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.

What's up, friend? Welcome back. I'm so excited to be talking to you today about probably a term

you've never heard before because I made it up. It's called

how do identify your clutter gaps? So these gaps are preventing you from having a more peaceful,

more simple home. So let's talk about how you can close these gaps between where you are now and where you want to be.

So this is kind of going to be a three-part episode. Are you ready? Let's do it. All right, part

one. Walk through your home as if you are a guest. Not as if you live there. Walk through your home as if you

are walking into your home and around your home for the first time. Be objective, be curious,

and drop the blame, the shame, or the judgment. Because remember, this is not your house for this example here. Take note,

what do you see? What are habits you or your family has that are contributing to the current

state of your home? Where could it improve? What spaces need the most help? These are really

important things that you can take note of, write them down,

write them in your notes tab on your phone or have a planner or sticky note out that you can jot

down the answers to this. What do you see? What are habits you or your family have that are

contributing to the current state of your home? Where could it improve and what spaces need the most help? Again, these are all about

identifying it from an objective standpoint so that you can close that gap, get better,

improve, and get to the simpler home that I know you want and can absolutely achieve.

All right, part two to this is pay attention

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