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.

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by clutter and disorganization, you've probably at some point

have dreamt of having a fresh start. I've totally been there too. So digging into

deeper layers of clutter is one way to start to tackle this problem as we've been talking a lot

about these last few months. But without some effective habits, it's really easy for everything to

slip back into the cluttered state it was before. So we're going to dive into just that.

Some declutter habits that are going to change your life. So habit number one, the daily 10

minute declutter session. So let's kick off with a habit that just takes 10 minutes a day,

but can have a profound impact. Here's what I recommend. Obviously,

you need to make this work for your season, for your lifestyle. So break it up into two five-minute

chunks or set aside a specific time, perhaps right before bed or after your morning coffee,

or maybe before the family wakes up in the morning, and dedicate just

10 minutes to decluttering a very small area with the goal of progress, not completely finishing

the project. It could be a countertop, a drawer, or even a portion of your closet. And the key

here, like with any habit, is what is consistency? And by tackling

these small areas daily or consistently, maybe even three, four, five days a week, you're going to

prevent clutter from piling up and it will make a very noticeable difference in no time.

If you do this for one week, I promise you, you will be like,

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