Cleaning has never been my favorite. I love to organize but cleaning….not so much. I’ll let you in on a secret. I’ve actually let some rooms in my home go when I’m busy and just can’t get around to doing a whole-house cleaning. I try to push the limits to figure out how little cleaning…
7 Ways to Simplify the Holidays
The most wonderful time of the year is right around the corner. Most of us look forward to the special feeling we get knowing we’ll have time to celebrate the holidays with family and friends. But along with all that goodwill and holiday cheer comes a lot of stress, especially for moms. There’s a lot…
5 Simple Steps to Declutter Your Medicine Cabinet
These are the first two shelves of my medicine cabinet. I’m not going to lie, I don’t actually know what’s in here except for the stuff I can see in the front. As you can probably tell, I have no organizational system happening here. It’s time to declutter because I’m tired of buying things I…
How to Store Kids’ School Papers
The end of summer vacation for my kids is fast approaching so it’s time to make room for the deluge of school papers coming my way in September. In my previous post, I tackled how to sort two years’ worth of my kids’ school papers that sat in a drawer for four years. My next…
How to Declutter Your Laundry Room
Laundry rooms are one of the busiest rooms in most homes and mine is no exception. I needed to seriously declutter my laundry room because it was a disorganized catastrophe. It was so bad sometimes I just closed the door between the laundry room and the kitchen and pretended the mess wasn’t there. I mainly…
7 Zero Waste Swaps for Beginners
Zero waste living is a trend that’s hard to ignore these days. I’ve seen articles about it pop up all over my social media feeds. Once I started digging deeper I realized that I had already incorporated some zero waste practices into my life without even trying. What is zero waste and why does it…
How to Decide What School Papers to Keep
If you have school-aged kids you know how much paper comes home on a daily basis. It’s pretty crazy. I don’t know exactly how many pieces of paper my kids bring home over the course of a year, but it feels like thousands. And since I’m sentimental about their school work and artwork and pretty…
5 Ways to Simplify Mom Life
Being a mom can be really stressful. There’s so much that pulls us in different directions. It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed most of the time. Work, kids’ schedules, running a household and the countless other things we need to do can be hard to juggle. And while some things are non-negotiable, there are others…
Organize Your Pantry in 30 Minutes a Day
My pantry is a problem. Having to use it on a daily basis is not fun. It’s a hot spot or pain point or whatever term describes an area in your home that makes life a lot harder than it needs to be. Maybe I started out with an organizational system that I just didn’t…
6 Reasons to Simplify Your Life
According to a study by the UCLA Center on Everyday Lives of Families, “contemporary US households have more possessions per household than any society in global history.” Let that sink in for a second. There’s a reason Marie Kondo’s Netflix special, Tidying Up, is so popular. We need her help desperately because apparently we’re drowning…