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...
View ArticleBack 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...
View ArticleWhen 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...
View ArticleLessons 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...
View ArticleBeware 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleMy 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…...
View ArticleMemories 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...
View ArticleSpring 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...
View ArticleRemembering 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...
View ArticleDo 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....
View ArticleThe 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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