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. It is me, Katie, and oh my gosh, do I have a doozy

for you today? I am so excited for this episode. We're going to be diving

into five different ways that you can actually shortcut the declutter process. But first,

a super quick listener spotlight. I just saw this one today on my iTunes and I had to share it.

So this is from Caribbean, Aaron, which, by the way, Aaron, if you're listening to this episode and actually live in the Caribbean, feel free to just invite me down to hang out after travel opens up again, hopefully in 2021.

All right. So Aaron has this to say, I love this podcast. It takes minimalism and makes it approachable in the chaos that is a home with young children.

Minimalism is more than a buzz phrase. It's a lifestyle and it's true liberation. I have learned

so many tips here that help me be a better, more present mother and wife. Erin, thank you so

much for leaving me a review. This made my freaking day. So you all know what to do. If you haven't already,

head over to iTunes. Feel free to leave a review so you can be featured on an upcoming episode.

All right. So let's dive into today's topic. Have you ever been on the declutter journey only to get

disheartened days, weeks? And if you're lucky, maybe you last months, you know,

you just get decluttered in the journey because you're not seeing the progress that you want.

Or maybe you're just feeling stuck because you can't find the motivation. Maybe because you're

tired, there are always things that seem to come up that take priority, right? So maybe you've

gotten rid of trash bags of

stuff like oodles and boodles of stuff from your home, like you've gone through your junk drawer,

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