Photo by JESHOOTS.COM on Unsplash Cleanliness and productivity go hand in hand. There’s been plenty of research done over the years to support this idea, too. Some of the benefits of a clean environment include lower stress levels, higher morale, and increased focus. More to come on how to balance these in a minute. If … Continue reading 4 Ways to Balance Productivity and Cleanliness
Category: Decluttering
The Number One Way to Simplify Your Life
Is it touching everything you own and asking yourself if it sparks joy? Is it decluttering one area at a time and putting things where they go right away so you never end up with a living, breathing, "Keep" pile? Is it limiting yourself to only one hundred belongings that you can fit into a … Continue reading The Number One Way to Simplify Your Life
How Your Surrounding Space Can Help Improve Your Mental Health
Whenever there’s an opportunity to make yourself feel better, seize it! The world is a hectic place, but your life doesn’t have to be. Therapy isn't the only way to improve mental health. There are some things you can do on your own to make yourself feel better – the space around you plays a … Continue reading How Your Surrounding Space Can Help Improve Your Mental Health
Simple Ways to Create Calm in Your Workspace
Hey friends! This week's post is a guest blog from Johanna Cider of Musings of Johanna. Is your workspace causing you stress? Your physical environment at work can affect your mood, focus and productivity. If your workspace is elevating your stress levels, it’s important to make some changes. Taking time to create calm in your … Continue reading Simple Ways to Create Calm in Your Workspace
Book Review: The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker
Everybody has the aha! moment that starts their journey to minimalism. For me, it was a basement full of stuff at my mom's house after my first divorce. For some, it's knowing there's a pizza cutter somewhere in the kitchen but being absolutely unable to find it in all the chaos. For Joshua Becker, it was when … Continue reading Book Review: The Minimalist Home by Joshua Becker
Book Review: Decluttering at the Speed of Life
It's been a while since I did a post on decluttering and minimalism, and I am so excited to give a rave review of Dana K. White's book Decluttering at the Speed of Life. I downloaded it using the Hoopla app (which lets you use your library card to borrow six titles per month for FREE) and … Continue reading Book Review: Decluttering at the Speed of Life
How to Purge Your House: By Category
Last week we talked about how to purge and declutter your house by going through each room and completing it before moving onto the next room. Another option to declutter your home is to purge by category. This means you gather up all related items from the entire house and sort them all at once, … Continue reading How to Purge Your House: By Category
How To Purge Your House: Room by Room
For a lot of people, minimalism jumps upon them swiftly when they look around and suddenly wake up to the fact that they're surrounded by unneeded stuff. For others, they take a slower approach. I find that the quick and dirty process gives much better results and helps you stick with it long term, because you … Continue reading How To Purge Your House: Room by Room
When to sell vs. donate
You have decided to de-clutter your home - great! But as you begin to sort through your belongings to decide what stays and what goes, you may consider, "What do I do with this stuff now?" As you de-clutter, you will be making four basic categories of stuff: Stuff to keep Stuff to sell Stuff to … Continue reading When to sell vs. donate
Tips for a Minimalist Kitchen
I moved into a pre-lived-in house (where my partner was already living). So the kitchen was full of kitchen stuff when I got here. Existing stuff + my stuff = a LOT of stuff! I have been decluttering here and there since I moved in but I've also been thinking about doing an overhaul of … Continue reading Tips for a Minimalist Kitchen
