Category: simplifying life

• 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 […]

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  July 23, 2022

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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 […]

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  January 3, 2022

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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 […]

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  September 1, 2021

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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 […]

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  February 8, 2021

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• Five Friday Favorites: our favorite apps for staying organized in the new year

  Most of us enjoy being organized, and others of us want to be more organized. Some of us fit into both of those categories. Better organization and a more simplified life is at your fingertips…look no further than your smartphone. There are a few apps that have proven indispensable to our family and I’d like […]

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  January 8, 2021

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