Dread of getting rid of emotional stuff can be paralyzing and keep you from getting started decluttering. Don't dread that. You can totally keep whatever you want to keep. You just can't keep everything. I talk through (with my raspy-post-sickness voice) this concept and how it works when you're decluttering. Mentioned in this … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2018
Decluttering (and Cleaning) In the Midst of Illness
I regularly hear this question: How do you manage decluttering (or cleaning) when you're sick? Or even more difficult: How do you make decluttering progress when you suffer from a chronic illness? There are two reasons why I haven't given an in-depth answer before. First, I don't suffer from chronic illness and I try to stick to sharing … [Read more...]
190: Things I’m Thankful I Did (A While Back) Podcast
Last week, I shared things I'm thankful I did recently. Today, I'm sharing some long term thankfulness for things I did a long time ago. When I feel warm fuzzy feelings of thankfulness over benefiting from my own actions of long ago, I remind myself that it's VERY worth my time to keep doing these kinds of things. Sponsors: CanvasPeople.com - … [Read more...]
189: Things I’m Thankful I Did This Week Podcast
It's Thanksgiving season here in the U.S., and being thankful is good. But today, I'm focusing my thankfulness a little differently. I'm talking about things I'm thankful I did this week. And why I'm thankful I did them. Things like laundry and dishes and a few little hacks that make my life easier and make me breathe a sigh of thankful … [Read more...]
Our Five Favorite Soup Recipes (Including the Best Potato Soup Recipe Ever!)
The weather in Texas is legitimately cold today. In the 30s, y'all. I think it even went below freezing last night. Yesterday, I found myself mentally calculating how many days of soup weather we'd have before it gets back to normal-for-around-here temps. Because cold weather = soup weather. Not that we can't or don't eat soup when it … [Read more...]
188: What About Cleaning and Decluttering?? (In the Midst of Life) Podcast
After talking about fitting in "real" life last week, I am talking this week about fitting cleaning and decluttering in around all that life I want to live. I'm also answering questions about last week's podcast from people over on Instagram. You should totally follow me there. Sponsors: For a free two week trial of … [Read more...]
Ideal Cleaning Vs Actual Cleaning
"We want this to happen organically." Organically is a word of this millennium. I know it existed pre-2000, but its meaning has enhanced over the past 20 years. Without actually looking up its definition, I think that when used in reference to food, it's supposed to mean the food has been grown without unnatural help. Without being … [Read more...]
Monday & Tuesday ONLY: Flash Sale Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2018!
So sorry, but the bundle has ended. If you want to be sure you don't miss future time-sensitive things, sign up for my free newsletter here. Affiliate links included. Did you miss out on grabbing the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle when it was available in the spring? You're in luck, because Monday and Tuesday (November 5th and 6th) it is … [Read more...]
187: How I Do (Or Don’t) Do “It All” Podcast
This one is longer than usual. Feel free to listen at double speed! I'm answering a listener question about "how I do it all" and I've already thought of things I didn't talk about that I should have! The short answer is that I most don't definitely don't do it all, but the very long answer is what exactly I do and don't do and how I decide what … [Read more...]