Simple Meal Planning - Plan to Eat

Also find me below:

Minimalist Moms Life…Your Way Life…Your Way

The best way to clean out your closet

messy-closet

Maybe you got new clothes for Christmas. Or maybe you have gained or lost weight over the past few months. Or you recently left your job to stay home so you no longer need all those business clothes.

For whatever reason, your closet is in desperate need of cleaning out.

If you REALLY don’t have time to devote to a full closet clean out, try this method. Every time you go look for something to wear, pull out 2 or 3 items you don’t like, can’t wear or don’t need anymore. Have a box or bag designated [...]

40 tips to simplify your life

40 tips to simplify your life

As we go into the new year, many of us are looking for ways to improve or better our lives. You may be trying to begin new habits or break some bad ones. Moms are always looking for ways to simplify life, and to make it more meaningful.

Below are some of my most popular posts with some practical tips to help you simplify your life going into this new year.

40 tips to simplify your life:

10 steps to clean your house FAST (with downloadable checklist!)

10 first steps for a simpler life -Easy beginning steps you can [...]

10 ways to stop being so busy

BusyMan

Most of America and many other developed nations feel that being busy is a badge of honor.

We think gives us our worth.

I think the opposite.

I think that being busy can keep us from being who we TRULY are.

I think it gets in the way of doing the things that are the MOST important to us.

I think that WE use being busy as a way to protect ourselves from stepping out of our comfort zone into what we feel deep inside we ought to be doing — and I am not talking about all the nagging ‘shoulds’ that come from outside, but those things which we [...]

Clearing clutter to make way for gifts

clearing out stuff to make room for more :)

If you are like most families in America and other developed countries, your kids probably have WAY more toys than they need. There are probably more DVDs and games than your family could ever play, and you all probably have more clothes than you could ever wear. Which makes me wonder WHY we will be giving each other MORE stuff? But I digress, that is a topic for another day…

What I want to help you do is to prepare your home for the new stuff that will come in. I know that even in families where the parents may [...]

10 steps to clean your house fast

clean your house fast

Most of us would love to have a nicely cleaned house all the time, with everything in its place. For most of us, this isn’t a reality, especially if you have little ones in your life!

And others of us who may have a little more control over our house (ie: the kids have moved out!) even then we would like a clean house, but don’t necessarily want to spend hours upon hours cleaning it. We have other things in our lives that are important to us that we want to spend time on besides cleaning.

Just as we [...]

10 first steps for a simpler life

Learn to simplify your life

When I surveyed readers, one of the tops subjects women wanted help in was simplifying their lives. Here is a simple post to help you make some progress fast!

10 quick ways to simplify life

1. Turn off notifications. You do not need an email every time someone tweets you. Or follows you. You do not need an email every time someone mentions you on Facebook. Decide the things that ARE important for you to know, and turn off the other notifications!

2. Close email, twitter and facebook. When working on a project, close your social media [...]