Today we're cleaning together. This is all about motivation, inspiration, we're getting

our butts up and we're making our house better because we deserve it.

Hey, Clutterbugs. Welcome back to the Clutterbug podcast. I'm going to be honest with you. I'm

feeling a little resentful and frustrated today. So I thought I would do this podcast because we

can support each other today. Maybe you can relate. I was gone all weekend doing a CPR in first

aid course and it was legit like all day, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. I didn't get home until dinner and my

kids, my husband, they're great. They try their best. But I came home to a house with dirty dishes. I

came home to laundry that hadn't been kept up. We have a family of five and it's effort. Even

though my house is tidy, even though I have these great organizing systems in place, there's day-to-day

stuff that's just never freaking ending. And if we skip a day, we're always behind. It's so

frustrating. I thought about just leaving it. I thought about saying, you know what, forget it.

And I'll do it tomorrow. This is tomorrow casts this problem. And this is something I used to do

all the time. I used to procrastinate the tidying and the cleaning and the picking up because

honestly, I was kind of mad about it. Not only mad that I feel like my family wasn't as helpful as

they should, but mad at the mess in general. Mad that I didn't clean up earlier. Mad that I have

to do it at all. I have this like inner teenager who looks at mess and just like, I wish this wasn't

my problem. Why is this my problem? How am I stuck being this grown up that has to do this? And

I don't feel this all the time. I used to feel this all the time, but it still creeps up every

now and then. So I wanted to do this podcast so we can clean together because here is the undeniable

truth. When my house is out of control, when there's a bunch of dirty dishes in the kitchen,

when the living room's a mess, when my bedroom is a mess, I am so much more anxious. I'm stressed out.

I don't sleep as well. So we're tackling it right now. And as you listen to this, get up,

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