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Summer Money Moves That I Plan to Make

May 20, 2019 by Penny 7 Comments

You’re probably thinking you’re reading about the money moves that I’m planning to make this summer because I’ve gotten so good at goal setting and consistent check-ins. Or maybe you’re thinking it’s because I’m so pumped about finding ways to simplify my finances while boosting my income and living more purposefully. Or maybe you know … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: 529, apps, declutter, finances, invest, no spend, roth, spending, summer, tracking

Shoe Recycling at DSW to Declutter and Earn Cash…Kind Of

March 11, 2019 by Penny 22 Comments
DSW Shoe Recyling Program

In the name of science this blog, I attempted a thing: I recycled my shoes. More specifically, I tried recycling my shoes at DSW. I’ve learned a lot of lessons decluttering. One of the most important lessons is that sometimes things are just garbage. But sometimes things aren’t. That’s how I felt about these shoes. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: closet, clutter, consumerism, declutter, decluttering, DSW, DSW VIP, environment, environmentalism, green, recycling, shoe recycle, shoe recyling, shoes, shopping

Can You Really Cancel Show and Tell?

August 22, 2018 by Penny 10 Comments

“We don’t do Show and Tell here.” It was a bold proclamation. Especially because it was nowhere on the daycare orientation agenda. Show and Tell is a staple of early education curricular design. It is as familiar as Play-Doh and and the “Clean Up” song. How many times have you done Show and Tell in … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: brand names, brands, childcare, consumerism, daycare, declutter, designer, luxury, materialism, minimalism, minimalist

Better Than Free

August 15, 2018 by Penny 24 Comments

Free. It’s a powerful word. Magical, really. Out of all the four letter words, this one really stops people in their tracks. People clamor into stores en masse, wading through a sea of people only to endure time-halting lines. And free is good. In a world that often has complete disregard for their bottom line, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: curb alert, declutter, free, frugal, frugality, garbage picking, minimalism

Reselling Textbooks: Is Buyback Express a Scam?

June 7, 2018 by Penny 5 Comments

If you have a stack of textbooks that you’re absolutely desperate to part with, you are not alone. Half.com used to be my jam. I have been selling old books for years. But since Half.com shut down, my textbook stash has been growing. Determined to resell my textbooks and declutter a drawer, I used Bookscouter … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: Buyback Express, declutter, decluttering, Half.com, resale, reselling, selling, textbook, textbooks

Minimize in May: A Decluttering Recap

May 31, 2018 by Penny 18 Comments

Get rid of your stuff without putting a burden on someone or something else? Sign me up! Britt at Tiny Ambitions created a mindful decluttering challenge called Minimize in May. It spoke to me for a lot of reasons. It’s important work. (I still have too much stuff). It’s more manageable. (You can only fail … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Declutter Tagged: #MinsGame, challenge, debt, declutter, growth, minimalism, minimalists, mortgage payoff, reselling, selling

6 Things My Son is Helping Me Understand About Minimalism

April 9, 2018 by Penny 16 Comments

To say that I’m not sold on minimalism is an understatement. Maybe it’s not minimalism as a whole that I’m skeptical of. Just the kind that comes with a podcast and a really expensive travel bag for sale. But the idea of decluttering and being more intentional with what is allowed to take up space … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Plan Tagged: baby, declutter, decluttering, gifts, less is more, minimalism, priorities, son, toys

The Gift I Gave That I’m Getting Back

January 22, 2018 by Penny 26 Comments

I’m a firm believer that whatever someone does with a gift is their business. Maybe they keep it. Maybe they exchange it. Maybe they sell it, regift it, or even throw it away. When you’re none the wiser, it’s easy to not care. But what happens when you are?

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Posted in: Spend Tagged: #MinsGame, clutter, declutter, gift giving, gifts, minimalism

Getting Back in the Poshmark Sales Game

January 10, 2018 by Penny 13 Comments

For a while, I had a pretty reliable income stream thanks to Poshmark. It started out with half a grand in Poshmark sales, then I crossed the thousand dollar mark through a combination of selling sites. And then…nothing. It was the perfect storm: I was super pregnant and Poshmark opened the selling floodgates. Once they … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Make Tagged: declutter, decluttering, income, minimalism. money, online, Poshmark, Poshmark sales, resale, reselling, selling, side hustle

Toss or Use? The Green Decluttering Debate

September 11, 2017 by Penny 31 Comments

I struggle with minimalism. Not only do I think there is an under-discussed amount of privilege involved, I just plain stink at it. Case in point? I wrote my come-to-shoe-gods confessional post months ago, and I still have too many shoes. But it’s not just that I can’t get over the sunk costs or the … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Wonder Tagged: #MinsGame, declutter, environment, minimalism, sunk cost, The Minimalists, trash
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