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. This week we are going to do a little bit of a

continuation from last week when we were talking all about the things that are going to make

your life a lot easier if you do prior to school beginning or at least at the beginning of the

school year. And this week, as promised, are things that you can just be doing

throughout the year that are really going to help you at any point throughout the year,

no matter if it's a less busy season or an overwhelmed season or a survival mode season,

any of those, all of these things are going to just help you through it.

So just like last week, we are going to go through six different tips that are just going to

help you throughout the year to make life easier. Are they completely life changing?

No, but they will help you. So let's just jump into number one, which is to be prepared the

night before. And that sounds like, duh, right? But I think so often we overestimate our time

and energy for our mornings or we're just so tired by the end of the day that we just don't

have it in us to be able to, you know, do anything extra. But going back to last week when I was

talking about the PM checklist for my girls and what you can do with your kids in

checklists, just going through and making sure that things are prepared for the morning

as much as possible is going to take the pressure off of your mornings. And if you start your

morning, less stressed, less overwhelmed, less rushed, less hurried, then it's just going to set your entire day on a different

foot than when you're running late and you're rushing and you're frustrated and you can't find

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