Minimalism
How to Minimize Your Lifestyle and Reduce Stress
I can recall the feeling so clearly: We had decided to remodel the kitchen, and since we didn’t know how to do any of the work, a friend, Phil, was helping us out. Now, I want you to keep in mind what Phil was like: Around 60 years old, his wife kept an immaculate house,…
Read More7 Steps to Creating a Minimalist Home
The appeal to minimalism is most often in the way it makes one’s home feel: open, spacious and free of clutter. Here are seven steps you can take to create a home that you love being in: 1. Get rid of most of your stuff. And when you feel like you’re done- go through it…
Read MoreThe Art of Less: How Minimal Living Inspires Creativity
But out of limitations comes creativity. ~ Debbie Allen I love to draw and paint. And practice makes perfect, right? I know it’s true, the more I paint, the better I am. But the most interesting thing I found is, that the more I limited myself in specific ways, the better I became. I found this…
Read MoreEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Minimalism
What exactly is minimalism? Minimalism is intentionally getting rid of the excess in your life, so you can devote time and energy to the things that are truly important to you. It’s a lifestyle choice, but it’s not merely decluttering and limiting what you own, it’s looking very intently at what you have, what you need…
Read MoreHow to Practice Daily Minimalism
Other than culling your possessions and creating a capsule wardrobe, what does it even look like to live as a minimalist throughout the day? Here are seven areas that are important to think through: 1. Be selective about what you put on the calendar. After ridding your home of unnecessary junk, you’ll want to look carefully…
Read MorePractical Minimalism for Real-Life Families
People often ask how I can be a minimalist with so many children. Because children = mountains of stuff, right?! Well, yes, every person you have in your home means all the stuff they need to live has to be in the house as well, so with more people comes more stuff. But it doesn’t…
Read More3 Steps to Take as a Beginning Minimalist Mom
Get up earlier than the kids Minimalism is shifting your mindset from a negative-focus, me-focus or reward-focus approach to life. Those are things that every human struggles with, we are a very self-oriented group, so shifting the way our mind works takes intentional effort. But, one of the easiest ways to combat that me-focused thinking is…
Read MoreFour Ways to Decode Your Wardrobe
This is a guest post by Cora, a fellow minimalist mom, expert in kids capsule wardrobes and author of Creature of Joy. TAGS One time a friend of mine told me the back of her closet was filled with clothing that still had tags on them. This made me chuckle a little bit. Being the frugal…
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