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

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Welcome back to another episode. It's Katie. Today we're going to be diving into normalizing

mess. Hear me out. I've been noticing so many themes floating around social media lately just about normalizing

having a messy house.

This may surprise you, but I truly couldn't agree more.

I think we all need to embrace and normalize mess.

Why?

Because it's a stinking part of life.

Everyday mess does not go away. We'll always have to handle everyday mess. Why? Because it's a stinking part of life. Everyday mess does not go away. We'll always have to

handle everyday mess, at least until smart homes become a real thing and can clean up after us.

And by the way, I think that there was a movies that came out in the 90s. It might have actually

been called Smart Home. It's a Disney movie, if I recall correctly. And I remember a

scene where it was about like this futuristic home that was able to clean up after the family

and like vacuum. And I remember a scene where maybe like one of the family members dropped milk

all over the kitchen floor and like the floor just like soaked it up. And I was like, oh my gosh,

this will be my life. I will not need to do chores,

you know, in the year 2010. And here we are, 2021. Smart homes still aren't a thing. And so what does

that mean? We need to lean in to that every day mess, right? A girl can dream about a smart home,

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