In today’s world we are hearing about more and more people burning out from the exhaustion of their jobs, home lives, and even their own expectations. When our lives feel so busy all the time, and our own minds won’t even let us relax, what can we do to begin cultivating a more slow lived…
As a former homeschooling mom, it took some time for me to adjust to being a work from home mom while the kids were in school. I painstakingly took the time to figure out how to set my own schedule and hold myself accountable and navigated our new routine. Then, summer happened and everything went…
Whenever I first tell someone I practice minimalism I think they automatically assume I have a perfect IKEA aesthetic in my home and also that I am incredibly boring. They might be right. To each their own. But, if I’m given the opportunity, I try to let them know that the real reason I started…
The slow living lifestyle is becoming more and more of a trend these days, and without realizing it, I had gotten myself swept up into the lifestyle before I even knew there was a movement happening. Even though I had started practicing minimalism and living with less, I still found myself doing most things with…
I first heard about the Broken Window Theory in one of Malcolm Gladwell’s many amazing books. The basic idea being that if there is one person with a broken window in a neighborhood, slowly the rest of the neighborhood will start to shift and deteriorate. In other words, our surroundings dictate our behaviors. In my…
As Tom and I were making our way through Target for one of many Christmas food shopping trips, I eagerly grabbed a package of pre-cut meats, looked up at Tom with twinkles in my eyes and optimistically said, “I’m going to make roses out of these!” Before he could even shift the expression on his…