Currently Browsing: A Simpler Life
”I have come to define minimalism as the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of everything that distracts us from it.”
by JOSHUA BECKER at Becoming Minimalist.
If that’s the case then I find myself an aspiring minimalist.
Okay, I can hear the guffawing and sniggers from some of you. But that was then and this is now. Then I was suckered in by all the consumer society had to offer, I was feeding low...
What if I’m making a big mistake and regret getting rid of something?
Fear has raised its ugly head.
Could it be that I am in some sort of madness; that I’m possessed with a crazy notion which I will snap out of only to discover that in my haste I have turned my life upside down and inside out and there’s no going back?
The “what’s if’s” are flooding in.
What if I’m making a huge mistake.
What if I...
Clearing out “Stuff” is certainly confronting me with myself.
BIG ENORMOUS SQUIRM
I mean, it’s ridiculous how much I have and even more squirmy all the reasons why.
When you start to shift the physical stuff it loosens all the emotional attachments and allows you to see more clearly what has gone on, and how on earth it all got here in the first place.
Yesterday’s junk:
I couldn’t say NO when people offered me...
After 10 days living out of my rucksack I am convinced.
I DO NOT NEED ALL MY “STUFF”
I’m fed up feeling bogged down by it all; cleaning it, tidying it, trying to organise and store it, mending it and getting mad with it.
During 14 months away living on a very small boat I hardly missed any of it.
BUT what did I do?
I came home unpacked and re-attached to most of it.
I’m a little frightened actually it’s not so easy as it...
Bringing this over from an old blog to show just how simple and delightful home-made cakes can be.
These started with a simple Victoria Sponge recipe and I added tonnes of chocolate, sweets, buttons, time and love and they will be delighted.
“THAT is very nice Mummy, it’s VERY chocolatey”
” Wow, it looks great Mummy.”
“It’s fantastic Mum, thanks.”
Go on have a...
“Where there is love there is life.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
I think it’s a lovely idea to have a day of celebration in honour of LOVE, but it’s been hijacked by people SELLING, SELLING, SELLING; that is, trying to make GIGANTIC profits out of us.
We don’t need a dozen red roses or some enormous red balloon to show we love we can do it in a million little ways, thoughtful, time-spent ways.
Here are a few ideas off the top of my...
I am gradually moving old posts from my earlier blog over here. This one about birthday cake was written a couple of years ago and I hope will inspire you to make one too.
I got what I hoped for my birthday; a day off from chores. One friend brought lunch and another cooked tea, how lucky was that.
I also had this amazing cake made for me by my 12-year-old son. Not your run of the mill sponge jazzed up like his Mum would do, oh no, he made a chocolate...
Could I Be a Minimalist?
”I have come to define minimalism as the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of everything that distracts us from it.”
by JOSHUA BECKER at Becoming Minimalist.
If that’s the case then I find myself an aspiring minimalist.
Okay, I can hear the guffawing and sniggers from some of you. But that was then and this is now. Then I was suckered in by all the consumer society had to offer, I was feeding low...
Fear!!!!!!!!!
What if I’m making a big mistake and regret getting rid of something?
Fear has raised its ugly head.
Could it be that I am in some sort of madness; that I’m possessed with a crazy notion which I will snap out of only to discover that in my haste I have turned my life upside down and inside out and there’s no going back?
The “what’s if’s” are flooding in.
What if I’m making a huge mistake.
What if I...
Squirming With Stuff
Clearing out “Stuff” is certainly confronting me with myself.
BIG ENORMOUS SQUIRM
I mean, it’s ridiculous how much I have and even more squirmy all the reasons why.
When you start to shift the physical stuff it loosens all the emotional attachments and allows you to see more clearly what has gone on, and how on earth it all got here in the first place.
Yesterday’s junk:
I couldn’t say NO when people offered me...
I Do Not Need All This Stuff
After 10 days living out of my rucksack I am convinced.
I DO NOT NEED ALL MY “STUFF”
I’m fed up feeling bogged down by it all; cleaning it, tidying it, trying to organise and store it, mending it and getting mad with it.
During 14 months away living on a very small boat I hardly missed any of it.
BUT what did I do?
I came home unpacked and re-attached to most of it.
I’m a little frightened actually it’s not so easy as it...
Simple Decorations for Home-Made Cakes
Bringing this over from an old blog to show just how simple and delightful home-made cakes can be.
These started with a simple Victoria Sponge recipe and I added tonnes of chocolate, sweets, buttons, time and love and they will be delighted.
“THAT is very nice Mummy, it’s VERY chocolatey”
” Wow, it looks great Mummy.”
“It’s fantastic Mum, thanks.”
Go on have a...
Ideas for a Non-Commercial Valentines Day
“Where there is love there is life.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
I think it’s a lovely idea to have a day of celebration in honour of LOVE, but it’s been hijacked by people SELLING, SELLING, SELLING; that is, trying to make GIGANTIC profits out of us.
We don’t need a dozen red roses or some enormous red balloon to show we love we can do it in a million little ways, thoughtful, time-spent ways.
Here are a few ideas off the top of my...
If He Can Do it……..
I am gradually moving old posts from my earlier blog over here. This one about birthday cake was written a couple of years ago and I hope will inspire you to make one too.
I got what I hoped for my birthday; a day off from chores. One friend brought lunch and another cooked tea, how lucky was that.
I also had this amazing cake made for me by my 12-year-old son. Not your run of the mill sponge jazzed up like his Mum would do, oh no, he made a chocolate...
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