180: When the House Falls Apart at the Same Time Every Day

The Decluttered Mom Podcast

Diana Rene

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

4.9 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Struggling with mom routines after school, before dinner, or bedtime? Daily transitions create chaos for busy moms, but they don’t have to. In this episode, Diana reveals how to fix your home’s toughest transition with one simple strategy: pre-decide it. No printables, no apps, no overwhelm, just 3-4 steps that calm kids, reduce decision fatigue, and stabilize your day. What You’ll Learn: Why transitions trigger meltdowns (and how to spot yours).How to build a 15-minute routine ki...

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0:00.0	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,
0:23.6	but I felt like I couldn't breathe with all of the stuff surrounding me. Over the next 10 months,
0:30.5	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
0:39.7	system, and I'm here to share all the tips, tricks, and encouragement. Let's listen to today's show.
0:50.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Decluttered Mom podcast, but not just any episode, the first episode of 2026.
1:01.7	How is that possible? I don't know. I feel like it's still 2019 somehow, but here we are. So I hope you're having a happy new year. I hope it's off to a good start.
1:13.7	My kids are back to school this week and we've had a great break as far as just being able to
1:20.4	relax. We were all sick over a Thanksgiving break and so I was really worried about it for Christmas
1:26.4	because we just missed everything. And my kids
1:29.9	especially just really wanted to like be able to do things over this break. Like they couldn't over
1:36.3	Thanksgiving. And luckily, knock on wood, we were good through break. And we spent a lot of time at
1:43.7	home, which was really, really nice.
1:45.8	We got a lot done around the house. We played a lot of games. We watched a lot of movies. We played a lot of
1:51.6	four square randomly. And it was just nice, a lot of reading. I had a lot of work. And then we also
1:58.6	have three birthdays in our house in the first few weeks of
2:02.4	January. So Christmas is always a crazy time in our house. And then I'm like ready to like take a
2:08.5	deep breath and relax. And I'm like, oh yeah, I can't. I have three birthdays. And we have our
2:14.0	five day decluttering challenge. That's always January 1st, which is a lot of work for me
2:19.6	and for everyone on my team. So there's no rest. There's no rest during this time of year,
2:25.2	but that's okay because it's an exciting time of year. And I like New Year's. I know I've
2:31.0	talked about this on previous episodes. I'm not like a huge resolutions
2:34.7	fan necessarily, but I just like the idea of a fresh start. And New Year's gives that to me.
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