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

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Hey friend, do you ever struggle to be content and happy with the things you already own? Or maybe

you find yourself desiring to change, update,

improve, or buy new things, or what a lot of people refer to as constantly chasing the shiny

objects. And I think no matter where you are on your simplifying journey, this is such a common

struggle that so many people face.

It's just this lack of contentment. How can I be more content? Because a lot of you listening

are decluttering a lot of the physical stuff in your home. And I will say, you probably have

witnessed this in your own life that owning less can be really

amazing and really great. But if we never learn to be content with less or whatever it is that

we have, we will continually want and desire to reach for the next, and I say this loosely

and, you know, air quotes, the next best

thing. And as we head into the holiday season, I want to chat about contentment because this is a

muscle. I will have to flex a little more this time of year, more so than usual, because we live in a world that

goes against contentment. If you spend any amount of time on social media, watching the news,

even watching TV, whoever you follow, a lot of people are preaching that more is better,

new is better, and you need to buy this. Here's a promo code,

right? And I get it, but it is all consuming. And especially with holiday sales and urgency

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