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Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @@boogesmom. Right: Preserve jars on a wooden shelf in an old-fashioned kitchen pantry (Unsplash photo by Annie Spratt).

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Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @@olliebubs09. Right: A supermarket aisle with shelves full of packaged snacks (Unsplash photo by Jack Lee).

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Madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

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A yellow vinyl record with an orange label lying on a purple, pink and black background with another translucent record behind it.

Left: TikTok still of a hand holding a worn, stained scrubbing pad over a sink. Right: a pile of colorful plastic toys (Unsplash photo by Nareeta Martin).

Pink and clear glassware displayed on a wooden shelf (Unsplash photo by Loo Dalla Costa).

Two moments from an Instagram reel under the text 'What is it like to be a mother???': a mom standing in a kitchen with a teenage boy and a young boy, then the mom holding the young boy.

A room with wooden furniture and a painting on the wall (Unsplash photo by Theo Lonic).

Left: TikTok still of a pink, toy-filled playroom with a child playing on the floor. Right: a small white toddler bed with a mesh canopy against a pink wall (Unsplash photo by Sven Brandsma).

A bottle of bleach, a canister of disinfecting wipes and a pump bottle of hand sanitizer on a wooden counter (Unsplash photo by Kelly Sikkema).

Left: TikTok still of a woman walking through a dim kitchen and dining area under the text '4:30AM Routine'. Right: a black dumbbell on a white marble floor (Unsplash photo by VD Photography).

Three small cast iron pans with decorative handles lined up on a wooden floor.