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Organizing Through Cancer: Less Clutter, More Control · The Eye Believe Podcast

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  hey everyone
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  welcome back to the Eye Believe Podcast
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  today our guest is Kelly Tait with Bee Organized
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  and we're gonna talk a little bit about
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  getting your life organized
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  when you're going through the craziness of cancer
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  so welcome Kelly
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  thank you
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  so tell us a little bit about yourself and Bee Organized
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  and what got you into organizing
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  yeah
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  so
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  I've always kind of been into organizing my own space
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  um I've always liked to dig everything out
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  pull it out and um
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  you know get rid of the stuff that doesn't fit anymore
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  that doesn't like um
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  serve our household anymore
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  so I decided that maybe I can make a business out of it
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  um and help others
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  because I just know the relief that I get
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  when I just get the clutter out of the house
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  um so
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  started looking into some options
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  and found Bee Organized
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  and they are a franchise out of Kansas City
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  and really the reason I chose them ultimately
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  was for their values
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  because their top values are being compassionate
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  confidential and judgment free
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  um
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  so when anybody on my team or I go into someone's home
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  um you know
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  I want them to know that we're there to help
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  like we really truly
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  we love to organize I love pulling all that stuff out
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  but ultimately it's just
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  seeing that weight lifted off of people's shoulders um
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  and making their day to day life easier
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  that's fantastic I mean I
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  I think judgment free is such a huge part of that
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  whenever you have someone come into your house
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  the first thing that most people say is oh
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  excuse the mess oh
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  I'm so sorry it's not perfect
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  so I think just addressing that right off the bat
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  is so important yeah
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  I mean I say a lot of times
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  that embarrassment is one of my biggest competitors
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  because people don't want to call me because of that
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  and I'm like well
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  first of all
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  I wouldn't have this job if you didn't do this haha
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  so thank you but also
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  I mean truly
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  we are not judging and we just really love doing it
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  I mean I love pulling stuff out
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  and then I love hearing from people
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  I was looking for that I'm like
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  that's amazing we found it
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  you know so it really
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  everyone that works for me is the same
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  like we really just get joy out of
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  seeing the joy on people's faces
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  as you're going through um
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  and helping them simplify their lives
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  I love that
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  so Kelly
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  when you're organizing for somebody
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  who has a cancer diagnosis
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  how is that different than a regular client
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  um well
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  I'd say that the our first priority is not aesthetics
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  right I mean
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  of course we want it to look nice
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  but the first priority is function
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  we want that client to be able to find things easier
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  make it easier day to day life
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  where they're not having to spend time and energy
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  searching for medications
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  or the tissues or their snacks
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  you know whatever it may be
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  it's all about function
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  and really customizing to what working for them
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  you know everybody's different
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  um you know
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  when I'm reaching for something I
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  I always kind of use the example of the kitchen
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  I reach for my spices on the left
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  you may not do that so
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  I'm not gonna just go in your kitchen
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  and automatically put all your spices on
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  the left because that's where I go to
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  we really talk to our clients
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  we wanna listen and
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  and hear what they need and how they live their lives
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  and customize a solution
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  that's gonna make their life easier
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  so that makes a lot of sense
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  so for someone watching right now
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  who's at home feeling completely overwhelmed
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  what is a step that they could start with
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  you know start small
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  take one drawer that just really is bothering you
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  or it's in a place where
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  that would be very helpful for you
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  to reach for something one drawer
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  and it really only takes about 10 minutes or so
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  to just pull everything out
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  sort through it throw away the trash
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  um if there's stuff to relocate
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  throw it somewhere in the house
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  make a little pile of that to relocate um
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  and put the things in there
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  that are really going to be helpful for you
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  things that you really need um
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  versus all the other miscellaneous stuff
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  that kind of ends up in some drawers
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  just one door will make a huge difference
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  it's true
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  and the sense of pride and accomplishment that you get
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  we just did our junk drawer recently
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  like probably in the last month
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  and my husband did it and he was so proud of himself
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  and we've kept it so clean because we're both just like
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  every time we open it we get so happy
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  which is so ridiculous
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  but it really didn't take that long
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  and 90% of the stuff in there was garbage right
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  yeah exactly
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  and it just
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  it saves time for when you're looking for things
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  it saves money because you're not rebuying things
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  um and it just yeah
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  it just makes things simple
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  definitely
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  Kelly what is decision fatigue
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  and what does that look like
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  for someone going through treatment
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  maybe in a cluttered home
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  right so
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  you know I don't think we even all understand it
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  but it's just kind of happening behind the scenes
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  that visual clutter is keeping your brain engaged
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  right because
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  you're just constantly looking at the pile of things
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  and a lot of times you are
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  you know trying to find like
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  a medication or a chapstick or something like that
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  and to have to look through a group of mismatched items
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  fatigues our brain
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  whether we really know it or realize it at the time
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  but it just does and I think
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  especially when you're going through treatment
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  anything that you can
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  take away to minimize your stress
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  um or just
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  I know I keep saying make things easier
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  but it just does you know
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  if you can just look reach for that chapstick
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  put it on put it back right
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  you know where it belongs versus like
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  where is it what's in this pile
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  you know um it it fatigues us
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  yeah I could totally see that
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  I think you always feel calmer when you're in
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  like a
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  a clean uncluttered space
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  yeah absolutely
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  I mean a lot of people
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  you know don't really understand
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  I think the value of a professional organizer
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  um you know
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  some people are just like oh
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  you're just bringing the pretty containers or whatever
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  and we do that for some clients
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  but really at the end of the day
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  even if we do do the you know
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  the pantry with the
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  with the pretty containers and the labels
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  it's still reducing stress in people's lives
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  because if something has a home
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  you know where to look for it
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  and everybody knows where to put it back
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  right because if all the pasta lives in one bin
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  that's where you look for it
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  that's when you come home from the grocery store
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  you put it in that bin um
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  it just again
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  it's just easy and um
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  yeah hahaha yeah
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  no totally
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  I am not the most organized person
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  but the one part of my house that is very organized
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  is my pantry and um
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  you know I have three teenage boys
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  and so I have the clear bins
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  and I when with the grocery
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  well I do grocery delivery
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  so when the grocery order comes
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  I break down all the boxes of snacks
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  and I put them all in the bins
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  and all the boxes go out that same day
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  so that we don't go to the pantry throughout the week
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  and find the empty box because someone took it out
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  or there was one left and we didn't know
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  all of the snacks are in the clear bins
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  all of the boxes are gone that first day
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  and that makes my week run so much smoother
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  right yes yes
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  and you're not rebuying it
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  because you can clearly see everything that you have
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  so you're not buying you know
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  too much
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  and then you have to find a place to store that
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  it's a whole domino effect really
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  it is and as a mom
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  they don't ask me where things are
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  which is very helpful cause I get real sick of that
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  right right
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  haha that's huge haha
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  that's the worst
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  haha
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  yeah and that's the beauty of the organizing too
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  because again everybody knows where the stuff lives
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  so they don't have to say
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  you know mom
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  where is it they know where it should be
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  and when you bring it home
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  they know how to help you to put it away
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  oh that's an excellent point that I did not think of
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  but you're right
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  I do have them put it away from time to time
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  just kind of depends on who's home
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  when the groceries get delivered
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  who puts it away
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  and everyone does know how to do it and where they go
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  and so that's a great point too
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  yeah exactly right
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  so when you do get a client's space nice and organized
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  what do you see as far as their emotional shift
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  yeah you know
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  we just find that they just feel lighter and happier um
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  and just know that they're gonna be calm
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  when they come home
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  and not have to be looking for things
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  spending energy just using that energy to heal
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  versus doing other things in the home really
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  oh that's such a great point
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  so for a patient
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  who is getting ready to go into a treatment
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  and wants to make sure their room is nice
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  and organized and ready for them
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  so that when they get home
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  it's a nice easy transition
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  what would that look like
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  what can they do
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  to really get that space ready for themselves
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  so I think a couple of things
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  um one
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  the nightstand I mean
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  that's the first place you can start
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  cause that's where you're really gonna be
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  grabbing for things right
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  so even just like a basket with your tissues in it
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  you know maybe some cozy socks
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  um a Chapstick or whatever so
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  or a book you know
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  just things that you're gonna want while you're resting
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  and um
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  getting better um
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  another one would be a medication station somewhere
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  um you know
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  maybe in again
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  an easy to reach place but again
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  like a
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  a basket or a bin with all your medications together
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  and that helps too
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  if somebody else comes in to help you
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  so if you have a loved one or a friend that
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  you know wants to come in and help
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  and let's say you know
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  it's time for your medication hey
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  my medication is all in a basket in the kitchen
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  it's very easy to find and then on that same note um
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  a medication and maybe like
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  doctor's resource page so have everything on one page
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  so again
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  if somebody comes in to help um
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  or you know
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  if you just need to make an appointment
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  or something like that
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  you have one page that someone can easily look at
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  you can easily look at um
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  to find the information that you need
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  um and then snacks
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  you know we all love snacks
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  so get your snacks organized
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  you know get them just like you've done
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  get them in something visible
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  something easy to reach and we like to say
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  like the prime real estate would kind of be like
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  from your waist to your neck
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  so something where that you don't have to bend over
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  you don't have to reach you know
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  put it in an easy easy um
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  easy to reach place so that again
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  conserve your energy for healing
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  that that's really the whole goal here
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  yeah absolutely
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  that's such a great point
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  okay Kelly
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  the next thing I want to talk about is medical records
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  so when you're going through cancer treatments
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  there's a lot of records a lot of appointments
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  a lot of scans a lot of results
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  and I don't know about our patients
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  but I know for me those live on the floor of my car
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  so what do you recommend we do with those yes
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  well we would recommend the system
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  a little bit more efficient haha
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  um so you know what
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  a binder a binder with tabs
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  just get a simple binder with tabs
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  um each tab can be per doctor
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  or per medication or something like that
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  just tuck those documents into the binder
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  when you get home um
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  or if you have digital paperwork
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  you want to put a folder um
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  in your email it's very easy to
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  to dedicate a folder to um
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  you know medications again doctors whatever
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  keep it in one spot is really
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  really the key is one location
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  one binder one folder something like that
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  that's a great point and
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  I love the idea of having a virtual
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  and a physical copy
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  cause depending on what you're doing
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  who you're sharing it with or what you're looking for
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  either one might be more convenient at the time
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  all right again
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  and really through all of this
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  you know loved ones and friends really wanna help
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  and if you make it easy for them to help
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  you know that's all the better
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  let's talk about products now
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  that can help us make organizing a little bit easier
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  do you have a favorite store you like
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  to buy these products
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  or any kind of tips for us on shopping
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  oh yes
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  we love products so you can buy them anywhere Target
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  Walmart Amazon
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  The Container Store they've all got them
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  um a couple of things
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  the good old drawer dividers
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  I mean they come in different sizes
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  um these are clear ones
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  they even come in colors that again
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  a simple thing to organize
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  the nightstand or the junk drawer
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  um you know
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  this little one
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  you're gonna put in maybe your medications
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  or your paper clips or whatever
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  it just makes things easier to find
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  um pill organizers
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  they're amazing you know
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  and they're not just for older people
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  they're for all of us even vitamins
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  you know if you're going traveling or something
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  or if it's something that you need to take every day
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  that pill organizer it's gonna help tremendously
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  um a rolling cart
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  I love a rolling cart especially by your bedside
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  again maybe you don't have a nightstand
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  or your nightstand doesn't have room
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  for all the things that you wanna keep handy
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  just get a really easy rolling cart
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  and you can put on there a cozy blanket
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  you know um
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  a book your tissues etcetera
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  and then you can take it from room to room too
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  so you don't just have to keep it in the bedroom right
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  you can take it into the family room too
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  if you're going in there to watch TV or whatever
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  um those are some of the ones that we really think make
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  makes life easier
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  I love the rolling cart idea
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  that is so smart because you can load those things up
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  and then just roll it around with you
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  that is such a great idea
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  we just moved my son into his dorm
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  and I got him a rolly cart for his dorm
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  because same concept he could
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  we put snacks and all kinds of stuff in it
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  they hold a lot and he can roll it over by his desk
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  and then roll it over by his bed
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  and that's really the amount of space in a dorm
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  but yeah
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  it was so great to get him organized because it
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  it just holds so much stuff
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  and his even has like
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  a pegboard on the side that came with like
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  little cups that you kind of can put whatever
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  um we ended up filling one of the cups with like
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  chip clip bag like
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  the little chip clips that go in your bags right
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  and it it was fantastic
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  so I can't even imagine yeah
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  for a patient in recovery yeah
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  you could put so much in one of those carts
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  and they don't take up a lot of room
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  no they don't take a lot of room
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  and you're not limited to them
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  the items right
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  it's not specifically for the kitchen
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  or for the bathroom it's
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  you put whatever you need in that cart
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  such a great idea
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  Kelly can you overcomplicate organizing
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  do you ever see people kind of
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  do unnecessary steps that they don't really need
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  absolutely well
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  first of all
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  a lot of people buy the containers before decluttering
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  and editing your items
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  you really wanna edit your items first
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  and then bring the containers in to fit your space
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  um don't try to fit the containers in first
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  cause that doesn't usually work
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  and then also people tend to overdo it right
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  so like if they want to do their closet
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  they just pull everything out
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  and they throw it all on the floor
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  and the bed and everything
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  and then they're like oh my gosh
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  what do I do now they get very overwhelmed
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  don't do that start with one section
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  you know maybe just do the short sleeve shirts first
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  and then feel that accomplishment and be like wow
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  I can do this right
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  and then go with the long sleeve shirts
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  you know do it piece by piece
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  don't tackle a huge area by yourself
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  because that's where people get stuck
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  yeah I feel like that's very relatable
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  like I
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  we've all done that pulled everything out of the closet
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  and then sat on the floor and cried
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  because why did we do this to ourselves exactly
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  right we've all done it
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  yeah yeah
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  less is more when you're organizing
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  um especially when you're sitting by yourself
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  yes and
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  you know speaking to buying things you don't need
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  my husband's version of organizing
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  is to buy more laundry hampers
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  always doesn't matter
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  doesn't matter as soon as we start like oh
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  we gotta clean out the closet
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  or organize the laundry room or
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  or the upstairs the bedroom
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  whatever it is he's like
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  let's go buy laundry baskets
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  and I'm like why
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  why
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  I don't know that's so funny
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  yeah we all have our little quirky thing like that
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  well at least laundry baskets can stack
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  so you can kind of at least organize them a bit
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  yeah it's just so funny to me
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  that that is his answer for anything
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  just buy more laundry baskets
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  it's his version of a container
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  yes it is
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  it is for sure
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  Kelly this has been such a great conversation
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  thank you so much for coming
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  and talking about all of this stuff
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  I feel so motivated now to go organize something
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  like I I feel very gung ho
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  I'm ready um
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  so just thank you for that
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  and in closing
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  what would you like to leave our listeners with
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  well thank you for having me
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  I really appreciate it um
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  I appreciate your time I
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  I think I'd like everyone just to remember
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  that organizing is not just about making things pretty
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  um
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  it's really about protecting your energy and your calm
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  and helping you to make one less decision
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  on your hardest day right
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  it's protecting your future self
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  I love that I think that's so important
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  especially for our patients
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  so thank you for that
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  and how can people find a Bee Organized near them
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  you said it's franchised
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  it is so um
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  we're online BeeOrganized.com
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  and then you can find your closest location
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  there's over 50 um
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  which is amazing and um
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  yeah and
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  and like I said our whole motto is being compassionate
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  confidential and judgment free
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  and every owner every team works that way
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  so you know
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  we just love helping people again
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  lift that weight off their shoulders
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  and just feel good about their space
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  it really does make a difference
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  fantastic alright everyone
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  or what problems are you having
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  that maybe we could pass on to Kelly
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  and she could get an answer for you
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  and as you're getting ready to go into the holidays
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  it's getting ready to be busy
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  so you know
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  we talked a lot about organizing before treatment
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  but also remember
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  now is a great time to start organizing
• 18:53
  before we get into the hustle and bustle of fall
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  Eye Believe
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  coming up the very beginning of October in Dallas
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  I hope to see you all there and just have a wonderful
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  peaceful relaxing
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  organized week and we'll see you all next week
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  bye bye