Category: simplifying life
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Simplifying our life: finding our work-life balance
When I was a young beginning teacher, my mentor once asked me if there was anything with which I was struggling and needed help with. I responded that I was struggling with finding the balance between work, taking care of my family, housework, and extracurricular things. What’s interesting about this exchange is that my children […]
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Five travel essentials for a more organized, less-stressful trip
**This post contains affiliate links.** My family and I don’t travel often- at the most, we vacation in the mountains or at the beach twice a year, and then go to visit our family who lives out-of-state. This year, we have taken three out-of-state trips and two were for work. What I have learned throughout […]
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“Spring” cleaning: a newly organized shed
Due to my work schedule, I don’t get to deep clean as often as I want. Don’t get me wrong, I keep a clean house, but I don’t have tons of time to do some of the deep cleaning tasks that require a little more elbow grease. Most people do spring cleaning, however, I do […]
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Getting organized: Making life easier for the start of the school year
Both the girls and I have started back to school for this fall. While our school year is off to a pretty good start, there are some things I think we could improve upon. For instance, we have let our organization slide just a bit and it is beginning to frustrate me. I have always […]
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Simplify: tips for a happier and healthier life
At my house, we have really been thinking about simplifying areas of our lives, but what lately, I keep coming back to one recurring thought. What about simplifying our lives in general? There are so many things we do that add stress to our lives, and we don’t even realize it. Before we changed the […]
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