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The Things You Own End Up Owning You

One of my very favourite films is Fight Club. Granted, Brad Pitt spends a considerable amount of time bare-chested, which indeed has it’s own appeal. Regardless there is most definitely more depth to...

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Back To Simple Reality

I’ve been away with the fairies of late. (Cake decorations from my daughter’s 1st birthday cake, over 7 years ago. I’m such a sentimental hoarder!) I mean – literally away with the fairies, or should...

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When Scrapbooking Goes Bad

Over 4 years ago I started on a journey toward a family life simply done. You may have read my story. Feeling overwhelmed with life, commitments and stuff in general, I knew something had to change. A...

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Lessons From Leo

27 February 2009 was a day that changed my life. As uneventful as the day seemed, at the time, it was the start of a journey toward a different type of family life. A simpler family life. I won’t bore...

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Beware Of Project Clutter

I had a rare summer-holiday-day without the Kids last Friday. Carpe Diem! I siezed the day, and the opportunity to tackle this. Our home is now relatively clutter-free. It’s been a...

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The Definition Of Clutter

Last week was a strange week. A couple of things happened, out of the blue. On Thursday I met a stranger, who among other things, told me how he never buys anything he doesn’t use. He’d recently...

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My Creative (& Slightly Cluttered) Kitchen

School’s out due to industrial action in the UK, so we’ve been having our very own home-economics class . It was super easy home-made kids pizza for lunch… Followed by ‘decorate a cupcake’ dessert…...

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Memories Amidst The Clutter

“Sometimes you’ve got to let everything go…purge yourself. If you are unhappy with anything…whatever is bringing you down, get rid of it. Because you’ll find that when you’re free, your true...

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Spring Cleaning / Let The Big Declutter Commence

There are many possible origins to the term ‘Spring Cleaning’. A quick search on Google will uncover most of them. But my very favourite, and the one I always use as my point of reference dates back to...

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Remembering To Be Mindful

I grew up watching Ruby Wax on UK television. If my, now fading, memory serves me correctly, there was one show I particularly enjoyed, where Ruby went out and about meeting people. And that’s as much...

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Do You Feel The Urge To Purge?

“When I purge, I get an endorphin rush. I feel a huge weight is lifted from me. As I remove stuff I no longer have to worry about maintaining it, finding a place to keep it or think about updating it....

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The Things You Own End Up Owning You

One of my very favourite films is Fight Club. Granted, Brad Pitt spends a considerable amount of time bare-chested, which indeed has it’s own appeal. Regardless there is most definitely more depth to...

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