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.

What's up, friends? Welcome back to another episode of The Maximized Minimalist. It's your host,

Katie Wells. And on the show today, I'm so excited because I'm going to be diving

into experience gift ideas, plus creative ways to give them for a unique and memorable holiday

season for both the gift giver and the gift receiver.

Before we dive in, I want to do a quick listener spotlight to, and this is where it gets interesting.

Usually on iTunes, it shows a name like Samantha or kind of whatever iTunes name you assign

yourself, but this name is literally a donut emoji and a bunch of smiley faces.

So whatever your name is out there, the donut, smiley face, smiley face, I so appreciate you.

She or he wrote this new review and said this.

This has become one of my favorite podcasts of all times.

I love how Katie thinks outside the box on topics, but in the end, it all comes to how we can live more simply and presently.

Thank you so much for writing that review.

And p.S.

Now I kind of want a donut.

All right, so let's get to the topic today.

Y'all know me probably well enough to know that I have always loved the idea of

experience gifts rather than material gifts. But over the years,

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