As I said last week sometimes the simple task of simplicity is overwhelming. But taking baby steps can help. One of my daily steps is to unsubscribe from various e-mails. Instead of just deleting the junk (that I have signed up for at one time or another) I actually go in and unsubscribe. I’ve […]
So I have this crazy desire to life a simple life, the hubby and I have talked about it and we agree that its something we would like to work towareds. However…nothing has changed…nothing. After a little I’ve realized we skipped an important step we were over complicating simplicity, ha! I was trying to attack […]
Have I shown you a picture of my office yet? No?!? Oh yeah that is because I’m WAY to embarrassed to show you what it looks like. I’ve made a little progress with the help of a friend though. We took out a few plastic bins and started sorting the gigantic pile that had grown […]
My aspiratoin this year is to stay simple, in the green living part of my life this includes eliminating extra clutter. Part of this is not adding t0 the chaos, but to start it means PURGE. Be harsh, be real, and get rid of all that extra stuff! One area I feel like I’ve […]
Mac and I are on a mission to simplify, we have come to realize that our 3 bedroom + office house… isn’t big enough for another child with the amout of stuff we have in it. Now to be fair to us, some of the hobbies we have (hockey, paintball, scrapbooking/crafts/sewing) take up space, there […]
There are lots of things you can do with your ‘stuff’ as you get rid of and the very last choice should be the trash. In fact in my opinion the only things that should be thrown away should be broken and un-usable. So here are plenty of other options of ways to purge the […]
This weekend I was down in Iowa visiting my parents and once there I realized the only flat shoes I had packed were my trail running shoes….that were now caked in mud from the 7 mile trail run I did first thing Saturday morning. I’ve been wanting a pair of Toms for quite a while […]
What is Project Simplicity? I believe that unabashed commercialism is one of the biggest ways that we are hurting the environment. I also desire a simpler life where I’m not constantly desiring more. Therefore I want to create a world with less, less clutter, stress, and wasted money. In turn I will gain more time, sanity, […]
So sometimes being green is about what you don’t do just as much as what you do. One of the ways you can be the most green is by NOT buying stuff, and not encouraging the production of stuff with no purpose. So with those things in mind and the Christmas season approaching I’ve made […]
Hey Guys, well its the end of October and time to follow up with Project Simplicity this month I was focusing on the bedroom you can see the start of the bedroom or keep reading to see how it ended up. What is Project Simplicity? I believe that unabashed commercialism is one of the biggest ways that […]