Minimalist Christmas Decor

4 Things to Help Keep Christmas Decor Easy for You Over this last weekend, our family decorated for Christmas, and Christmas decorating in the past was a stressor for me. I was overwhelmed with the idea of getting it all out. Although that wasn’t as bad, it was much more enjoyable than the idea of…

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4 Powerful Ways to Minimize Holiday Stress

I’m a mix of emotions when I think of the holidays. First, I love the food. So there’s that to look forward to. When I think back to the days before minimalism, there were a lot of things that I expected of myself that added a lot of unnecessary stress to the holiday season. And…

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How to have a fun-filled toy-free Christmas

If you’ve been contemplating a toy- free Christmas, you may wonder if it would still feel like Christmas to your children? And is it possible to give them gifts they’re excited about that aren’t toys? What kinds of gifts can we give that won’t leave them disappointed? Before you go all-in on changing Christmas up,…

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Clutter-Free Easter Baskets

Clutter-Free Easter Baskets

    If you have recently embraced a more minimalist lifestyle, the old traditions, like giving Easter baskets, tend to cause doubt and anxiety: the kids are expecting this, this is what we’ve always done, I don’t want to ignore all those traditions we’ve had, etc. You don’t have to give them up completely, there…

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6 Ways To Have A More Meaningful Christmas

6 Ways To Have A More Meaningful Christmas

Christmas is a wonderful time of year, steeped in traditions and memories, it’s a time to reflect, enjoy people around us and appreciate what we have. If you’ve been working to simplify your home, rid your life of excess and want to have a special Christmas with still avoiding all the commercialism and frazzled feelings…

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Completely Clutter-free Gift Ideas

Completely Clutter-free Gift Ideas

Is there such a thing as a completely clutter-free gift?After you’ve completely pared down, have your home with only the essentials, and then comes an event in which either 1) people would like to give you a gift or 2) you would like to exchange gifts with your family. But, you don’t actually want things, right?!Gifts…

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How to Keep Up During the Holidays

How to Keep Up During the Holidays

Reader question: Just in general, how to keep up? It seems it is a never-ending process and I am not able to keep decluttering and still do the necessary things to keep the house clean and prep for the holidays … maybe I am trying to do too much all at once… it’s hard to…

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Simplify Christmas: Saying Goodbye To Elf On The Shelf

  Several years ago a new trend came up during the holidays: Elf On The Shelf. Many jumped on board seeing it as a fun tradition, and many took immense pleasure in setting up elaborate scenes. And now, several years later are coming to realize that this cute tradition is taking a lot more effort and…

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