I’ve talked a lot about my family wanting to spend money on experiences over stuff. That being said, and in direct contradiction, a big love language in my family is giving and receiving gifts. Taking all of that into consideration I’m very happy with my girls Christmas gifts this year. We modified the Want, Need, Wear, Read plan to […]
In recent weeks my desire for a simple life has snowballed. I think this is mostly due to the fact that I can finally explain my goals and motivation for simplifying. Well at least to my husband, I’ll be honest its long winded and multi faceted. It involves the physical purging of stuff, simplifying our […]
I’m reading a book right now “Your Money or your Life” by Vicki Robin and Joe Dominguez. I’m not even to the ‘advice’ part yet so I’m not sure if I’m recommending it but at the moment we are reviewing America’s general perspective on money and I was struck by their definition of enough in […]
I want to show you something crazy, this is my phones home screen: After listening to this Chalene Show Podcast this morning I decided to change up my home screen. I MOVED most of my apps to another page. I didn’t delete them, I simply moved them. My home screen is now clutter free, it […]
This 6 months I’m allowed to buy: (Purchased) 1 pair of cross trainers (preferably lightly used on eBay or on sale) (Purchased) A new Erin Condren planner for 2016* (this thing is my brain) Replacements, if something I USE breaks or is no longer usable for whatever reason it will be thrown away and replaced. […]
I’ve read about these shopping bans a lot in my search for a simpler life, but I’ve never really thought it would be possible. You know… we have kids/we have needs/I can’t get the hubby on board. All sorts of excuses. Then I realized something, I don’t accept excuses in my heath and fitness life […]
With all the talk about minimalism and simplicity in popular culture there seems to be an emphasis on stuff. Purge your excess and you will have less stress, buy less and your money woes will disappear, you only need to own 333 things to be happy. Life however is about much more than stuff, its […]
During a conversation with friends this weekend my husband mentioned that we had too much stuff for our current house and were hoping to move in a few years. This surprised them since they had seen all my simplifying and purging posts on Facebook over the last few months…year? Then just yesterday I read this […]
We make choices on a daily basis, some of them are so easy they take barely a thought, others (at least for me) take DAYS of thinking, processing, looking at all the angles and possibilities and generally driving myself and my husband crazy. Sound familiar? This has been my cycle for quite some time, I […]
Dishes, laundry and dust bunnies are the bane of my exsistance. I can’t keep up with them to my level of satisfaction and I can’t ignore them without stressing out and losing time. For some reason I feel (as so many of us do) that I can do everything. I can work a full time […]