a rich life with less stuff
Erin shares a minimalist families story today. Fun fact: Erin and I had already met a couple of times as we are both downtown cloth diapering moms who Craigslist (small world!) before we connected here. My blog was linked to somewhere, she followed it, took a closer look and then realized she knew me in-real-life!
Exploring the question of how many pairs of jeans should I own through the minimalist fashion challenge Project 333. A friend emailed me last week that she has gone minimalish (love this word!) and is working on her wardrobe. It was a heavy dose of inspiration from moi that sent her on a closet purge.
Meg Wolfe over at Minimalist Woman had a great post a few months ago that I just reread. Simplifying Yourself: Can You Make it Not About You? Reading Meg’s post reminded that a) in a year I will think differently about my minimalist journey than I do now and b) to steal her quote about
The great Tammy Strobel had a post this week about what’s real. From Tammy’s post: By “real life”, I mean living a conscious life. A life that is focused on connecting with others. Not a life that’s focused on the “should’s” or a life that’s spent in front of the computer screen or with our
Last week I wrote about shoes and outerwear for Henry and I and what we have in our 33 items. This week it’s about casual clothing. Really casual clothing. Technically lounge wear isn’t included in the 33 items. And technically my Lululemon yoga pants, hoodie and zip jacket are lounge or workout wear. But I’m
How to get started with minimalism and easy ways to start decluttering. When I first read news articles about people living with less and decluttering my reaction was: I want that. I want less stuff in my home. I want clean spacious rooms. I want to own just what we use. Minimalism sounded amazing, and
What do you do when you have a small emergency and you don’t own a car? We tested our Emergency Response System last month when Henry face planted onto the floor (and possibly a toy) and got a bloody nose. I’m still in new mom mode so it freaked me out to see him screaming
We’ve been loosely following Project 333 around here this month and I thought it was time to actually track and organize those 33 pieces of clothing here on my blog. While Henry has yet to utter his first word, he’s agreed to join in. It might seem challenging to have a wardrobe limit for a