It’s so easy to end up doing all the wrong things because you didn’t bother to stop and ask questions. That’s why you need to look at your motivations and potentially reassess some of your choices. You need to know what is driving your choices. Implementing this one practice could change your entire life. Look…
If you are someone who loves gift-giving, it may not be as easy to imagine gifting an experience over an item. But I want to tell you why experiences are the best gifts and how to give them. While I am focusing on gifts for children here. the same concepts can be applied to adults…
If you want to live a successful life, you need to be brave and persistent. Success can be defined however you want it to be. If you want to grow and accomplish anything, you have to push past your fears and not give up. Learning to Be Brave and Persistent I want to share with…
Inside: Learn why we don’t throw big birthday parties for our kids and what we opt to do instead. This past week one of my daughters had a birthday. She turned 9. But you won’t find us hosting any big parties this weekend. As we’ve worked to simplify various aspects of our lives, how we…
Inside: Learn what emotional clutter is, how it’s often tied to physical clutter, and how to let it go. Emotional clutter isn’t something that’s talked about much. It’s easier to focus on the physical items in our homes that we can see. However, the feelings we hold on to impact every area of our lives…
On average, families spent $26,226 on college in 2018-2019. Parents are also borrowing more with the average annual borrowing amount for parent borrowers more than tripling over the past 25 years. I think parents should stop paying for college and definitely should not go into personal debt for it. Did you start an education fund…
Living counter-culturally isn’t always easy. What can be even more challenging is teaching kids how to live simply in a consumer culture. Teaching Kids to Live Simply In a Consumer Culture Living simply is not the norm in our culture. Recent statistics on credit card debt confirm this: “Credit card balances carried from month to…
Do you have new goals you would like to work on? Well, what are you waiting for? Now is the best time to set new goals! Why Now Is the Best Time to Set New Goals There is nothing different or special about January 1st. Now is always the best time to set new goals…
Clutter isn’t just the stuff we keep in our homes. It’s also the thoughts and feelings we hold onto. To declutter and improve your life, you need to let go of anger. Why you need to let go of anger Anger is often justified. Other times it is petty. Regardless of the situation, choosing to…
Hint: how to have a less busy schedule this school year will involve saying ‘no’ on repeat. As we get ready to head into a new school year, life tends to get busier. After what was hopefully a slower summer, people head into fall full force. The respite of summer quickly turns into the chaos…
