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 the decluttered mom podcast. I am Diana Renee. I am your host. And if you listen last week,

then you heard that we played an audio for you from one of our courses called Simplify the School

year. And we were doing that because when and anytime you come back to school, even if it's not

after a long summer break, just coming back

after winter break and getting into the swing of things with routines again can be hard.

And I get that.

And so I wanted to just play a couple audios for you that are from that course to help you kind

to get back into that mindset of building these routines

and making your life easier as kids are back in school. So without further ado, we are going to

be playing for you a couple of audios with all about like lunch systems. And so let's jump into those two audios.

Let's talk about something small but deeply meaningful. Lunch notes. The kind you slip into a

lunchbox with a little joke, a word of encouragement, or a reminder that someone at home is

thinking about them. My girls love these. They tape them inside their lockers. They

save them in their backpacks. They even bring them up weeks later. They matter. But here's the

thing. Doing them daily didn't work for me. I would either forget or scruble something

random that didn't really feel special because I was in a hurry. And instead of being the sweet

moment of

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