Simple Living
8 Important Things to Simplify to Live a More Balanced and Joyful Life
A balanced and joyful life is a life that you live intentionally and enjoy doing things that add value and meaning to your life. It’s a sum of those precious moments when you are at peace with your inner-self. To live such a life, you need to be able to focus more on the things that are truly meaningful, appreciate all the good things – big or little, and deliberately get rid of the things that distract you from living your best life. For that, there are certain things or areas you need to simplify. This post contains affiliate links. This means that if you make a purchase through our…
57 Clutter-free Gift Ideas to Simplify Your Gift-giving
Many of us love to exchange gifts with our family and friends on different occasions, especially during holiday season. Though this year, consumers are spending a little less than the pre-pandemic high of $1,047.83 in 2019, according to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey, the American consumers still plan to spend $997.73 on average for themselves and their families this holiday season on gifts, travel, and entertainment. While giving and receiving gifts can be exciting, choosing and buying the perfect gifts can also be a source of significant stress at times, especially during time like this when we are dealing with a supply chain breakdown and record-high inflation and soaring price hike.…
11 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Enjoy Life More
“The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them.” ~ Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist Life can be pretty stressful and chaotic at times. Many of us live our lives on autopilot. With all that’s going on around us, sometimes we even forget to laugh. We are always rushing, stressing, or focusing on the next big move, next big thing. Sometimes we can’t even say how our days and nights are spent. We spend one-third of our life sleeping, one-third studying and working, and one-third complaining about what happened or worrying about what may happen next. We don’t know how to slow down, take little breaks whenever needed, and enjoy the simple…
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…
Think Before You Spend: 12 Essential Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying Anything New
If you’re trying to adopt minimalism and simple living, or working towards attaining financial freedom and accomplishing your long-term goals, you should be intentional with your money and always ask a few helpful questions to yourself before buying any new stuff and adding that to your material possession. So often we buy things thinking we “need” that, only to find out later that it’s not really something that we use often, or that we truly need. We waste a lot of money on mindless purchases, and thus, also collect clutter in our homes. While shopping, you should deliberately make sure that your motivation behind every purchase is to add…
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…
