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, today I want to talk to you about a brand new type of clutter. And how do I know

it's brand new? Well, the title is because I made it up

over the last year, but really it's been around for probably as long as humans have been around.

And this type of clutter is called aspirational clutter. So here's the thing. It is natural for us

to evolve and change as we get older, right? To try new hobbies, maybe lose old

hobbies, get new interests, and have these lifestyle changes. And maybe like me, you might have

aspirations in life, right? You might have things that you want to do or achieve or knock off

your bucket list. Maybe some examples could be running a marathon,

learning how to bake, decluttering, maybe you have career goals, or maybe it's just like

becoming a better cook. Could be something really simple. And so coinciding with these goals

and interests and hobbies is what? In order to go and run that marathon or run that 5K that you are aspiring to,

in order to bake those yummy pies and win at the county fair and get your blue ribbon,

in order to pick up knitting, or in order to learn how to plant and tend to a garden and grow

your own fruit and vegetables, then we need to purchase things

in order to become that, right? If you want to become a baker, garden, or runner, artist,

it doesn't matter because what we're going to go do is buy things that are going to help

support us in reaching that thing. So what happens when we don't do the thing? Life gets busy and you never start your

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