Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Krista O’Reilly-Davi-Digui of A Life In Progress. We have two lives: the one we learn with and the life we live after that.…
Last weekend, I strolled along the Chicago River, husband by my side, baby in my front pack. Low, evening sunlight filtered between the towering, black skyscrapers ahead. The water held…
The more I read and listen to decluttering experts’ content, the more I realize that I decluttered our home in a nonconventional way. I was several months postpartum with our…
When I began my minimalist journey three years ago, two words had the power to stop my decluttering flow in its tracks. I’d be on a decluttering roll, letting go…
Being a minimalist, collections typically aren’t my thing. My tastes align much more with the “one will suffice” mindset. With one exception: quotes. I unabashedly hoard pithy statements of all…
On a gray morning last month, I stepped out of my bedroom, dressed and ready for the day. “Mom, why do you have that again?” Asked my four-year-old daughter between…
It’s 8 a.m. on Sunday morning and the smell of coffee beckons from the kitchen. Rolling out of bed, I make my way to the living room sofa and groggily…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Mike Donghia of This Evergreen Home. Living with adversity is hard, but a life without clarity is harder. I have found that…
My first job out of college was in marketing. While my service team coworkers were benignly assisting our customers, I was being paid to outsmart them. I’d roll into my…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Emma Scheib of Simple Slow & Lovely. Going minimalist can be a life-changing journey, resulting in a clearer home, and mind for…