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The Decluttered Mom Podcast

143: Concepts that Help Daily Tasks (Replay)

The Decluttered Mom Podcast

Diana Rene

Education, Mom Life, Leisure, Self-improvement, Home & Garden, Busy Mom, Parenting, Minimalist, Kids & Family, Routines, Decluttering

4.9681 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Feeling overwhelmed by the never-ending pile of dishes and mountains of laundry? In this episode Diana shares two game-changing concepts that have completely transformed her approach to those dreaded daily mom tasks. These aren't complicated strategies that require special skills—just simple mindset shifts that actually work in real mom life! What You'll Learn: All about "Parkinson's Law" and how we make tasks seem MUCH bigger than they really areWhy timing yourself doing the dishes mig...

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0:00.0

Hi and welcome to the Decluttered Mom podcast. Today we are going to talk about a couple of concepts

0:05.7

that have really transformed how I approach and handle some day-to-day tasks that maybe are not my

0:14.4

favorite. These concepts I actually learned through business courses that I've taken over the last

0:19.6

couple of years for this business, but I have been able to use them in business, that I've taken over the last couple of years for this business.

0:22.0

But I have been able to use them in business, but I've also been able to use them in my home

0:26.5

management, in my motherhood, in my planning and scheduling and productivity and all of the

0:31.6

above. So I wanted to share these with you today in hopes that maybe you can take one concept or a couple of them and apply

0:40.0

them into your home and into your life to make some of your tasks feel a little bit easier

0:44.8

too.

0:46.4

You're listening to the Decluttered Mom Podcast.

0:49.9

A podcast built specifically for busy moms by a busy mom.

0:54.3

I'm your host, Diana Renee.

0:56.0

And in 2017, I had my second daughter and it felt like I was literally drowning in my home.

1:02.6

Okay, not literally.

1:03.5

But I felt like I couldn't breathe with all of the stuff surrounding me.

1:09.0

Over the next 10 months, I got rid of approximately 70% of our

1:13.9

household belongings, and I have never looked back. I kind of feel like I hacked the mom

1:19.7

system, and I'm here to share all the tips, tricks, and encouragement. Let's listen to today's show.

1:27.5

So the first one I want to talk about is called Parkinson's Law. And the fancy actual concept is

1:35.4

work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion. So that kind of sounds

1:43.2

confusing. But basically what it means is that any task that we take

1:47.3

is going to either expand or decrease in time depending on the time that we give it, right?

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