Cleaning the House. I mean, they call it a chore for a reason, right? Sometimes I actually enjoy

cleaning the house, and I'm like, woo, this is great. It's a gift to myself, or I see it as a

form of meditation. I'm listening to a great audiobook, and then there are other times that no

amount of mental mind lies, no amount of mindfulness can change the fact that it sucks. It just, it's

this never-ending, thankless chore, but it has to get done, because here's what I've discovered in my

adulthood, in my years of wisdom. I hate cleaning the house, but I hate having a messy house more.

Hey, clutter bugs, welcome back to the clutter bug podcast. Today we're talking about sort of my

weekly organizing and tidying routine, and the steps that I do, so I have a home that stays

relatively tidy all the time, so I no longer have to spend my weekends cleaning, because

as much as I do not enjoy cleaning my house, I hate having a messy house even more.

I hate the feeling of shame and guilt, and just looking or in the chaos. I hate what it does to

me mentally and physically, so I have to do it, but how do I do it and always feel that like

feel good feeling? I don't know. I haven't figured that out yet, but we're going to talk today

about routines. We're going to talk about how we can kind of put the cleaning in the tidying of

the house on autopilot, so it never gets to a point where it feels overwhelming, because that's

when it gets really bad. Anytime, if we come back on vacation, we have to unpack, or we've just

come to a really busy part in our lives, and I've sort of neglected things, or our families

neglected things, I always feel really stuck and overwhelmed, and it brings me back to the time

where my house was very out of control, and every day was overwhelming, and every day was stressful,

and I never knew where to start. Unfortunately, even when you get your house organized and

decluttered, and you have this great tidying routine, it doesn't take long to fall off the wagon

back in a pile of stuff, and mess, and dirty dishes, and too much laundry. So we're going to talk

...