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The 100 Thing Challenge

On January 4, 2011 By

I originally posted about the “100 Thing Challenge” back in Sept. of 2009.  That was really the beginning of my desire to start living with less.  Well, I just finished reading Dave Bruno’s  book about his 100 Thing Challenge and how it all came about.  In this book [...]

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Less Presents More Cheer

On December 5, 2010 By

This Christmas my husband and I have really been talking about how we look at Christmas, what our priorities are and how we want to change things quite a bit.  This year we have really been workings towards minimalism.  It’s quite contagious.  Once you start getting rid of things and really taking a [...]

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Too Much Stuff

On September 1, 2010 By

I meet a lot of people that look at minimalism as something negative.   They see it as having to do without too much.  They see it as unnecessary.  They see it as sacrifice.  It is a sacrifice, but don’t we have to sacrifice when we need to make room [...]

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Downsizing

On August 17, 2010 By

Doesn’t the word “downsizing” often have a negative connotation?  As if downsizing is a bad thing.  I think many people see that as sacrifice and see it in a bad light.  To me, downsizing is what we all should be thinking about.  Downsizing is just living with less, [...]

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Six Items Or Less

On July 26, 2010 By

I just read about this project, called “Six Items Or Less“.  The challenge is to wear only 6 items of clothing for one month.  Underwear, work-out clothes and outer wear are not included.  I have missed the start date, but I could do my own [...]

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Going Digital

On July 18, 2010 By

I really want to go completely digital with all of my paperwork, to-do’s, calendar entries, tickler files, bills, photos, and music.  I wish I could eliminate my entire file system at home and sell my file cabinet.  Anyone who knows me well knows that I love to get rid of things I do not need [...]

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Minimize Emails

On July 8, 2010 By

Sometimes, before I know it, I’m up to about 150 emails in my inbox. I have to admit that I do use my inbox as part of my to-do list. In other words, I will not file or delete an email until I’ve taken care of the action it is tied [...]

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Why Not Give It Away?

On July 5, 2010 By

There will always be items in your home that you never use.  I promise.  You might think that some of those items will get used “someday”, but I’m here to tell you from experience that most of them will not ever be used again.  You just need to let go of them.  Wouldn’t [...]

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Living With Less

On July 1, 2010 By

I’ve been cleaning out pretty regularly lately.  I’m continuing to weed out those things that we do not use or do not love.  It’s an ongoing process.  I recently helped an organizing client clear out the clutter in their house.  Each time we had a session, I left their house with a car load [...]

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Cleaning Up and Cleaning Out

On May 5, 2010 By

It’s that time of year when you want to just scrub your whole house.  It’s Spring and time to keep the windows open more and let the fresh air in (which in our case means letting the pollen in too).  It just feels like the right time to freshen up everything and clean out!  I [...]

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