Home and Family
How to Keep The Clutter at Bay Once You have Simplified Your Home
Many of us struggle to maintain a clutter-free, organized home even after decluttering and simplifying our homes. Because clearing out clutter once a year or once in a lifetime is one thing, but maintaining a neat, clutter-free home by keeping the clutter at bay is a totally different thing. Any regular home needs regular purging and maintenance. Doesn’t matter how thoroughly you have decluttered your entire home once or twice, there will always be flows of new, random stuff, and clutter always seems to creep back in. Today’s modern and busy life brings unwanted clutter into our homes in various shapes and forms, which have a profound impact on our…
9 Ways Downsizing Your Home Will Improve Your Life
When we hear of downsizing one’s home, empty-nesters often come to our minds. We think of couples whose children have grown up and left the home, and they find the expenses and maintenance of a larger home unnecessary and too much to deal with, so they choose to move into a smaller space. But the many benefits of downsizing can be equally enjoyed by people – even with younger kids – trying to simplify their life, free up their time, and improve their finances. Over time new single-family homes are getting bigger and more expensive everywhere. Yet many people feel that they don’t actually need all of that extra space…
13 Simple Ways to Love Your Home (Even If It’s Smaller & Old)
Often we take our homes for granted, and don’t love our homes as we should. There are so many people who wish they could live in a better home, or move into a more spacious, more beautiful, and more functional home! If you have been feeling unhappy or frustrated with your current home, these 13 tips will help to reframe your mindset and how you feel about your space. It’s very much possible to love your home – with all its annoyances and quirks, even if it’s smaller, old, boring, and simple. “A good home must be made, not bought.” ~ Joyce Maynard This post contains affiliate links. This means…
22 Thoughtful Gift Ideas for Moms Who Deserve the Best
In this post, I’m sharing with you some thoughtful, lovely, and practical gift ideas for moms in your lives. Moms are special. There is none quite like a mom, and they do deserve all our appreciation, love, and care. When it comes to Mother’s Day, all moms just want to be shown a little heart-felt appreciation from their people. We can’t really pay back what they do for us, but we can certainly take time and efforts to show them how much we appreciate them for all that they do – selflessly. Giving them thoughtful, lovely gifts on their special days is one beautiful way to express our gratitude and…
Decluttering Made Easy: 18 Areas to Declutter in 10 Minutes or Less
Decluttering and organizing can be very time-consuming. Making a space functional, user-friendly, neat, and organized takes a great deal of time, especially if you are very busy with other responsibilities and obligations. Busy schedules often take precedence over managing our homes. And many of us wonder how we are going to get rid of all the clutter that distract us and cause us stress. While you can’t declutter and organize your entire home in a few hours, you can reduce your stress and overwhelm by focusing on one small area at a time that you can declutter in just 10 minutes or less. Rather than thinking about every area of…
17 Precious Gifts Your Kids Need from You to Thrive
Have you thought about what kind of gifts your kids need from you? As parents our most precious assets are our children, and yet so often out of our own needs and desires, we forget they are their own unique people. Our kids need us for their healthy emotional, mental, and physical growth. Parenting requires we find the balance between loving our children, disciplining them, guiding them, and allowing them the necessary freedom, confusion and suffering essential for their self-discovery. All children have some very basic needs, which when given in the correct manner, help them to develop the resiliency required for a strong sense of self. They don’t need…
