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Enjoying dinner in the Mission District of San FranciscoWe all want to live richer, more purposeful and rewarding lives, but sometimes inertia gets in the way. I want to experiment with my own life by mindfully simplifying everything I do, cutting out the clutter to get to the heart of my ideal existence.
Category Archives: Organization
Letting Go
Lately I’ve started a habit that has had profound benefits to me. I close out of everything when I leave my computer.
Also posted in Inspiration, Productivity, Routines, Sanity
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Used Up
I love using what I own, down to the the very last drop. There is something so satisfying about looking at an empty bottle or jar, and knowing that you squeezed every last smidge of value out of a product.
Also posted in Beauty, Productivity
Tagged less, Organization, productive, stuff, use
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Clutter Makes Me Angry!
For the past two and a half years, I have been moving toward a minimalist lifestyle. I thought I was making solid progress. Until I moved out of my apartment at the beginning of this year and realized how much crap I still have in my life.
Also posted in Productivity
Tagged clutter, decluttering, filing, minimalist, moving, Organization, paper, shredding, unpacking
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Digitizing My Magazine Obsession
I have always been obsessed with magazines. When I was a child, I loved Horizons and Cricket. As a teen I loved reading up on my favorite celeb crushes in pubs like TeenBeat and Seventeen. Today I aim for a more decidedly adult literary palette, with fashion magazines galore (my two favorites are Lucky and [...]
Fleas and Fly Ladies
A few weeks back I was covered in more than a half-dozen flea bites that itched like crazy. It made sleeping hell as I woke up multiple times throughout the night to itch my wounds, and only now are they gone. I am blaming the compost bin and me not cleaning the kitchen often enough. [...]
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Tagged cleaning, FlyLady, housework, Organization, The Fly Lady
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Turning Down the Deal
My mother trained me well to take on deals. I grew up shopping at yard sales, consignment shops and discount warehouses like Ross, T.J. Maxx and Marshalls. I love her for that. I can fully appreciate the beauty of a serendipitous sale item. But as I’ve continued my quest to live a simpler, more fulfilling [...]
Also posted in Productivity, san francisco, Self Discovery
Tagged coupon, deal, sale, shopping
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Taking Back the Weekend
I did a back-of-the-envelope calculation of how much time I have during the week, how much time my base commitments take up out of that time (including sleep, work, meals, grooming/showering/prep, exercise etc.) and then how many hours I have left for free time and going after my personal goals. I ended up with 37 [...]
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Tagged evaluation, examination, goals, mindful, Productivity, purpose, self, weekends
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The Soothing Aroma of a Good Candle
I love candles. When I was living with my parents just out of college, my dad used to get after me for burning them in the house since he thought they were dangerous. He may have had a point, but nonetheless there were few things more comforting to me than burning a lovely smelling candle [...]
Tagged Anthropologie, candles, fragrance, fruit, Goji Berry, huckleberry, scents, smells, Voluspa
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Clutter, Magazines, and the Beauty of Freedom Filer
I’m a long-time lover of magazines, and until recently had a huge collection of past issues of Lucky, Allure, InStyle and others cluttering up my apartment.
Tagged clutter, declutter, files, filing, freedom filer, magazines, Organization, paper, simplify
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First Impressions of Freedom Filer
A few nights ago I set up my Freedom Filer system, and I couldn’t be happier with the results so far. I was able to put everything together in a few hours, and once the system was in place, I felt like a huge weight of clutter had been lifted from my shoulders.
Tagged clean, clutter, files, filing, freedom filer, Organization, paper, simplify, Unclutterer
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