Hi there it's episode 220 and today I'm sharing two quick wins in the pantry.

Hi this is Denay I'm the founder of Simple Families.

Simple Families is an online community for parents who are seeking a simpler more intentional life.

In this show we focus on minimalism with kids, positive parenting, family wellness, and decreasing the mental load.

My perspectives are based in my first-hand experience raising kids, but also rooted in my PhD

in child development.

So you're going to hear conversations

that are based in research, but more importantly, real life.

Thanks for joining us.

Hi there, thanks so much for tuning in. If you have been listening for quite a while

you'll know that last summer I went to in every other week schedule. This summer

I've decided to keep the episodes every week, but I'll intermittently be sharing a shorter quick win episode.

In these episodes I'll be giving you quick, easy to use techniques for your family and for your home

that you can implement right away. I'm going to try to keep these episodes

right around five minutes in length. So today we're talking about the pantry and I chose to start off with decluttering the pantry because I know that raising and cooking for a family can feel so overwhelming and you feel like you need all the stuff and the pantry was one of the areas that took me the longest to really get under control.

When we moved into our house three years ago we just started unpacking boxes and sticking things in different places.

It took me about a year and a half before I decided that the way that we had originally arranged our kitchen just

really wasn't working for us and that includes the pantry. So what I'm calling the pantry in

our house is really a series of drawers and shelves. It's more like cupboard space for

us. But I have found that it helps to have some organization to it.

And more importantly, some simplification, because organization does not come easy to me.

So tip number one for today is to organize your pantry like the

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