249: Decluttering Beliefs-Rewriting the Narrative of Aging
Maximized Minimalist Podcast
Katy Wells
4.8 • 936 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
It's time to get cozy and dive into something we all think about but don't always chat about - aging. Yep, you heard me. This week, I'm spilling the tea on getting older, all sparked by a laugh-out-loud moment with my kiddo, Levi, and my unexpected journey into the world of silver strands.
This conversation isn't just about gray hairs and laugh lines; it's a candid look at how the anti-aging narrative influences our self-perception, spending habits, and the clutter – both physical and emotional – that accumulates as a result. We'll dive into the roots of our clutter and how it's intertwined with our fears of aging.
Here's what you'll learn:
- How social media and the $93 billion anti-aging industry shape our views on aging.
- The emotional and financial clutter tied to our fear of aging.
- Strategies for embracing aging with grace, from shifting mindsets to practical steps for decluttering our lives and finances.
Tune in as we laugh, reflect, and maybe even change the way we think about those sneaky silver hairs and laugh lines. Because, let's face it, aging is inevitable, but how we feel about it? That's totally up to us.
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| 0:00.0 | What does it mean to live more with less? I'm Katie Wells and welcome to the Maximized Minimalist |
| 0:07.7 | podcast. If you found yourself caught up in the hamster wheel of modern day motherhood and want to |
| 0:14.1 | rewrite the script, congratulations you're in the right place. I'm here to be your guide and help you take |
| 0:20.6 | back your motherhood |
| 0:21.6 | and achieve a simpler, more joy-filled life. Cheers to being a maximized minimalist. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:29.9 | Hey there, it's Katie here. Today we are diving into a topic that's probably been on my mind |
| 0:35.1 | more now than ever before, mostly because I turned 36 this year. |
| 0:41.0 | And honestly, this just touches all of us in different ways. And it's the concept of aging. |
| 0:47.2 | So a few weeks back, I was playing, I spy with my seven-year-old Levi. And we were laying in bed, |
| 0:53.8 | cuddling, looking around my bedroom, |
| 0:55.8 | and I said, I spy something gray. And so he starts excitedly looking around the room, |
| 1:02.1 | guessing, all these things that weren't the answer. And then finally his eyes land on me. And he said, |
| 1:07.9 | your hair. And I'm telling you what I laughed. We just laughed so hard for a good |
| 1:15.0 | long while. It was such a funny moment. And here's the thing. I know this was not meant to be a |
| 1:21.1 | disc. This was an observation from a seven-year-old. That was very accurate. I have more gray hair |
| 1:27.4 | than I have ever had. But this got my |
| 1:30.0 | wheel spinning about aging. And as I navigate my 30s, I've just noticed this huge influx of |
| 1:38.4 | anti-aging products on my social media feed, specifically Instagram, where I tend to spend time. |
| 1:45.1 | And beauty influencers are promising us wrinkles that disappear around our eyes if we buy this |
| 1:51.6 | cream. |
| 1:52.2 | And I'm seeing wellness influencers promoting powders and vitamins and all these things that we |
| 1:56.5 | can add to our smoothie that reverse the aging process, which first of all is not possible. |
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