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, hey, friend, it's your declutter bestie.

Katie, back at you with another incredible episode today.

It's actually a part two to episode 159, which was all about

how to keep your kitchen counters clutter free. Now, y'all loved that episode. You asked me for a

part two. And I think I also promised you a part two. So here I am. I keep my promises.

And I'm going to deliver this one. You are going to love this one too. And here's what's really

interesting about this episode beside it completely blowing my mind once I had this realization,

is that this is something you're probably doing on accident slash on purpose. And I'll explain more

in just a second. That's causing your kitchen counters to fill up way faster with

expected mess and both clutter. And that's so frustrating. And here's what it is. Here's what you're

probably doing that's causing that. It's leaving items out intentionally on your countertops or any

surface area for that matter for the purpose of being

a visual reminder. We all do this, right? Think about things like vitamins and medications,

bills to sort and pay. So you leave them on the kitchen counter to remind yourself to pay a bill

or sign a homework assignment, right?

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