Donados has been part of my life for a long time. And fun fact, it was my very first job when I was 15.

I still remember those shifts, learning how everything worked, and honestly just loving the environment.

And of course, the pizza. So it's kind of surreal now that all of these years later, it's become our family's go-to for pizza.

And in the season of life with kids and full days, I just really value

things that are easy and most importantly consistent. And that's Donato's for us. I know when we order

it, it's going to be good. Everyone's going to be happy. And dinner just feels taken care of.

Lately, we've been loving their $5 pizza pals menu. So when you order a large pizza, you can add on all these $5 items,

subs, wings, salads, even desserts, so I can mix and match depending on what everyone's in the

mood for. It just makes dinner feel simple, a little more fun, and honestly, those are the kind

of rhythms I'm always trying to create in our home. Donato's, got to love more.

So first off, when anyone

asked me what is minimalism, I say that it is a lifestyle. It's an intentional way of living. It really

helps you see and remove the excess stuff in your life, whether that be the things in your home

or the clutter in your mind. You know, there's so many areas of

excess when I started this lifestyle. I just thought about the physical stuff. And then I realized

I have a lot of mental and digital clutter and all these other areas of clutter that I can

work on as well. And so that's how I usually describe it. And I know there's like a lot of

misconceptions around it. It's literally living a

simpler, more intentional life. It's being mindful of the physical things coming into your spaces

and mindful of the ideas coming in and out of your mind. It's helped me feel so much lighter.

I feel a sense of freedom. This is Diane Bowden, and you're listening to the minimalist moms podcast.

In today's episode, I sit down with host of the millennial minimalist podcast, Kelly Foss,

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