Hi friends, I'm Emily Lay and you're listening to the Simplified Podcast. If you're looking

to simplify your life and organize your home, then you're in the right place. Every week,

I invite you to explore practical ways to organize and automate the complicated parts

of life so you can focus on what truly matters most.

Well guys, I don't know how it's even possible, but we are approaching the end of summer. All

eyes are on back to school season and if you're anything like me, that means it's time

for a fresh start. If you have not purchased your signature Simplified planner, now is the

time. The signature Simplified planners in our shop at EmilyLay.com start August 1st.

Do you ever start to notice the same idea popping up in your life over and over again?

And you go, huh? Maybe this is something I should listen to or pay attention to. That's

kind of where I am with something right now. A few months ago, I saw a meme on Instagram

that stopped me in my tracks. I love a funny meme, but this was not one of those. This

was a little more serious. It was an illustrated meme with a bunch of different scenarios on

it. A mom soothing the emotions of an upset child. A mom up late at night feeding a kid.

A mom organizing holiday parties and making sure backpacks were filled and doing school

drop off and pick up and prepping meals and organizing the home. And on top of all these

scenarios was one simple phrase, the unseen load of the default parent. Well, that one

got me. It got me so much that I shared it to my stories and you guys really resonated

with it also. Fast forward to a couple weeks ago. I was listening to Gen Hatmakers podcast,

which I do a lot because it is just so good and she is so wise. And her guest that week

was Eve Rodzki, a Harvard Law graduate and organizational management guru. Eve was

talking about her own pull between being a lawyer to billionaire families, just like

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