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. Hello and welcome to another episode of the decluttered mom podcast. I am your host, Diana Renee. And today we are going to talk about why your home never stays tidy even after you declutter, which this is a very common thing I get in my Instagram DMs. It's Diana. I don't understand. I feel like I have decluttered all the time. I feel like I've done it so

many times and it sticks for like a month or maybe not even that. It sticks for a week. And after that,

it's just like everything feels super cluttered again. This is common. This is super, super common. And it's

frustrating because you put this time and you put this energy into actually doing the thing,

actually decluttering. And for it to not actually feel like it actually worked can feel really

defeating and can feel really frustrating. And so I empathize

with that. And I, like I said, I think this is a very common experience. And I have seen over and

over and over. I have been, you know, I have been doing this now for, oh my gosh, I have to,

what year is it? Does anyone else feel like post-COVID? It's like you can't even, it all,

everything blurs together, right? Okay. So we are in 2025. I have been doing this since 2017.

So you do the math because if I do the math, it'll be wrong. I've been doing this for many years.

And I have worked with many, many women. And this is one of their bigger pain points and one of the things that when they do come

to work with me or they come to take one of my courses, it's a major pain point.

And after working with me or after taking one of my courses, they're like, finally,

the clutter is staying gone. And so let's go

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