Hey friends I'm Laura Cashner and you're listening to the simplified

podcast. If you're looking for a quiet place where you can filter out the noise and

the hustle, this is it. Every week we invite you to slow down and join us to explore practical ways to organize and automate the complicated parts of life so you can focus on what truly matters most.

As you're checking off your holiday to-do list, I bet it's a little

more fun to do it with your favorite piping hot beverage in a really cute mug.

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What do you do when you're staring down the list of dishes you're supposed to make for

Thanksgiving and you start to feel that awful overwhelming feeling begin to slowly

take over? Ugh, it's no fun.

Having an extra to-do list on top of everything else you need to do

to make your life keep rolling along can feel like a lot.

But you know what?

You don't have to do the most. You don't have to

score a hundred on the things that do not matter. In fact, if you have that overwhelming

feeling about any part of your upcoming holiday, let me remind you of our mantra for this time of year.

Simplify the season. That means going big on what matters and choosing the simple route for the rest.

And today we're going to talk about how to simplify your season when it comes to your

Thanksgiving table.

Because seriously, the dishes that appear on your Thanksgiving table do not need to be elaborate or

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