For many of us on the path towards simplifying our belongings, one of the biggest hindrances we face is feeling as if it’s somehow wrong to get rid of our things: it feels wasteful, and besides, we need it again someday! In a world that emphasizes more-more-more, it feels strange to do the opposite. Once […]
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Simplified cottage-style homeschool room
For the past five years, I’ve done a “homeschool room” tour and it’s been interesting to look back at how it’s changed over the years. We’ve never used a dedicated homeschool room, but in our previous home, we had a whole lot of space. Now that we’ve moved to a home half the size, we’ve […]
Reset
“We periodically find ourselves out of alignment with our true selves, and have to reset to get back into our proper groove. We have to remind ourselves what matters to us, what our values are – and make changes so our lives reflect those values. And for introverts I think this is especially true… we’re […]
Changes
There’s so much new in our lives. Somewhat surprisingly, I’m enjoying the changes, even though I love my plans and routines. This newness won’t last forever but it feels good because it all seems to be heading in a healthy direction. We had all sorts of new when we moved last fall. New home, of […]
Christmas Tour from a clutter-phobe
I have all these big ol’ thoughts in my brain, but none of them really want to get thoroughly unwrapped and processed into blog posts right now. So how ’bout we have a little Christmas Tour of our home, since I haven’t shared much of it yet? We’ve been in our little cottage near the […]
Simplifying my closet with Stitch Fix
A white and turquoise Stitch Fix box by the front door makes for a seriously happy mail day. And happened to coordinate just perfectly with the giant tea mug in my hand. Note: post contains referral links, which means I’ll get credit to buy more clothes if you schedule a fix through my links. When […]