I definitely don’t believe there are any hard and fast decluttering rules that are guaranteed to work for everybody, all the time. But I do believe there are some things…
Minimalism as a Tool After adopting a minimalist lifestyle, I frequently read about the lives of other minimalists. I devoured books and articles about minimalists who lived in the ancient…
Last week, in my Google feed, multiple articles emerged that outlined minimalist hacks. The hacks, while helpful, all held an unusual similarity. Each hack hinged on numbers. Six, in total,…
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…
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…
Regardless of how long we have been on a journey to pursue a life with less, we can sometimes find ourselves off track. We know certain things or activities aren’t…
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…