This is the last quote I have to share. I think it's a good way to end. I hope you've been inspired to live more simply and to simply live.
Schedules {Simplicity Week 5}
It is too easy to fill up our schedules with good {really good} things. Today, I am going to live more simply by realizing that all things good {scouts, sports, church programs, special speakers, community events} are not all necessary. I am going to swim against the go-go-go, do-do-do culture and against the bareness of […]
Content with Little {Simplicity Week 4}
I would like to chat a bit more about food today. A year ago, I found Pioneer Woman's master pantry list. It made me think. What do I absolutely need in my pantry? What items do I rarely, if ever, use? So, I decided to streamline the pantry. I have a master list of all […]
{Simplicity Week 3} more
I've been rolling this thought around in my head for a few years, ever since a wise friend spoke it to me. More is a burden. We are told: Bigger. Better. More stuff. Multiple options. Many variations. Yes! But no. That is not how I want to live. It's complicates while I want to simplify. […]
Things {Simplicity Week 2}
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. Such truth. Today I'm: 1. Searching my home; looking for what is useful and what is beautiful and saying farewell to items that do not fit these categories. 2. Working to make this a simple place, and I […]
Letting Go {Simplicity Week 1}
"The greatest step toward a life of simplicity is to learn to let go." Mine. It's all mine. We learn this as tots and we start living with our fists tight-closed. Today I'm learning to open my hands in order to let things fly, spurring on toward simple. I'm learning to let go of . […]
On Simplifying
We are a family of four, living in a smallish house. We need to simplify. Stuff, schedule, school . . . it all needs to be done more simply. Every Tuesday (for the next six week), I will be sharing quotes and little lists as we step toward a simpler life. As I go along, I'd […]