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Category: Minimalism

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10 Household Products I Don’t Buy to Cut Costs, Clutter, and Waste

Wanting to avoid the stores? Start by cutting out non essential home products. Follow this list of 10 household products I don’t buy to cut costs, clutter, and waste. My minimalism journey first began when I was pregnant with my daughter. I had to wear a much smaller selection of clothing, and I realized it…
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10 Foods I Don’t Buy To Cut Costs and Stay Healthy

Want to simplify your purchases at the grocery store? This list, made up of the 10 foods I don’t buy to stay healthy, cut costs, and produce less waste will support your own health, and actually save you money! Price Per Vitamin When you buy less processed foods you’ll naturally buy more whole foods. Whole…
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5 Questions to Ask Before Writing Your New Year’s Resolution

Are you struggling to come up with a New Year’s Resolution that you will stick to this year? Thinking of the “5 questions to ask before writing your New Year’s resolution” will bring you clarity this year!

5 Inexpensive Ways to Feel Generous This Holiday Season

5 Inexpensive Ways to Feel Generous this Holiday Season 

Don’t you love the feeling of being generous? It’s totally self-serving, in a good way. You give because you want to make a difference. Perhaps you feel the best when you know the gift is practical, needed, and unexpected. However, many gifts around the holidays seem to miss the mark in this regard. When you’re…
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Feeling Jealous this Holiday Season? 5 Tips to Avoid It!

Feeling Jealous this Holiday Season? I love a good holiday song, baking cookies, and hanging out with friends and family, but with social media the holidays can bring about feelings of jealousy as well. Perhaps it’s seeing a friend travel to an exotic destination while you’re stuck in the cold, gifts people bought, or just…
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The Key to Transitioning into Motherhood – Agility

Life Transitions Require Agility A few years ago I resigned from my teaching position. It was a very difficult decision. I had loved the students and staff in the district and put my heart and soul into my teaching every day. I even loved the naughty kids, well some of them. It wasn’t until I…
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