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.

Welcome back to the show. I'm Katie, your host. And today, we are flipping the script on

decluttering. And instead of focusing on what to toss out,

we are gonna dive into how to identify

the things that truly matter and what to keep.

This is a conversation, we don't have a ton,

but I know after coaching for many, many years,

that this is so incredibly valuable. And I think what's so cool

about focusing on and identifying what we love, what we enjoy, and what we use and getting

better at identifying those, you know, the things that add joy to our life, these items

tend to stay in the forefront of our minds. And I know I'm speaking from personal experience

here. The more I focus on the things that bring me value and bring me joy and I'll be diving

into exactly what I mean by those and those definitions in just a second, the more easily I'm able

to, number one, identify the clutter, the stuff that is not the best

and the favorite, right? And it makes it so much easier to let go of the clutter, right? And notice I said

easier a lot. It makes it easier. So focusing on your favorites and what you want to keep,

it's going to save you time and energy. And one of the reasons I'm really good, I'm like ninja good

at decluttering is because of this concept. So let's start by understanding what I mean by joy and

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