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 another episode of the Decluttered Mom podcast.

I am excited to talk to you this week about a specific time block.

So if you've followed me for any point in time on Instagram, then you probably know that I am a big fan of time blocking my calendar and my days.

It helps me to kind of wrap my brain around different parts of the day. It helps me honestly to get things done. I have ADHD and sometimes like the actual starting a project can be

really hard for me. Also finishing a project can be really hard for me. But depending on what it is,

if it's something I'm really, really interested in, then it's easy for me to

start and it's hard for me to finish. If it's something I'm not interested in, like returning things

to Amazon, it's hard for me to start because it's the actual like just getting going that is difficult for me. And I have found that when I have

time blocks, it takes a little bit of that away because I know that during this time block,

during this time period in my day, during this week, I am doing returns. And so if I can just like,

um, almost like schedule or assign that task to me during that time period in my week, I am like 10 times more likely to actually get that done

versus just saying like at the beginning of the week, oh, I need to return these things to Amazon.

It's probably not going to get done or it's going to get done like at the very last minute

in a stressed out manner. And I don't want that, right? Because who wants to be stressed out?

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