It’s hard to believe my 20’s are nearly gone. In less than a year I’ll be 30. I know it’s kind of cliche to say, but the years really do go by in a…

When it seemed that a season’s worth of papers had accumulated on our kitchen counter, I knew it was time to make a change. Why not do this sooner? Well, sometimes the pain of…

Like me, you probably already cut out the biggest sources of waste in your budget. These are the easy ones—low-hanging fruit, so to speak. In this stage of optimizing your finances, a little bit…

I’m not one to indulge in excessive nostalgia— I’m convinced that romanticizing the past is a sure way to miss out on the good that’s all around us today. And yet, I also know…

Has your home quietly slipped from a place of comfort and rest to one of frustration? If so, there’s a good chance you’re suffering from excess. In a consumerist economy where the default is…

Would you like to be richer than you already are? Let me clarify what I mean. I’m not suggesting that you compare yourself to the world’s wealthiest people or inherit a fortune from a…

Writing about simplicity and minimalism on the internet means that people ascribe these values to you, and assume you are some kind of expert. And while I do think being intentional about my life…

Every house has a few things that get moved around repeatedly but never actually get used. Many of these simply happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and get moved…

I’ve always believed that a good day tends to start with a good morning. So why is it that I’ve spent so much of my life squandering the morning hours as if they weren’t…

Do you have any rooms in your home that you never use, or only rarely get used? There’s a good chance you do. According to research from the University of California, the average family…

My grandparent’s generation wasn’t perfect, but they did many things well including a balanced approach to money. They lived in a time of rapid economic development— in fact, nearly 90% of Americans in their…

Memories of my grandmother’s home flood my mind as I recall a place that was reliably neat and tidy, even as a child who spent a considerable amount of time there. Without making any…