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Hey beautiful and welcome back to the

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show. I'm so excited about this episode

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because I'm going to be sharing with

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you eight simple ways to get mega

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organized. Grab your pen and

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paper and let's dive in. Welcome

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to the Melissa Ambrosini show. I'm

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your host Melissa, best selling author

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beautiful? Hey

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beautiful and welcome back to the show.

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I'm so excited about this episode because

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I'm sharing with you eight simple ways

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to get mega organized. And

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I've got to be honest with you,

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I love organization and for as long

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as I can remember I have always

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been super organized,

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super productive and this is

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one of my superpowers. All.

1:16

Of my friends say I'm the most are

1:19

person that they'd know. And. I want

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to share with you eight ways that you

1:23

can get mega organized Today. And. I

1:25

truly believe that we need to master

1:27

the skill because when we are more

1:29

organized, we are more productive. conscious

1:33

of our time. And

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if we are not organized and not productive

1:37

and not conscious of our time, we waste

1:39

a ton of time and we all know

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that this life is so precious. We only

1:44

get one and we don't want to waste

1:46

a second of it and faffing about. We

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do not want that. So grab

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your pen and paper. I'm going to share

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with you eight simple ways that you can

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get mega organized right now. Okay.

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The first one is You want

1:59

to look at. your computer desktop

2:02

A came. Now. I want

2:04

you to look at it. And

2:06

look at all of the files.

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On your desktop. like do you have

2:11

a million files on your desktop and

2:13

download and shortcuts. And. Not joking.

2:15

I'm looking at my screen right now

2:17

and there is nothing but a beautiful

2:19

family photo on my desktop. Now that

2:22

doesn't always happen like of course there

2:24

are things often on my desktop, but

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I organize them straight away. I don't

2:28

leave a million things on my desktop

2:30

because. That. Makes me feel

2:32

overwhelmed to be honest. So.

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Look. At your a stop. And. Look at all

2:38

the files. The. Download the short cause

2:40

everything on there and get organized. Organize them

2:42

into where they need to go, put them

2:44

into google drive or wherever you store your

2:46

things. And. Get them off your

2:48

desktop because this digital mess is the

2:51

equivalent of having papers just thrown all

2:53

of your desk and we all know

2:55

how difficult it is to focus in

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that kind of environment. So. Source

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File or delete anything that is on

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your desktop and what you can also

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do is then set your desktop background

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of your current vision board or a

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beautiful family photos. Or. Something that

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makes you smile. Currently mine is like I

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said before, that beautiful family photo and I

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absolutely love it! Makes me so happy looking

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at the photo. Now. If you

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are completely overwhelmed by files, try

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creating a folder that is time

3:24

based, for example, Twenty. Twenty

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Four or April Twenty Twenty Four

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and dump Everything from that time

3:30

period in that folder. And this

3:32

can save you the hassle of

3:34

sorting through things manually, but still

3:36

allows you to easily search for

3:39

things that you need. Or you

3:41

can do them based on Youtube

3:43

videos or photos or whatever it

3:45

is. But for me, I use

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Google Drive. I'm obsessed with it.

3:49

My entire businesses run from Google

3:51

Drive. Get Google Drive and file

3:53

and organize your life. Your business.

3:56

And your personalized. So. well

3:58

that you're not wasting time

4:00

looking for documents or anything.

4:03

I know where everything is. It

4:05

is all labeled correctly and filed

4:08

neatly in my Google Drive. I never have

4:10

to waste any time looking for

4:13

things. So that is your

4:15

first one. Like this will take you

4:17

probably three minutes and the result is

4:19

you feeling calm and so much

4:22

clarity every time you open your

4:24

computer. How awesome is that,

4:26

right? Okay, so next up

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we've got your car. I want to

4:30

talk to you about this. So it

4:33

is so easy for your car to

4:35

turn into a storage unit of food,

4:37

trash, random items, kids toys, all

4:40

sorts of things. Now I have

4:42

to admit before having Bambi, my

4:44

car was crystal clean 24 seven. Always.

4:48

It's not always like that now. There is often

4:50

books, toys, things left

4:52

in there. But this mess

4:55

can then trigger a stress response every

4:57

time you sit in the driver's seat

4:59

and no one wants spiked

5:01

cortisol levels. No thank you. So

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what I want you to do is take

5:06

a basket, a clothes basket, whatever out

5:08

into your car and fill it with

5:10

every single item that doesn't belong there

5:12

and then bring it inside and sort

5:14

through everything. Putting things away. What

5:17

we say is in their home

5:19

as needed and trashing, recycling, whatever

5:21

else. So what we've always said

5:24

to Bambi from day one is like, where's

5:26

this item's home? Put it in its

5:28

home. Everything has a home. We're always

5:30

like, where do you put your shoes? Put them in

5:33

their home. Everything has a

5:35

home. And we did this with Leo as

5:37

well and it was really powerful. And then

5:39

you can't argue like that's its home. That's

5:41

where it goes. So at the end of

5:43

the day, everything goes back in its home.

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Okay. The other thing that you can

5:47

do is like every time you get out of your car,

5:49

literally take everything. And this is what

5:52

we do. I try not to leave anything in

5:54

the car. And that sometimes means doing a couple

5:56

of trips to the car, but that's okay. As

5:58

long as it means that everything is in its home. out and then

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when I get back in there, it is calm, it

6:03

is clean, which allows

6:05

me to exhale and not

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go, oh my God, I need

6:09

to clean my car. And so

6:11

this might take like five to 10 minutes,

6:14

depending how dirty your car

6:16

is, but the result is that

6:18

huge feeling of satisfaction every time

6:20

you get into your freshly cleaned

6:22

car. And I cannot tell you

6:24

the mental clarity, the calmness and

6:28

the inner peace that you feel when

6:30

your space is just

6:33

clean. You know what I'm talking

6:36

about. You know what I'm talking about. And

6:38

if you want to show up as the best version

6:40

of yourself, if you want to create,

6:42

if you want to be the

6:45

best in your business, if you

6:47

want to be the best in

6:49

your chosen career, then you need

6:51

clarity and you need space to

6:54

have clarity. And when you have

6:56

mess everywhere, that clutters your mind.

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So that is your next one, the car. All

7:02

right, let's go to number three, your

7:04

subscriptions. Okay. So having subscriptions

7:06

that you don't use is like flushing

7:08

money down the toilet. So

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I want you to check in with yourself and your

7:13

bank account and ask yourself

7:15

like, do I really need all of

7:17

those streaming services? And what

7:19

about all those business subscriptions that you haven't used

7:21

for ages? And you can

7:23

do this on your iPhone. You can go

7:25

to the subscription setting and see all of

7:28

the subscriptions that you have. And

7:30

I have done this before in the past and I was

7:32

shocked. I was like, oh my goodness, I didn't even know

7:34

I was still paying for this, this and this.

7:36

And I wasn't even using it anymore. So

7:39

go to the subscription settings in

7:41

your app and look at all

7:43

of the subscriptions that you have

7:45

and check your email and stop

7:47

flushing money down the toilet. Okay.

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What You can also do is take a moment

7:52

to glance through your bank statements. Now Some banks

7:54

will even highlight them for you, making this process

7:56

even easier. And I Want you to identify the

7:58

ones that you don't need. Read and go

8:00

ahead and cancel them right now. Salvage.

8:03

My take ten minutes out of your day.

8:05

But. The results of potentially

8:08

hundreds, if not thousands of

8:10

dollars saved every year. Yes,

8:12

He. Can thank me later. That is

8:15

amazing And the mental clarity like these

8:17

are open tabs right? And when we

8:19

have open tabs we can't do our

8:21

best work because we are not fully

8:23

one hundred percent focused a game. So.

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Let's go to number for. Your wardrobe

8:28

Okay. I. Have

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a question for you. Do you feel

8:32

adult of stress every time you open

8:35

your wardrobe? I'd definitely has in the

8:37

past. And. Maybe it's crammed, truthful

8:39

to see anything properly, and maybe

8:41

is stocked with clothes that you

8:43

don't even like that don't fit

8:45

for that, don't even feel like

8:47

you any more. Can. You

8:49

relate. I know you can my friend. So.

8:51

I want you to go through your

8:54

wardrobe with and editors I and to

8:56

write it down to the essential that

8:58

you regularly were and love and everything

9:01

else. I want you to give them

9:03

onto friends or host a clothing swap

9:05

party or give them to a homeless

9:07

or shelter or donate them to a

9:10

charity shop. How this might take you

9:12

an hour or a bit longer depending

9:14

how bad is your wardrobe is. Thought.

9:17

The results of that sweet sweet

9:19

relief every morning when it's time

9:21

to get dressed. And you

9:23

are confronted with a streamlined selection

9:26

of clothes that you actually like

9:28

wearing and that spiel aligned and

9:30

true for you. My. Wardrobe

9:33

is immaculate. But. There

9:35

are so many things in there

9:37

that I don't wear anymore that

9:39

don't feel like this version of

9:41

me today. And I'm keeping

9:44

them mostly for sentimental value. Like I've

9:46

got this outfit that Knicks proposed to

9:48

me in over ten years ago. Now

9:50

he proposed to me in this little

9:52

jumpsuit. It is not my style at

9:55

all anymore, but I can't let it

9:57

go. And he has like. You.

9:59

have to late to the summer, but

10:01

it's so cute. Like you proposed to me

10:03

when I was wearing this and like

10:05

I'm a little bit sentimental like that so I need

10:08

to let things go

10:10

but at least my wardrobe is

10:12

immaculate and it doesn't cause me

10:14

overwhelm or stress but there

10:16

are things in there, many things in there

10:19

that just don't feel like the

10:21

version of me today, you know? And

10:23

I have a little tip for you guys,

10:25

like if you want to learn more about

10:28

streamlining your fashion choices or reducing your clothes

10:30

that you buy and extending the life of

10:32

your garments. I want you to

10:34

check out this epic interview that I

10:36

did with mother-daughter fashion duo Daisy and

10:38

Carolyn and it is called How to

10:40

Quit Fast Fashion and that

10:42

is episode 534 and I'll link to

10:45

that in the show notes. And also

10:47

there is another incredible episode Sustainability 101

10:49

Stopping Fast Fashion and Saving the Planet

10:51

with Celeste Tesseriro and that is episode

10:54

546. So if you want to up

10:57

your conscious

10:59

fashion game then check out those two episodes,

11:01

I will link to them in the show

11:03

notes for you. Alright let's move to

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number five, your inbox. Okay when

11:08

you think about your email inbox,

11:10

how do you feel? An overflowing

11:14

inbox can be so stressful

11:16

right? I mean right

11:19

now I've got so many in

11:21

my inbox but there are times

11:23

where I literally get to inbox zero every day and

11:25

then there's times where I don't and it

11:28

is stressful. It's

11:30

overwhelming, I'm not gonna lie but let's tackle it.

11:32

Here is how I tackle it. So I

11:34

want you to take some time right now or

11:37

at least once a day to

11:39

get your inbox to zero. I

11:41

want you to create folders or

11:43

labels for different types of emails,

11:45

delegate to your team, archive what

11:47

you can, delete irrelevant messages and

11:49

unsubscribe from anything that you do

11:51

not read. How many things in

11:53

your inbox right now? How many subscriptions in your inbox

11:56

right now do you have that you don't even open?

11:58

Go and unsubscribe. subscribe my friend because

12:01

that is taking up space,

12:03

mental space. So

12:05

what I like to do is dedicated

12:07

email time. So whether that is 20

12:09

minutes in the morning or 20 minutes

12:11

in the afternoon, and I just laser

12:13

focus and get it done. But

12:16

sometimes that doesn't happen and that's okay.

12:19

But I try and do this at least once a

12:21

day. And the

12:23

mental clarity that I feel my friends is

12:26

so good. So set yourself

12:29

a timer for 10 to 15 minutes initially

12:31

and then put that in your calendar every day at the

12:33

same time. So that is when you can clear your inbox.

12:35

We don't want to spend too much time in our inbox.

12:38

Please do not spend too much time in your inbox. Just

12:41

get in there, do what you need to do,

12:43

create the folders, delegate, archive, do whatever you've got

12:45

to do and then get back to your life

12:47

or your business. The

12:49

results will mean that you will

12:51

radically reduce your digital clutter along

12:54

with radically reducing your stress. Yes,

12:57

please. Hey? Yes,

12:59

please. Okay, so let's

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move to number six, your

13:03

home office or your workspace. A

13:06

cluttered home office or workspace can

13:08

significantly hinder your productivity. I know

13:10

for me that I literally have

13:12

to like clean my office before

13:14

I start working. But to be

13:16

honest, it's pretty much always clean. But if there

13:18

is anything in the room, I have to organize

13:21

it. And you can start by

13:23

decluttering your desk, organizing your paperwork,

13:25

shredding documents that you no longer need

13:27

and arranging your office supplies. Consider

13:30

like a cable management solution and keep

13:32

all of your wires untangled and out

13:34

of sight and finish by sticking up

13:37

a visual reminder of your vision

13:39

board or your goals for that year. I

13:41

have a vision board right above my computer.

13:43

So I'm looking at it whilst I'm sitting

13:45

doing my work or standing. And

13:48

it is just so good.

13:50

Like what are you looking at? If you can

13:52

look out the window or the water even better,

13:54

like do that. Set yourself

13:57

up for success. Create

13:59

a workspace. that is conducive to

14:02

productivity. And the more

14:04

your workspace is clear and cluttered free,

14:07

that is going to help you boost

14:09

your productivity and your clarity, making

14:11

you do better work, right? So

14:15

it will take maybe an hour,

14:17

maybe more, depending how diabolical

14:19

your office is, but

14:21

you could do it in 10 minutes. And

14:23

the results are you

14:25

feeling more productive and less

14:27

distracted in your workspace, boosting

14:29

your efficiency and focus for

14:32

that whole day, okay? So

14:35

what I like to do is I

14:37

start my workday with a clean space

14:40

and it truly helps, truly

14:43

helps. If you don't believe me, try it out.

14:45

Cause a whole mess in your workspace and then

14:47

try and work and then try the next day

14:50

with it clean and tidy and then see how

14:52

that feels. Okay, let's move

14:54

on to number seven. Let's

14:56

talk about your kitchen, pantry and your

14:58

fridge. Now the kitchen is the heart

15:00

of the home, but it can also

15:02

be the epicenter of clutter. A

15:05

clean pantry and fridge won't just feel

15:08

amazing and make cooking and meal planning

15:10

so easy. It also will make all

15:12

of your health and your nutrition goals

15:14

far easier to stick to. So

15:17

I want you to organize your

15:19

pantry by categorizing items and using

15:21

storage solutions like jars

15:23

or bins or labels and clean out

15:25

your fridge. We get our housekeeper to

15:27

do that every Friday. The fridge completely

15:30

gets a clean and it looks amazing.

15:32

But to be honest, during the week,

15:34

it's pretty good, but every week at

15:37

least do one big clean and like

15:39

check the expiration dates, get rid of

15:41

things that are expired and

15:44

organize the contents for easy access. Something that

15:46

we like to do after the markets on

15:48

Sunday, I go to the organic farmers markets

15:51

every Sunday is I bring all of

15:53

the produce, Nick and I will wash everything and say

15:55

we get a whole bunch of spinach or mint, we'll

15:57

wash it and put it in glass containers so that.

16:00

It's just so easy to grab during the week. And

16:02

again, like this will only take, depending

16:04

how bad your kitchen and your fridge

16:06

are, but it could take

16:08

an hour, maybe less, but the results are

16:11

amazing. You will feel the joy

16:14

of that well-organized kitchen and easier

16:17

meal preparation and a giant boost

16:19

to your health and nutrition goals.

16:22

Your health is everything. Health is wealth. My

16:24

friend, if we are not taking care of

16:26

ourself, we will not

16:28

show up as the best version

16:30

of ourselves. So please, organize

16:33

this area of your life and prioritize

16:36

you and your health because you are worth

16:38

it, my friend. And the

16:41

last one, let's talk about number eight, your

16:43

personal care and wellness items. I have

16:45

a question for you. Are you a bower

16:48

bird for makeup and skincare products? Does

16:50

your bathroom cabinet rival Sephora in

16:52

terms of sheer number of items?

16:55

If you answered yes, let's do something about

16:57

that, my friend. So what I

16:59

want you to do is I want you to

17:02

go through your bathroom cabinets and drawers and dispose

17:04

of expired products, organize your toiletries, wash your makeup

17:06

brushes. This I really need to

17:08

do more of and declutter items that you

17:11

no longer use. Gift them on,

17:13

get rid of them. This is also a

17:15

really great time to review the ingredients listing

17:17

on your products and toss out anything that

17:20

does not align with your core values. Remember

17:23

that your body is your

17:25

temple, my friend. And

17:27

whatever we put on it gets

17:29

absorbed straight into our bloodstream. And

17:32

so if you want to be the healthiest

17:34

and best version of yourself, you have to

17:36

look at the products that you're putting on

17:38

your body. And so get

17:40

rid of anything that has anything that is not

17:42

good for you. When I

17:44

first learned about toxic free products, I went

17:46

into the bathroom and had

17:49

a huge black bin bag

17:51

and I literally binned everything.

17:54

Now you can take this to a charity shop if

17:56

you want to. You can gift

17:58

it on to someone else. like I really

18:00

don't like that. I'm like I don't want

18:02

to gift this toxic stuff onto people, but

18:05

you do you, you do what feels right

18:07

for you. And this may

18:09

take, I don't know, 20

18:12

minutes depending how much stuff that you

18:14

have. And the results are a

18:16

streamlined bathroom and wellness routine

18:18

making your daily self-love, self-care

18:21

rituals more enjoyable and efficient.

18:23

Now we do regular little cleans of

18:26

our bathroom because you guys know like

18:28

just how do things make its way

18:30

into the doors. I just, I don't

18:32

know. I'm like how did this get so messy?

18:35

So we do this regularly and it

18:37

really truly does make me more organized,

18:39

more productive and allows me to really

18:42

enjoy my routine. And I

18:44

invest in really beautiful

18:46

organic, sustainable cruelty-free products that

18:49

are absolutely beautiful for me

18:51

and the planet. And

18:54

instead of just throwing them into a

18:56

drawer, like I've really started taking care

18:58

of them and like honoring them and

19:01

I've noticed such a difference in my skin

19:03

in doing this. I'm not even joking. So

19:06

try it too my friends. So there

19:08

you have it. They are

19:10

the eight ways to get

19:13

way more organized. So what

19:15

are the key takeaways from this process? Each

19:17

of these tasks takes a little time

19:20

upfront but pays off exponentially down the

19:22

track in terms of peace

19:24

of mind, efficiency,

19:26

productivity and more.

19:30

And by tackling these areas, you're

19:32

not only going to create a

19:34

more organized environment, you will also

19:36

enhance your daily living experience and

19:38

who doesn't want more of that, right? And

19:41

finally, the key to successful organization is

19:43

not to overwhelm yourself, it is to

19:45

take it one step at a time.

19:47

So do a little bit every day

19:49

and revel in the process of creating

19:51

more orderly and serene space for you

19:53

and your family. So

19:55

I hope you got a lot out of this. Take

19:58

these eight simple ways. to get

20:00

more mega organized and do

20:02

them once a quarter for yourself or once a

20:05

month. Do whatever feels good for you but

20:07

truly if you want to be

20:09

more productive and more organized, these areas

20:11

of your life need to be considered. If

20:13

you want to do better in your business,

20:16

if you want to do better in your

20:18

personal life, these areas need to be looked

20:20

at. You cannot have a mess

20:22

in all of those areas and expect

20:24

to be thriving in your personal life

20:26

and in your business, okay? So

20:29

let's clean them up, let's get organized and

20:31

come on over to Instagram and tell me what

20:34

one you're gonna do first. I would absolutely love

20:37

to hear from you and if you've got a

20:39

lot out of this episode, please subscribe to the

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show and leave me a review on Apple Podcasts

20:43

because that means that we can inspire and educate

20:46

even more people together and also means that all

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of my episodes, they'll just pop up in your

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feed babe so that you never have to go

20:52

searching for a new episode. Now, like

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I said, come and tell me on Instagram which one of these you

20:57

are going to do and before I go,

20:59

I just wanted to say thank you so

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much for being here. I am so grateful.

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I love sharing just the things that work

21:05

for me in my life with you and

21:08

I truly hope that they resonate. So please

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come and let me know if they do

21:13

and now if there is someone in your life

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that you can think of that would really benefit

21:17

from this episode, maybe it's your partner, you

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could get them to listen to it and do this

21:21

together or your roommate and do this together. I would

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love so much if you could share this with them

21:26

and the way that you can do that is by

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taking a screenshot, sharing it on your social media or

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emailing it to them or texting it to them. Do

21:32

whatever you've got to do to get this in their

21:34

ears and until next time don't

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forget that love is sexy, healthy,

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is liberating and wealthy isn't a

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dirty word.