Do you sometimes find yourself wishing your kids had fewer toys but you don’t know how to start minimizing? Before minimalism, this was me. I’d walk through our home, head…
Category: Minimalism
Last week, while pulling a couple of warm-weather outfits out of storage, I caught myself reflecting on the benefits of owning a minimalist wardrobe. Before minimalism, five years ago, my…
After five years of minimalist living, if I was to offer one gentle suggestion this time of year, it’d be this: find time to declutter your home. While spring cleaning…
Before decluttering our home (aka “letting go of over 70% of our possessions in a year”), I thought I had this jettisoning-possessions thing figured out. It was October of 2018…
I recently read a blog post by a professional declutterer explaining why she focuses on simplicity with her clients instead of minimalism. Using the dictionary, she defined the words in…
One question I often get as a minimalist mom goes like this: aren’t your kids deprived growing up in a minimalist home? The question comes in the way of Instagram…
One of my greatest, and most rewarding, challenges of minimalist living has been learning how to declutter books. My love for books began in 6th grade (maybe it was because…
Early on in my minimalism journey, I realized that to live a decluttered life I needed an ownership audit. To let go of unused stuff—and to halt its constant influx—first…
Ever since adopting a minimalist lifestyle five years ago, I frequently have what I call “minimalism is for you” moments. They resemble “ah-ha” moments and solidify (although I don’t need…
Last week at school pick-up, I had a minimalist Christmas moment that was interpreted as rather Grinch-like. I was chatting with other moms, when the topic of Christmas gift-related overwhelm emerged. I…