My attitude toward digital clutter hasn’t always been a proactive one. The phrase “outta sight, outta mind” sums it up well. Sure, I had a ton of emails in my…
Category: Minimalism
My first taste of minimalism was in 2007. The year I quit my desk job, threw some essentials in a large suitcase, and moved 5,000 miles east to a town…
After welcoming our third baby into our family two weeks ago, I’ve found my usually active self spending significant stretches of time settled in our Lazy Boy. Amidst the frequent…
At its core, decluttering is all about behavior change. Think about it. When we routinely file papers instead of pile them on a counter, the space stays clutter free. When…
Any day we will be welcoming the fifth member of our family into the world — a baby boy who we are thrilled to meet. As our family prepares to…
When I first began pursuing minimalism a year and a half ago, I remember returning from the grocery store to a less-than-subtle surprise. I’d only been out an hour while…
On a walk last week through a nice neighborhood, the evening sunlight cast horizontal rays across beautiful home after beautiful, million-dollar home. The homes truly are lovely I thought, walking…
“Mom, come play with me!” my two-year-old daughter called from across the living room. I stood in the kitchen scrubbing bits of sticky scrambled eggs from breakfast dishes. “I’ll be…
Four years ago I sat in our living room, listening to a friend of mine excitedly gush about the tiny house movement. She laid out her dreams of building her…
Over the last year, I’ve realized living with less has transformed more than just the feel of our home. What started out as an experiment to bring less stress and…