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Guest Post: How Simplifying Has Enriched My Life
I’m back from my break and am excited to have my friend Johanna from My Home Tableau writing here today. I think you’ll enjoy her post as much as I have… A couple of years ago when I began the journey...
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What Unplugging Reminded Me
Last week we took a vacation, went camping (more on that later) and unplugged from technology. It was lovely. Here’s what unplugging reminded me. Occasionally, I need to detox from information...
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Waking up in our own Beds
We’re staying home for Christmas. And by home, I mean here. Where we live. Where we spend our everydays. Our extended families will celebrate 734 miles away from us. And I have a secret. I’m okay...
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Our Family Mission Statement
About six months ago we finally finalized our family mission statement. This family mission statement thing has been good for us. Writing it. Putting it up on our wall (our 10 year anniversary present...
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Three Reasons to Live Simply
One of our family values is simple living. While living simply looks different for everyone, for us this means evaluating our finances, our stuff and our time on a regular basis. Are we living within...
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Defy Expectations: Don’t Mindlessly Accumlate Stuff
© 2011 Robert Benner, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Every time Dan and I move (five times so far), someone comments about how much they hate moving and how much stuff they have. They then declare, “you...
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Don’t Just Organize. Declutter.
© 2014 brett jordan, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Organization is great. It makes life run much more smoothly. But you know what’s better than organizing your closet? Getting rid of stuff you don’t want...
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Living With One Car: How & Why
We’ve been a one car family for over 10 years now. Last time I wrote about living with one car, we had a barely 3-year old, a 3 bedroom house with a large fenced in backyard and we lived 7 minutes...
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A Holiday Manifesto
Thanksgiving is less than a week away, followed by Black Friday, and full-on Christmas bustle. I find that if I’m not intentional during this time of year, things go awry quickly. So. This holiday...
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All the Time There Is
Pa and Ma Ingalls and family had just spent an entire year building something from nothing. A barn to protect their horses from wolves. A cabin from felled wood by the creek bed. A well for fresh...
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The Myth of the Disappearing Pacifier
© 2005 emdot, Flickr | CC-BY | via Wylio Is there any parent on the planet who hasn’t been absolutely amazed at how their 13 pacifiers have completely and utterly vanished right when that small,...
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On Doing the Work
You know what’s fun? Coming up with real-life solutions to perplexing problems. Solving the mystery of something that isn’t working quite right. Analyzing a dilemma until the perfect fix is found....
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