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Why do Dry January when you can do a Dry Year or a Dry Lifetime? I was never one to do New Year’s Resolutions or capitulate to society’s mantras about ‘New Year, New You’. The one thing I know about myself is that I can’t force myself to change my existing habits nor can I…

OF THE SWEDISH KIND Sounds morbid, I know. The first time I heard the term Swedish Death Cleaning, I immediately pictured a punk rock band. But, I had come across the term when I was doing a search on decluttering topics so I thought maybe the internet algorithms were trying to fool me. It wouldn’t…

How many times have you hemmed and hawed about throwing an item out? What thoughts go through your mind as you weigh this decision? Undoubtedly, at some point, you think about the cost. Everything in our lives had a cost and an assigned value that we determine; emotional value, financial value, some type of investment…

We all have habits in our lives, things we do to self soothe, things we do without even thinking about them. Intentionality falls to the wayside if we aren’t diligent and paying attention to the minute details of our lives. I have learned through the years that it is very easy to fall into the…

After going through 90% of my belongings and decluttering about 30-40% of it all I decided I still had no need to buy quite a few things for 2023. Now, that is barring some sort of catastrophe or natural disaster, which I’m really hoping doesn’t happen in the upcoming year. I wanted to create a…

Preparation is Key You know the feeling of impending doom? Have you ever seen the red flags AND actually listened to them? Do you know the unmitigated joy you feel when you actually are proactive and the timing of everything falls into place? Yeah, neither did I…..until the past few months! I had a feeling…

When I decided to do a Low Buy Year aka modified No Buy Year, I realized I needed to be flexible with the parameters. I wanted to make sure I wasn’t making excuses to purchase something, but I also knew that sometimes the ‘really good deal’ is actually a ‘really good deal’, giving me an…

Did that post title catch your eye? I could have also titled it, “I am an Instagram Influencer”, or “I am a Sheep Herder”. Throw in whatever title or job description (sensical or otherwise) you can come up with and proclaim it! I am truly none of those things nor do I desire to be….

I suggested this to myself back in January of 2022. A little lightbulb went off above my head and I pretty much said, “Heck Yeah! That sounds like a great idea!” Much to my disappointment, the year did not go as planned. I spent money. More than I needed to despite having some debt I…

For years I have wanted to start a blog but never felt passionate enough about anything worthy of documenting or recording. I also was going through my forties with my hair on fire after a divorce, close to financial ruin, and rebuilding a career. I hadn’t worked outside of the home for sixteen years. My…