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

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

Welcome to another episode of The Maximized Minimalist. I'm your host, Katie Wells,

and today I'll be talking about the one thing you can do to make the most

out of this year 2019. But before we dive in, I want to do a quick listener shout out to

Nikki, who left me a sweet podcast review saying, I love this podcast. It covers so many different areas of organization in life,

including mental and physical. I listen to this podcast on my way to and from work every

single day and I can't get enough. Katie's voice is easy to listen to something a lot of podcasts

don't have. Thank you so much, Nikki, for such

a kind and thoughtful review. I have to chuckle a little bit about the voice comment because

that was a bit of a fear of mine getting into podcasting. Like, you know, well, people like my voice.

That's a legit concern, right? I'm from the Midwest originally, but I lived in North Carolina for almost 10 years. So sometimes I find myself like mashing up these two accents and sounding a bit odd. So I'm so happy to hear you like my voice, but more importantly, you're gaining lots from listening from the show, Nikki.

Big hugs to you.

Okay.

So it's no surprise that it's December, it's 2019, and it's coming to a close.

But there is one thing you can do in minutes that will help you get the most out of this year.

Are you ready to find out what that is? That, my friends,

is a little something called reflection. Author Kevin Eichenberry says this. In order to gain

value and insight from the past, reflection is a necessary first step. When we are unwilling to,

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