190: 5 Ways to Spend Less Time Doing Housework
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Katy Wells
4.8 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Listen in as I share five ways to save time on chores, you'll be shocked how much time you'll gain back after implementing even just one or two of these tips. Hint: It's a lot.
These strategies I share in today's episode have revolutionized the way I spend my time every single day and I'm certain they will for you, too.
Enjoy!
xx Katy
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to live more with less? |
| 0:04.2 | I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist podcast. |
| 0:08.8 | If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to rewrite the script, |
| 0:15.7 | congratulations you're in the right place. |
| 0:18.5 | I'm here to be your guide and help you take back your motherhood |
| 0:21.6 | and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:30.1 | So decuttering is just one part of the process when it comes to creating a home that is inviting |
| 0:35.1 | and that you love to spend time in. Luckily, those chores |
| 0:39.2 | that might feel like the bane of your existence right now, they don't have to take all day |
| 0:44.4 | and you don't have to waste your entire weekends anymore in order to make them happen. So I'm so |
| 0:50.6 | excited to you here because today's episode, I'm going to be sharing some different ways |
| 0:54.2 | that you can put chores in their place to save time and put that time into doing things that you |
| 1:00.3 | want to do, which, gosh, what a concept, right? We all deserve to do some things that we want to do. |
| 1:06.3 | You're not going to be surprised by number one on this list. This is actually based off of a study. |
| 1:12.4 | Okay? So you might know that I'm a declutter expert. And if you don't know, you know now. |
| 1:16.9 | So years ago, I remember reading a study. It has stuck with me ever since. And that is a |
| 1:21.2 | Harvard study showed that eliminating clutter in the home would reduce housework by 40%. So in true Katie fashion, what did I do? I was like, |
| 1:32.6 | I need some tangible numbers here, people. I need some numbers. So I went and did some research |
| 1:37.3 | and found some data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2021 that an average tour day, on an average tour day, women spend two hours |
| 1:47.2 | and 42 minutes on household tasks, roughly about 19 hours a week. Now, imagine I came in your home |
| 1:56.9 | with my little Katie Wells wand and poof all the clutter was gone instantly that just shaved off |
| 2:04.3 | 7.6 hours off of that 19 hours a week roughly you are spending on household tasks that is over an |
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