Decluttering: “What if I need this one day?”
Maybe we shouldn’t even ask ourselves ‘what if I need this one day?’. Maybe we should ask ‘what will do I if I ever find that I need it and don’t have it?’
Minimalism for This Family
Quotes for Minimalist Motivation
I wish that once you declutter your house is permanently organized and tidy. Unfortunately, there is always stuff coming back into the house and you need to declutter repeatedly. I’m not the kind of lady who has her life together enough to follow some kind of decluttering calendar to make sure I keep on it. […]
How to Start Decluttering
I’ve been having lots of online and offline conversations lately where I am asked HOW I STARTED DECLUTTERING. I want to give you my best advice without giving you some prescriptive formula on it that will magically change your life (because I don’t think there is one). So, I will tell you what has worked for […]
How I Started Decluttering (+ tips and insights)
I often get asked how to start decluttering. I shared my tips for getting the mojo to start decluttering right here. In this post, I want to share with you some practical tips how to approach the process of decluttering. HOW I STARTED DECLUTTERING When I started decluttering I started with my bathrooms and my […]
Our Minimalist Family Home: Basement Before and After
When I heard about minimalism a few years ago I was relieved to have this permission to get rid of things. I didn’t really have a plan when I started, I just started. A drawer here, a closet there, and all of it kind of pooled into piles at the door of stuff to pass […]
Minimalism is not an end-goal, it is a tool
I have been practising minimalism for about three years now BUT if you came to my house you wouldn’t assume I was a minimalist. My kitchen is full of craft supplies and appliances…. and I have a jar-hoarding problem that my husband makes fun of UNTIL he needs all the jars for his screw and […]
Six Types of Minimalists
Before I ever considered myself a ‘minimalist’ I had some notions about what the word meant. It means someone who lives in an almost empty house. Their home is clad in white and stainless steel and dotted with chairs and furniture that have clean asymmetrical lines. They are probably well off and they spend their […]
Hygge vs Minimalism
What is hygge? My bestie recently remodelled her kitchen and moved some furniture in her living room. I plunked down on her couch and shouted ‘your couch is hygge now!‘ (pronounced hoo-guh, by the way). Her couch used to be in front of the big living room window and now it was perpendicular to it […]
How to Get Started Bullet Journalling (easy tips for busy moms)
When I heard about bullet journaling I think I shouted out loud, ‘it IS a thing!?’ Because I had been doing it for years without realizing it. You probably have to. Here is how you know if you are a bullet journaler in hiding: Do you keep lists? Or are you, as I like to […]
Decluttering the Underwear Drawer
You know what should be a form of therapy? Purging your underwear drawer. I recently did that and I feel like I could write a whole self-help book on the stages of grief you encounter during a decades-overdue undergarment purge. I mean, I had done some sweeps of the drawer in the past but this […]