It’s difficult to part ways with sentimental items due to the memories attached to them. It may be easier if we find a new purpose for those items. This post is focused on ideas outside of donating. We understand donating will remove items from our home, but sometimes it just doesn’t feel right. Minimizing and…
Category: Intentional Living
March Micro-Minimizing Challenge
I’m so excited to announce a FREE Micro-Minimizing Challenge that I’m hosting live on Instagram for the month of March! Micro-minimizing means I’m focusing in on a small do-able category to minimize for each day of the month. For example, I may talk about magazines, towels, pet supplies, household cleaners. It’ll be a daily surprise…
“Just humour me.”
Are ornaments clutter? Depends. Do you love them? Like really love them? Ornaments don’t often serve a purpose, so the decisions around home decor are love-based. And even more accurately, they could be described as memory-based treasures. Ornaments are attached to memories, and this is why they are difficult to part with. I have attempted…
Marie Kondo – perfection or nothing?
Recently, Marie Kondo, queen of decluttering stated that her house is “a little bit messy,” and so many people are freaking out about it. This is an awful reaction. MK’s priorities have shifted to her three children. And her statement was that her house isn’t “perfectly” tidy any more. Good. For. Her! To all the…
But I Might Need It!
Ah, the just-in-case items. The items we keep because one day we might need them! Here’s the truth. We don’t and won’t need them, at least not all of them, not most of them! And here’s a secret, chances are highly probable that if we do need it, we won’t remember we have it, and…
“Just one more shelf…”
I walked past a couple in a store recently and I overheard the woman telling the man, “If I just had one more shelf, I know I could organize everything.” Just. One. More. Shelf. I’m telling you right now, one more shelf will not help them organize anything. Another shelf just gets filled and then…
An abundance of decor
Happy New Year! It’s a time for renewal. But that’s a post for another day…. Today, I wanted to discuss Christmas decor and the abundance of it! Around now, or soon, or in a few weeks for some, it’ll be time to put away the Christmas decorations. Everything will get stored back into containers of…
I disagree with the term “Zero-Waste.”
Let me be clear – that title does NOT say I disagree with the zero-waste movement. Quite the contrary. It says I disagree with the term “zero-waste.” Why? Because it is near impossible to achieve without being an extremeist. And extremism is not what I promote. It doesn’t work for me. It may not work…
In Just 5 Minutes
I know the house is getting too cluttered when I feel stressed looking around our living areas. It’s like a little panic catches in my throat. And it’s always those areas that generally collect clutter — end tables by the sofa, the bench by the front door. You know those spots, they’re in your house…
How I Live with Intention
I am passionate about living with intention and putting it to practice in my own life. However, I’m not extreme and certainly not perfect. Living with intention looks different for each person striving for it. Here are some examples of how I live intentionally: Please know that these are all things I strive for. I…