Tag: simplify 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 things to buy for a more organized school year
This post contains affiliate links. My children went back to school this week. I myself go back to school this week. We have established a pretty good routine, but as always, we will need to readjust once I start back to work next week. Here are five products that make our lives run a little…
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Simplifying Your Laundry Routine
When you have kids, you often have mountains of laundry and full laundry hampers. Our house is certainly no exception. We also both work outside of our home full time, so there is often little time for large loads of laundry (how’s that for alliteration?) To combat this, we have begun to use the following…
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Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Buy
If you’ve read my blog for any length of time, then you know I love to shop. I love to spend money. But you know what doesn’t share my joy in shopping and spending money? My bank account. As much fun as shopping is, real life happens and real life costs money. In other words,…
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Organize your fridge: a stress-free approach to simplifying your kitchen
Our fridge was pretty well organized, but like most organized spaces in our home, it was starting to get a little out of hand. This happens to the best of us, but I have good news. With these tips, you can get your fridge organized quickly and easily. 1. Group like items together I grouped…