I was walking with a new friend recently when she mentioned that she doesn’t know what to do with her next chapter. She was a teacher before taking some years off to raise her kids, and now that her kids are getting older, she’s asking herself what's next. She knows she doesn’t want to teach …
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When my husband and I finished college as newlyweds and headed a thousand miles east for his master’s program, we’d never heard of minimalism, but we decided to only take what we could pack into our small, silver Toyota Corolla. My whole wardrobe for that year, from day-to-day clothes to shoes …
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I love the quote by Mother Teresa: “If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.” It’s so true. It all starts at home. The only problem is that I love my family best when I’m not stressed about the HOUSE. When I’m not constantly cleaning and constantly nagging the kids to put …
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My husband and I were dating when I caught my first glimpse of his tendency for over-researching. Our college town had this street that held all of the chain stores, and I remember driving from one store to another—from the top of that street to the very bottom—as he searched for just the right …
I grew up with three siblings and four double cousins. My dad and my uncle (who were brothers) happened to marry a pair of sisters (my mom and my aunt), and each couple then had four kids. It was awesome growing up because it meant that my cousins and I had the same extended family on both …
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As I got ready to record this episode (and write this post) I kept asking myself when it was that I first got into HABITS. I wanted to come up with some magical origin story. Like a time when I set a single habit and it changed my whole entire life, forever and ever. But as much as I’ve …
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