saying 24, I had to like stop myself. I stopped

the recording and I was like, wait, is it, is next year 24? I couldn't like, I just feel like my brain

cannot comprehend time. And I'm sure part of that is just

all the holiday stuff, like all the holiday stuff at school that like all the extra stuff that we

have to remember and all of the end of year things. And you know, I don't have to tell you,

you know how crazy it can get. And so even this week, my nine year old was like, I feel like I don't have to tell you, you know, how crazy it can get. And so even this week,

my nine-year-old was like, I feel like I don't even know what day it is. Like on Tuesday,

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