Welcome to the Organized 365 Podcast. My name is Lisa Woodruff and I'm a professional

organizer and blogger in Cincinnati, Ohio. I want to help you get your home

organized and help you organize life stages and unexpected events.

So sit back, relax, and let's get organized.

This week we're going to get down in the mud,

get all dirty and talk about all of the reasons why your home is not getting organized

to the level that you want and as quick as you want.

First of all, if you are listening to this as it's released, which is July 2016,

I just want to say it's July. And let me just tell you you the end of July and the beginning of August have to be the least productive

time of the year like of all time.

Even though I'm a super productive person,

this is my least productive time of the year.

And there are a lot of reasons for this,

good reasons for this.

First of all, there's no school schedule, so even if you don't have

school kids, the school year schedule does affect you. It affects the traffic flow in your town. It affects the hours that

different establishments are open. It affects who's at the grocery stores and

when. It affects who's working at different establishments.

You have a lot of teenagers working there.

Instead of stay-at-home moms, they're just working while the kids are in the school year.

And so the ebb and flow of the school year

does affect everyone whether or not you have kids.

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