When I started out on my minimalist journey three years ago, I quickly became a “how-to-declutter-your-home” junkie. I read blog posts, scoured books, enrolled in courses, and listened to podcasts.…
In 2011, I was deep in the grad-school grind. I was only a semester away from finally earning my masters in speech-language pathology and had been saving every cent from…
On a recent inspiration-seeking Instagram scroll, I came across a quote that stopped me in my tracks. It went like this: “Your home is an extension of your energy field.…
Christmas for our family this year will have an uncanny feel. Instead of spending the winter holiday visiting family or hosting friends, we will spend it… packing. Yep. We’re spending…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Rachelle Crawford, author of Messy Minimalism. “Consistency is more important than intensity.” – Courtney Carver Becoming a minimalist and getting rid of clutter…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by David Nurse, author of Breakthrough. I’m an early morning person, but 4 a.m. is a bit of a stretch. I was up…
My one experience with Black Friday shopping more closely resembled a high school sociology experiment than an actual shopping trip. My brother and I, home from college for the holidays,…
I’ve got this memory from last Christmas, evening of the 25th, kids asleep, commotion stopped, and me sitting with this feeling of complete exhaustion. Not the welcomed type of tired…
“Mom! I have nothing to wear!” Our seven-year-old daughter, Eva, dramatically announced. A colossal sigh followed, as if to punctuate the seriousness of the situation. This was day two of…
The fact that our time here on earth is limited has always motivated me. Not in an anxious, life-is-short-so-do-it-all-now kind of way. But in a way that inspires me to…