Little Minimalist on the Prairies
The abundant life with less
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 [...]
Welcome back to my newest project - getting my house in order! If you missed my previous blog introducing this topic, feel free to check it out and get the low down on why I'm tackling this project and what it looks like for our home. Whenever you're working on a big decluttering project, my [...]
Life is always chaotic after a move. Ours has felt especially that way lately - we moved into our new build with a toddler when I was 7 months pregnant and planned to do a lot of the finish work ourselves and with the help of family members. It’s been a happy chaos - we’ve [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
When I wrote a previous post on decluttering sentimental items, I hadn't considered it in regard to the passing of a loved one, and I wanted to write a dedicated blog to provide some gentle guidance on this topic. I haven't personally decluttered a loved one's possessions after they have passed, so I had a [...]
Consistency is a marker of a healthy and peaceful life. While we often think life is made up of these big, exciting, mountain-top moments, in reality, life is really made up of the small and sometimes monotonous things we need to do on a regular basis. It's made up of everyday moments, like drinking coffee, [...]
Little Minimalist on the Prairies 