How does a Minimalist Lifestyle Help you Mother Better? Mothering is hard. Wonderful. Fantastic. Life changing. A really, really good thing. But it is difficult. Time consuming. Energy consuming. Minimalism can help balance out the demands of family life and provide space and time to pursue the important things that aligned with your core values. […]

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Why Minimalism Matters

Janet

Why is Minimalism Important? Hi again, dear readers. It’s been a while since I blogged. This on again, off again pattern is not new to me. My ADHD brain can only consistently keep so many things going at any given time and lately life has demanded more time and energy than usual. But that doesn’t […]

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My kids are 10 and 14 and I’ve had time to think about habits we’ve developed as a family. Some I’m happy with and others, not-so-much. As my husband and I have embraced minimalism more, it has become obvious to us that there are some habits and expectations we should have enforced more when the […]

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“Help!! I have way too much stuff and I’m drowning in it!” “I’m about to cry. This is what my living room looks like. I don’t even know where to start.” “My family needs serious help. I think I’m going to hire an organizer. We have so much stuff we can’t even move around.” Comments […]

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Leave a Comment / Mindfulness, Minimalism / By Janet When I first considered minimalism, I thought exclusively about stuff. The stuff I wanted to get rid off. The stuff I didn’t want to get rid of. The stuff that was cluttering up my home. The stuff that I didn’t need, didn’t want, didn’t like. Minimalism and stuff – as in getting […]

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I love looking at images of minimalist spaces—so clean, fresh, and inviting. Of course it helps when these images are from expensive spa interiors or million dollar homes where professionals use materials, design, and expertise to create these havens.  Luckily, there are things I (and you too) can do, to create a calming minimalist aesthetic […]

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Attempting to begin living a minimalist lifestyle is not something I purposely set out to do years ago. Instead I attempted to become a minimalist.  I drooled over pictures like the one at the top of this post and brainstormed my list of 100 items I would keep if I actually managed to get rid […]

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About Janet

Created, likeness bring which in stars herb a is give you’ll it life you’ll. Whose evening. Spirit subdue two don’t. Living, i divided was be every had. Him god. Don’t kind seed lesser heaven bearing waters seas in of earth female lights.