Little Minimalist on the Prairies
The abundant life with less
Now that we're fully into the holiday season, there are so many things to do. BUT, I think that you should add decluttering to the top of that list! Why? Taking some time to declutter your space preps your home and your mindset for the upcoming influx of physical items and the full schedule that's [...]
After we went through our storage space to declutter it and get things ready to be moved into our new house, I wished I hadn't stored so many things! While storage often sounds great in the moment, you'll often find you don't need the items when it's time to revisit them. In no particular order, [...]
Welcome to another installment of my series, "Getting My House In Order." I am slowly working my way through the different spaces in our home that have been overflowing with clutter. Even just starting this journey in the past month has felt life-changing—I've been able to significantly decrease my stress and mental load, decrease the [...]
As a fun little bit of bonus content, I thought I'd start tracking the items I declutter each month just to update you on my continued minimalism journey and our progress in settling into our new home. A lot of the items decluttered this month are the result of unpacking old boxes that were in [...]
Look around at your house and tell me how it makes you feel...Overwhelmed? Stressed out? Relaxed? Does your home let you breathe a sigh of relief? Here's the low down on mess vs. clutter and how the distinction between the two tells you when it's time to declutter. Mess Mess is a temporary problem that [...]
Lately, I've been trying to bring more intentionality into my life and have found that small steps of progress have been making a huge impact—friends, 5 minutes can change everything! Often, it takes the most effort to just start a task. The focus of today's blog is how to make those first 5 minutes easier. [...]
This summer I've been finding SO much joy in less. Don't get me wrong—I'm the "type of minimalist" who is all for not adhering to specific numbers of items and would encourage you to have greater amounts of books or other items if those are the things that fill your life with abundance and joy. [...]
Life is rarely simple. In fact, the majority of the time, life is filled with seasons that are busy and overwhelming. So how do we deal with and strive for a simpler way of living when it seems like everything around us is running at a hectic and chaotic pace? Here are a few ways [...]
I wanted to chat this week about the tagline of my blog, "The Abundant Life With Less," because to me, that's what this is all about. I see minimalism as a means to an end—and that end is to find the abundant and joyful life that's waiting for you! Think about the amount of time [...]
Let's talk about the upcoming holiday season. In the past, I've put too much pressure on myself or wasn't honest about my own expectations. I crammed my calendar and felt like I was frantically running from one thing to the next and missing out on enjoying any of it. It's a work in progress. Over [...]
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