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Today's episode is going to be a longer one, part of the series where I interview fascinating people about how they take their days from great to awesome and any advice they have for the rest of us. So today I am delighted to welcome Lori Palau to the show. She is the host of the organized life podcast, author of the book Hot Mess, owner of the

business, simply be organized.

So, Lori, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much.

It's a pleasure to be here.

I love sitting on the other side of a podcast, my episode.

Oh, absolutely.

It's a totally different experience.

So why don't you tell our listeners a little bit about yourself?

Okay, well, I'll try to give it the quick short version. So I'm a mom to two grownish kids.

I have a almost 22-year-old and 25-year-old. So kind of in a new season of life where my youngest

just graduated college. And so that's bringing

on a whole different type of mothering. And then professionally, I run a company called Simply

Be Organized, where I write, teach, speak, all about decluttering all parts of your life, whether it's the physical stuff in your home,

whether it's more of the productivity side of things where you're reducing things in your calendar

or just kind of relational things that are the mental block of keeping you stuck where you are.

And yeah, and I have a, I had a podcast for eight years,

and I just made the decision that when we talk about editing our lives and things that,

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