Check out my new years resolution and how I am saving over a month of wasted time doing one of the most dreaded chores.
Surprise: Life Update
The Balance of the To Do List
Less by Rachel Aust
This book is a very unique book to my minimalist book review series. Less: a visual guide to minimalism, was written by the popular minimalist youtuber Rachel Aust. In her book she gives a very unique perspective and a simple visual guide that many new minimalists will find very helpful. You will love her lists and decision charts in this no fluff guide to decluttering and living a simple happy life.
Wisdom Wednesday
This week try to find something in your life that you can make easier. Maybe its trying to meal prep this weekend so you only have to clean up your kitchen once. Perhaps its having a family meeting and implementing a chore chart. Personally, my favorite thing that simplified my life was a gift from my in-laws for Christmas which with this one change saves me 42 hours a year that I don't have to spend on doing this boring chore.
Wisdom Wednesday
Wisdom Wednesday
Simple is beautiful. Simple allows us to breath, think, create, and be free. When we remove all the extra we find out what and who is actually important to us. Once we get rid of all the garbage cluttering our lives we get peace. If we want to achieve our goals this year we must get serious about removing all the extras; the extra stuff, extra (often unnecessary) time commitments, the long to do lists that never seem to end. We just need to take a look at life and put our priorities first. Check in with tomorrows blog post to see just how to do that and to give yourself the credit that you deserve for all the stuff that you continue to get done.
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The December Line Up
Decluttering Your Books With The Box Project
My books are very important to me. So needless to say, this will be one of the most difficult and largest categories for me. Here is an excellent example of decluttering a difficult category. I share how I work through the emotional attachments in hopes that it will help you to learn to how to examine and overcome your own emotional hurdles on this decluttering journey.
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The Minimalist Rockstar Joshua Becker
Wisdom Wednesday
Wisdom Wednesday
Life is all about balance. Have any of you seen Eat Pray Love? If so you kind of know what I am talking about. Make sure that we aren't running ourselves ragged just for the sake of doing. There is no reward in that except exhaustion and burnout. Put your power and energy behind things that you care about.
The Craft Box Project
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Jewelry Box Project
Special Date Night Thanks to Minimalism
The title of this blog is simple HAPPY life. We can live as simply as we want but if we don't replace all that time we gained back by not being a slave to our things with new adventure or things we enjoy then our life will be no happier than it was before. Here is an adventure date night that Patrick and I were able to have thanks in part to decluttering.
So many people dread the stockings but stockings were my favorite part. I have a great formula for you that will take the guess work out of stockings and will keep things at a reasonable price and minimize the things coming into your home to stay.