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12/21/2024
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6 Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Minimalist
6 Ways to Celebrate Christmas like a Minimalist I recently read a quote about Christmas that left me thinking. In Letters from Father Christmas, JRR Tolkien says, “Here comes Christmas! That
12/10/2024
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5 Things Minimalists Declutter Before Christmas
5 Things Minimalists Declutter Before Christmas One question I get asked often this time of year is: “What do minimalists declutter before Christmas?” It's a great question—many minimalists I know
11/23/2024
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Setting Gift-Giving Guidelines for a Minimalist Holiday Season
Setting Gift-Giving Guidelines for a Minimalist Holiday Season A question I frequently hear from readers aspiring to live a more minimalist holiday season goes like this: “How do you handle holiday
11/16/2024
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I've been excited to share this, now I finally can!
Declutter Your Heart and Your Home: How a Minimalist Life Yields Maximum Joy I've got big news and you're hearing it first! I'm SO incredibly excited to announce that you can now pre-order
11/2/2024
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A Minimalist “No”vember
A Minimalist “No”vember This time of year, a certain quote that I love surfaces within online minimalist communities: “No”vember: A time to practice saying no to people, places, and things that drain
10/20/2024
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6 Things I've Learned in 6 Years of Living a Minimalist Lifestyle
6 Things I've Learned in 6 Years of Living a Minimalist Lifestyle Next week marks the six-year anniversary of my journey into a minimalist lifestyle. A journey that has been more life-giving than I
10/5/2024
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5 Promises of Embracing a Minimalist Life
5 Promises of Embracing a Minimalist Life Last week, a kickoff call with my HarperCollins' marketing team left me reflecting on the promises of a minimalist life. I presented my book (coming early
9/21/2024
12 : 54
Decluttering Your Home When it Feels Difficult: 7 Ways to Let Go
Decluttering Your Home When it Feels Difficult: 7 Ways to Let Go A recent conversation on a Florida beach reminded me of how difficult it can be to declutter in a society defined by compulsory
9/7/2024
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A Lesson in Letting Go
A Lesson in Letting Go A couple of weeks ago an unexpected moment with extended family reminded me of an important lesson in letting go. My six-year-old daughter, Elena, stood outside an Iowa Super 8
8/24/2024
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5 Simple Steps to Declutter your Bathroom
5 Simple Steps to Declutter Your Bathroom Having a plan to declutter your bathroom is a vital part of curating an uncluttered home. And, the truth is, we Americans love our bathrooms. When in the
8/3/2024
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One Perspective Shift to Help You Declutter Your Home
One Perspective Shift to Help You Declutter Your Home Last week, I was reminded of a powerful perspective shift that can help you declutter your home. My reminder came after reading text by digital
7/20/2024
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5 Ways Living in an Uncluttered Home can Boost Your Happiness
5 Ways Living in an Uncluttered Home can Boost Your Happiness Recently, in an Instagram reel, I outlined why living in an uncluttered home can boost happiness. A week later, the reel had gone viral—to
7/6/2024
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Decluttering for the Details
✨ Plus a video update from me ✨
6/22/2024
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How to Start Decluttering When You Feel Overwhelmed
How to Start Decluttering When You Feel Overwhelmed Decluttering your life is a journey that you start and often restart. A journey that, I'd argue, is vital to embark on—there's so much life
6/8/2024
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Decluttering Rules: 10 Things NOT to Do When Decluttering
Decluttering Rules: 10 Things NOT to Do When Decluttering Guest post by Melissa Russell of Simple Lionheart Life. I definitely don't believe there are any hard and fast decluttering rules that are
5/18/2024
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Minimalism as a Tool
A life of less stuff means a life of more focus and meaning.
5/12/2024
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[Sale ending] Clutter is raising your cortisol
Here's how to stop that.
5/10/2024
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Declutter your home for the LAST TIME
Time for some “real talk.” If …The stuff in your home makes you stressed, anxious, and irritable.You struggle to maintain your house.You feel anger at times because you're constantly picking up
5/8/2024
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One decision that changed my life ✨
Yesterday was my 40th birthday. If you'd have told me that, at age 40, I'd have less stress, less anxiety, and feel more alive and fulfilled than I did at age 30, I wouldn't have believed
5/6/2024
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The clutter in your home is not neutral.
A year after our second daughter was born, I couldn't figure out why I was so tired all the time. Each day, around noon, my fatigue levels would start creeping off the charts. Finally, I realized