Welcome to Savannah Ivanitski (on Instagram - @sivanitski), writer, wife, and mom of two boys. I will never say “I don’t have time,” and it's not because I'm a superhero who has found a way to do everything and be everything. Most days there are things that don’t get done—to-do items that go …
The Lightbulb Moments that Teach Us to Slow Down
There's nothing like a newborn to make you realize how fast time goes by. Her eyes locked onto mine as she lazily sucked her bottle. I looked around at my friend's family room, where I sat feeding her baby a bottle. The sofa strewn with burp cloths and swaddling blankets, the kitchen counter …
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How to Have Less To Do
We all know the feeling—the feeling of swimming inside your brain because you've got so much to do you can barely keep track of it all. I don't think anyone likes it, but short of quitting your responsibilities and moving to an undiscovered island, how do you really have less to do? When It's …
More Moments that Matter | Becoming Minimalist
We sat in a circle with our knees touching, making a pen out of our bodies—a pen that contained two of the fluffiest, most silky-smooth bunnies you've ever seen. The kids and I stroked their fur until the one named Lily (a boy bunny who was clearly named by the little girls who own him) hopped …
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Using Minimalism to Balance Your Uptight Soul
If you had to use a picture to show the inside of your mind, what would you choose? I'd choose two. First, a photo of my bedroom, the quilt pulled tight so you can't see a wrinkle, the navy accent pillows upright and in position, a candle and a book on my bedside table. Then, a photo of …
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Let’s Stop Feeling Guilty About These 7 Things | at No Sidebar
The other day at school pickup, I yawned—the kind of yawn that is much too big to cover up—and said to a friend, "I don't even have an excuse! I just woke up from a nap." She looked at my incredulously, adding that she almost never sits down during the day and can't remember the last time she …
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