This was supposed to be a little project I shared with the Simple Saturday newsletter, but there were so many photos I had to make it a blog post. I also wanted to share it in a blog post because something cool really happened from this simple decluttering project…. we actually are keeping our counters […]
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?’
Sometimes my coaching clients ask for help with minimalism. This is a road I know well and I could talk about it all day. One hot topic is PILES OF CLUTTER. We might think that decluttering will eliminate all the clutter from our lives. But when we remove the excess we are still left with […]
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 […]
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 […]
When Simple Saturday readers email me, a common problem they share with me is that they are wanting to simplify their home but their spouse is less excited about it. I have some thoughts on this I hope will help those struggling with this . . . . MOTIVATE WHO THEY ARE RATHER […]
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 […]
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 […]
Things heard around the house on a certain day known as Lenayah (Nena)’s birthday…. Dad will you tell me happy birthday again? (quietly to self) ‘birthday giiirrrrrl’ I don’t like it…I LOVE IT! No! I get to pick! I’m the birthday girl! Absolutely beautifulllll The last one was heard during the big reveal of Lenayah’s birthday present….a […]
It’s been a year since everything changed. A year since I started decluttering our home. This time one year ago I was reading The Joy of Less and Seven after hearing about them on Instagram. These books rustled me up, made me uncomfortable, motivated me to make some big changes. They were marked with an […]