I’ll just come right out and say it: I sent my kid to Pre-K with a stain on his shirt. Not just any stain, either. It’s a small gray spot of some kind of bother, and no matter how much I treat and soak, soak and treat, the spot is stuck. Why the story about … [Read more…]
For a long time, almost all I talked about was decluttering. Why? I had a lot of stuff. In many respects, I still do, despite making a tremendous amount of progress. When I first started blogging, it wasn’t just to track my pennies–or pick them up. I wanted to spend and save more intentionally. After … [Read more…]
Okay, okay. I know I’m late to the party. Many people have been in Buy Nothing groups for years. But I have an excuse! We live in a really weird slice of our town that basically hovers right outside the boundaries of two different Buy Nothing groups. As a result, I’d long given up on … [Read more…]
I used to be really good at decluttering. So good, in fact, that I landed myself on a minimalism podcast (Tiny Bites rocks!). But things came to screeching halt at the end of last year, and I’ve been struggling to embrace decluttering like I once did. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what happened. In fact, … [Read more…]
What does $5 buy nowadays? It doesn’t cover my Starbucks order. It’s not going to get me very far in terms of gallons of gas. I can’t even buy a footlong at Subway. $5 doesn’t go far, so why would I bother with a $5 sale on OfferUp? It turns out that like most things … [Read more…]
Babies don’t have to be expensive. They don’t require a lot of stuff. Except…they definitely are and they kind of do. There are myriad ways to cut costs when it comes to child rearing. But there’s no denying the breathtaking burden of childcare and college tuition. It’s easier to combat clutter that college costs, but … [Read more…]
I suppose I should come right out and say it. This decluttering update is no where near as saucy as last month. That’s right: I’ve decluttered a bunch, but I haven’t sold any undies or tossed any hemorrhoid cream this month. What I have noticed though, besides the fact that I have next to no … [Read more…]
My decluttering journey has ebbed and flowed all year. In fact, one month I didn’t part with a single thing. While I still maintain that no journey is a straight line and decluttering has to be done with starts and stops, I can now say something else. Sometimes, decluttering is a flurry. All last month, … [Read more…]
“I don’t buy my kid toys.” I remember hearing that sentence like it was yesterday. But it wasn’t. It was 12 years ago, and it was at my parents’ house. My cousins were visiting for the holidays with their 1-year-old baby, and that comment was part of their very grateful acceptance of the gift we … [Read more…]
It’s true. I decluttered exactly zero things in May. None. Zilch. Zero. Nada. After months of detailed recaps outlining everything I decluttered, I simply walked away from it all. And like most things in life, the reasons are complicated. In May, the school year was winding down. Except it wasn’t. Instead of the usual decrescendo … [Read more…]