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.

Hey friend, welcome to the show. Today's episode is inspired by numerous studies I read over the years

that suggest that people make less healthy decisions

like eating more junk food in a cluttered kitchen. So whether you're wanting to improve your

health or just want to tackle some of that clutter in your kitchen, this episode is a doozy.

You'll want to take some mental notes or write a few things down. As I share 16 waves,

I've simplified my kitchen over the years. So let's dive on in. All right, number one,

we have a roll-up stowaway drying rack that sits over our sink. Now, we have a split sink.

We kind of wash the dishes in the right part of the sink and the left side of our sink. Now we have a split sink.

We kind of wash the dishes in the right part of the sink and the left side of the sink

was just almost dead space.

We don't ever use it.

We used to have a drying rack that sat on the counter, which if you have one of those,

you might have noticed that it tends to attract other stuff to it.

And beyond kind of being an eyesore,

those are the two main issues for me. So I ended up getting this rollaway stowaway. It's a silicone

drying rack. And when not in use, I simply store it under the kitchen sink. But can I be

honest with you, most of the time, even if I have guests in my home, it's sitting out. It's so streamlined.

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