Tag: simplifying
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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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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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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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The Benefits of Living with Less…and why you should purge your house right now!
RIGHT Now. Drop everything and PURGE YOUR HOME NOW! No, I’m kidding. Sort of. I know you read a lot about purging your home on my blog. Some of you are probably fans of living with less already, while others of you are scratching your heads and wondering how much more stuff I can get…
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Simplify Saturdays: Simplify Your Cleaning Routine
I don’t know about you, but cleaning is a struggle at my house. My house isn’t all that big but it is time consuming to give it the attention it needs. With two children and a full time job, it is even more difficult sometimes to get the house clean. Before I share the things…