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 today because I want to just offer up a reminder of something that is so simple yet makes such a huge difference in the mornings in our house. And I know many, many students of mine have said this has been a game changer for them also. And again's just a really simple thing it's a really simple switch it's something that you have to do already it's just

doing it at a different time to make your mornings go easier and that simple thing is just to have

everything that you need to walk out of the door in the

morning prepped the night before and by the door. So what this looks like in a practical way for us

is, as you know, I work from home because I have my own business. However, most of the time,

I would say 95% of the time, I go and work at

coffee shops in the morning especially because if I don't, there is too much to distract me at

home and there are too many things vying for my attention in my own home that I just am not as productive. And so I know that if I go

drop my kids off at school and I go right to a coffee shop, I'm going to be like a hundred

times more productive. And so I get myself ready as if I'm going to an office. And that has been really, really helpful for me.

So for me, what that means is having my work bag ready, having my laptop ready, having it

charged and in the bag and also having the laptop charger in the bag, having my notebook,

having my pen, having my highlighter, having my water bottle already filled in the bag, having my notebook, having my pen, having my highlighter, having my water

bottle already filled in the work bag, ready to go, having my electrolyte powder mix that I mix into

the water in the work bag, ready to go. Basically, anything that I'm going to need while I am out of

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