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 Bomb podcast.

Today, I want to talk about a question that I got in the DM a while ago. And I thought it was a very good question that I think many of you can relate to. And so I wanted to save it for the podcast. So I could do an episode about it. We could just chat about it because I think it's a very

common thing and it's a common feeling. And so let's talk about it. So the question is, I put the house

to bed, but I don't feel like I have time to do so every night because I'm so busy. Is doing it

three out of seven nights better than zero? Okay. So first, great question. Second, let's clarify what

putting the house to bed means because maybe you're listening to this and you know exactly what that

means. Maybe you're listening to it and you're like, what in the world is that? So putting the house

to bed is just another term for what I call PM pickup. And basically it is taking care of

everything that's been out during the day, putting the dishes away, making sure that everything's

cleaned and wiped down and swept up and you're just ready to go for the next day. So it's making

sure things are going back into their homes. And we really like to focus on the kitchen

when we're talking about PM pickup, even though now my PM pickup consists of basically

the whole house because it just doesn't take very long. And when someone is just first starting,

though, I really ask them to focus on the kitchen because that makes the biggest difference.

Number one, number two, that tends to be where we have food and things that like really need to be put away more than like the blanket on the floor in the family room because it could cause other issues.

So we want to make sure that we focus on the kitchen first.

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