It is just over ten years since I decided to declutter the house for my family of five. I had just read the Joy of Less, and it was like a trap door opened up underneath my feet and dropped me into my basement of boxes. The realization hit me, “I don’t actually have to … Read more
We are coming off a year of ‘giving experiences not gifts’ so I’ve been approaching this Christmas with a smaller shopping list and big plans on how to ‘do things’ with our kids. We have told the kids that for Christmas we will take them to a hotel and go swimming. Their reaction has … Read more
Today, we’re going to talk about how to get your kids to play with their toys. About a week ago, our whole family gathered around my computer in my office, and we looked at old photos and videos from years ago when the kids were just small, little, little. Now they’re nine, eight and six. … Read more
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. DECLUTTERING WON’T FIX IT FOR GOOD, BUT IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER We might think that decluttering will eliminate all the clutter from our … Read more
I’ve been having lots of online and offline conversations lately where I am asked HOW I STARTED DECLUTTERING. I think what we miss when we look at checklists of things to remove from our home is the MINDSET that is required to make it effective. How does mindset impact your decluttering? Before I became a life … Read more
Identity clutter is a concept I shared in a Simple Saturdays email (make sure to subscribe if you don’t already!) and had such a great response I thought it would be worth expanding on. I shared the story about how I bought all these fancy flours to make this cool bread from a recipe … Read more
Before I ever considered myself a ‘minimalist’ I had some notions about what the word meant. It meant 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 money … Read more
We have been purging our house since January 2015 (even if we felt like we aren’t very good at it). Though we’ve gotten rid of over a dozen truckloads, I still feel like I’ve been failing at ‘minimalism’ because of this one room…. The kitchen. I do feel exhausted with this space. It is our main living … Read more
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 … Read more
What are you TOLERATING in your home? In your life? In your work? In my coach training, I’ve learned about this term called TOLERATIONS. These are the things in our life that cause us stress because we feel that they are something we have to tolerate, put up with. We often feel stressed and overwhelmed … Read more