Simple Living

Amazon Prime is my jam! I adore being able to buy with one click the many pantry items I can get much cheaper on Amazon.com.  And to get them in 2 days, well, that often feels like a blessing. I [...]

Simple is such a comforting word. And inherent in it is the idea that when simple is present, things are easy, straightforward, and uncomplicated. Those words are comforting as well. But [...]

I am a huge fan of meditating. Of slowing down the brain for even 10 minutes a day so it gets a much needed break. When I meditate my goal is to quiet things. It is to pause what is going a mile [...]

One amazing benefit and truth about being organized is actually pretty simple: when you can find what you need, when you need it, without stress and frustration, you exist in the world in a [...]

I am worried. And I am concerned that what we believe keeps up closer is actually taking away something even greater – our ability to connect (and act) more *deliberately*. I posted this [...]

This is not your run-of-the-mill post about resolutions. If you are expecting me to write about how now is your window of time to make a change, you can stop reading here. Now is always a good [...]

If you’ve read anything I’ve written you know that I am not a huge fan of New Year’s and resolutions. To me personally it feels like more pressure-filled than anything else. Of [...]

Strange to say but my kind of resolution is to not make one.  I know that sounds so scandalous!  After all, we just ended an entire year!  How else are you going to start a new one without some [...]

The holiday season brings me so much joy!  The lights, the decorations, even the chill in the air — they all put an extra spring in my step. I don’t think about the mess the decorations create or [...]

We say it every year — at least I do — that I love the holidays but I hate all the craziness that comes along with it.  I am talking about everything from all of the traveling to all the food [...]