The Burden of Clutter

When you grow up surrounded by ‘stuff’ you develop a complicated and personal relationship to words like ‘clutter’, ‘organized’, and ‘storage’.   I can’t say my parents did anything wrong by … Read more

About Simple on Purpose

Hey, welcome to Simple on Purpose. A simple living blog about our family’s attempts towards minimalism. Here I am sharing with you our family’s awkward descent off that mountain of … Read more

Til We Have Just Enough Stuff

I grew up in a home where it was the norm to see boxes piled up against a wall; stacks of paper on every horizontal surface;  collections of mismatched items … Read more