Minimalism

I have said this many times: “Your surroundings contribute to how you feel in your space”. When you shape your dwelling, it shapes you. And you have the power to shape it well. [...]

As I have written before, I never set out to be a minimalist per se. As a professional organizer, who always thought I was living like a minimalist solely because I never had too much stuff in my [...]

Clutter. It is all the stuff you have that doesn’t have a home that is in the wrong spot. Often that wrong spot is on a counter, a table, a bed, or the floor. Those flat surfaces – [...]

“If you want to change the word start off by making your bed.” – Admiral William H. McRaven Make your bed. It is one of the best things you can do create a life you love. There are a [...]

You, like many of my clients might feel like living a simple life is elusive and that living with ease can’t be fully created. You might have even tried to build habits for a simpler life [...]

I subscribed to a handful of carefully selected blogs that offer me ways to live simply. And I choose to read only those few because I know my limit and what I can digest. I realized early on in [...]

When I was 30 I was promoted to the job of assistant dean at a college just outside of Boston. One of my colleagues, in advising me on how to successfully manage the layers of the job said, be [...]

Not too long ago, in a marketing course I was taking, I learned of the importance of having a set of core fundamental beliefs. It was suggested that having these basic beliefs was a foundational [...]

Decluttering comes with many benefits but achieving a clutter-free home isn’t always easy. Sometimes the lack of ease comes from just not knowing how to do the work, or where to start. Many times [...]

I never set out to be a minimalist per se. Yes, as a professional organizer it would seem that minimalism would be part of the gig. And while it is my go-to solution for any problem it [...]