Last weekend my kitchen was inundated with apples. Red and yellow orbs overflowed from plastic U-pick bags, creating a colorful scattering across countertops. They even began emerging from the diaper…
This summer, with four kids at home, one being a newborn, I haven’t been as vigilant of a gatekeeper as usual regarding what enters our house. My focus has been…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Charlie Brown of Simple and Straightforward. Too many people worry about how simple living or minimalism is supposed to look. The wardrobe,…
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…