Our family minimalism story ten years out! I wanted to share an update on where we are ten years out from getting into minimalism. It’s been a busy few years with career and job changes and a stint back to school for me. The kids are now 6, 8 and 11. Much has changed since
Gifts
Should You Go Away for Christmas?
A strange topic for this early in the year but I wanted to bring it up far before the holiday season crazies hit. Last year we took our three kids away for a three week long trip over Christmas and New Years. While we had gone away for Christmas once before, it was when our
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Life
How We’re Flying for Free as a Family of Five
Note: this post contains affiliate links. Should you use one of these links I may receive a small affiliate fee or bonus points. NOTE: this may be of not interest to some readers. I get it. Take a gander at the archives for more on minimalism and simplicity. However, if you have the travel bug
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Holidays
A Minimalist Easter
Easter is coming at us this weekend. If you celebrate secular Easter, the kind that involves bunnies and chocolate and Easter egg hunts, you may have noticed that this holiday has turned into a marketing machine. Pop over to Target and see how much they are pushing. Not just chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps, but
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Home
How to Get Your Kids to Unload the Dishwasher
My resolutions for 2019 are to have more fun outside and do less housework. This might sound a bit odd: housework isn’t really optional. I feel like we’ve streamlined a lot of things: we aim to do less laundry by wearing things a few times before washing them. I’m a huge fan of leftovers and
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Declutter
Simple Steps to Simplify Your Life
If you’ve ever run a marathon you know that you don’t run the race thinking of all the miles ahead of you. You focus on the mile you’re in right then. Thinking too far ahead can lead to negative thoughts and defeat. Often those miles in the middle are so challenging it can be difficult
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Holidays
Minimalist Holidays: Planning a Simple Holiday Season
It’s never too early to plan for a simpler holiday season. Let’s rewind the clock for a bit and think about how we felt last January. Were you feeling: burnt out. You did too much and didn’t get enough rest during what was supposed to be a break. You had that “I need a vacation
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Kids
Free Range Parenting and Motherhood in the Age of Fear
We’re contemptuous of ‘lazy’ poor mothers. We’re contemptuous of ‘distracted’ working mothers. We’re contemptuous of ‘selfish’ rich mothers. – Motherhood in the Age of Fear I’m a big proponent of free range parenting. But it’s something I’ve shied away from writing about in the last year. Not because I don’t want to but because I’m