What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist

podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to

rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take

back your motherhood

and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show.

Well, hey there, welcome to another episode of The Maximized Minimalist. And on the show today,

I'll be sharing exactly what I do each and every single

day in my home to keep it uncluttered and prevent the house from getting anywhere near how it

used to be, just full of stuff. In turn, that saves my sanity and makes me so happy. But first,

I feel it's appropriate to expand a little bit more

before we dive into our main topic on habit changing because, in my opinion, it's not going to

do you much good if you can't make this a lifestyle and sustainable and keep up with it.

I now own the fact that I am the gatekeeper to the things

that come inside my home. And really, in my opinion, that's going to be your step one. If no one has

ownership of your home and no one's paying attention to the stuff that's coming in, yes,

the clutter is always going to come back.

And let's be honest, your other family members may not really care about having an uncluttered home

as much as you, if at all. That's just the truth, right? And even then, it's sometimes hard for them

to break habits. But what that means is sometimes us as moms just

need to take on that responsibility. So if it's not something you have thought about before,

start thinking about it. I know before I really purged a lot of my stuff, I never thought

about what was coming in and out. It was very mindless. I didn't pay attention.

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