A wellness journey to my better self and a simpler life
I have journaled every single day for the past two years. I’ve written a little bit about my day, including my happiest moment and what made me feel grateful, for the past 730 days. I had wanted one journal to track all of these things. I also wanted to be able to easily reflect on
Summer’s over — time to get back to work. I didn’t mean to take the summer off from writing. I wish I could tell you I’ve been doing something glamorous like traveling or focusing solely on my novel or better yet, circumnavigating the globe on a sailboat while writing my novel! But mostly I’ve just
As my 36th birthday approaches, I’ve been thinking about the year behind me as part of my traditional birthday reflection. Ageing is not synonymous with growing in my book, and I feel a responsibility to monitor my growth with pencil marks in a proverbial door frame. As I have said many times here, I refuse
Last month we held our second annual spring yard sale. As a practicing minimalist, I LOVE getting rid of stuff. But not everything is trash, and extra money is a wonderful thing, especially while we continue to tackle our debt. We made $892 from only two yard sales! Sure, yard sales require some work. But
Adjustments and fine tuning are required when working to establish lasting habits. Continuing to do the same things that don’t work while expecting different results truly is a waste of time and effort. Believe me, I’ve done the legwork. At the same time, even if certain routines or tools work well, chances are they won’t forever
Back in September I experimented with Project 333 for the first time. Project 333 is the minimalist fashion challenge created by Courtney Carver, whose book, Soulful Simplicity, I reviewed back in January, I said I would write an update at the end of the year with how the experiment went. It went awesome… until I
I’m learning how to eat again. This requires substantial unlearning of everything I thought was right about diet and weight loss, but turned out to be all wrong. For those of you who don’t know, I lost forty pounds the first six months of 2017. I then proceeded to gain back 42 pounds the following six months.
Welcome to the first post in the new “Finances” category! It was only a matter of time before we turned our sights on tackling our debt. Financial freedom is an integral part to a simpler, low-stress, and joyful life. Anyone who has ever wondered where groceries were coming from, had creditors calling around the clock,
The Olympics couldn’t have come at a better time, at least for me personally. They’ve been the dose of inspiration I’ve needed in a long, uninspiring, sluggish, dark, cold winter. In watching, I made an important realization. Here I’m going to share what I learned watching the Olympics. What I Learned Watching the Olympics I
Another new year, another month playing The Minimalists 30-Day Minimalism Game (#minsgame). Once again, we successfully rid ourselves and our home of 496 items. Every year the challenge gets simultaneously harder, and also easier. It’s an interesting mix because on one hand, we have less excess in our home to round up. But on the
