Ironically, this blog has made it into my decluttering pile. Once you declutter „things“ long enough, you start decluttering other aspects of your life and question the reason and purpose of time commitments, relationships, etc. I am two years behind with creating our family photo books and half a year behind writing in the funny-things-our-kids-do-and-say…
Category: Decluttering
German Minimalism?
Our decluttering journey has been pretty successful and gotten pretty far, especially since my husband jumped on board last year. We started the new year by scrapping a metal shed, which we both had disliked since we got it. We redistributed its content and sold more than half of it. So since our decluttering has…
Decluttering with Kids
During the peak of my decluttering high, I would mention how great it felt to other moms, and how my kids play better with their toys now, how clean-up is manageable, and all that. I usually heard the same responses: Oh, I would love that too, but it’s hard with the kids around. Or: My…
Decluttering Your Schedule
I asked Andreea, if she has an idea for this week’s blog, and she suggested „decluttering your schedule“. My first thought was, yes, great idea, I can definitely do that. Then my second thought was, but I am not very good at it myself, especially lately. Right now I feel exhausted, overwhelmed, and overextended. I…
Brain Storage
We don’t have walk-in closets, or built-in closets, or wall closets, or whatever you call it. The only storage we have in our thousand-square foot home, is behind a curtain along the shorter side of our rectangular house, using up the space below a vaulted ceiling. That’s also where we keep our clothes, and behind…
Thankful
Looking up
I don’t know why it exactly happens, or when it all started… Well, actually that’s a lie. Over the last year and a half, I have been observing my behavior quite carefully, trying to analyze the root of all evil. What I am talking about, is retail therapy. I like to shop. I shop when…
Elephants
So! I have been listening to a lot of non-fiction audiobooks since last summer. I am not totally sure, when and where it started. But I do know it started with reducing my financial illiteracy, which led to decluttering, which led to figuring out what’s important to me and my family. Below I included a…
Object TLC – Terror, Loss and Catastrophe
When I first came to the US as an exchange student at sixteen, I was amazed that no one seemed to lock their doors. I stayed with families in a tiny town, and their homes were always open, just like their cars. But while driving through Toledo, Ohio, we would lock the car doors from…
Four Letter Stores
I do have a weakness for brands with four-letter names, especially European ones: IKEA, ALDI, and LEGO for example. Each of them deserves its own post, but today’s text is dedicated to Lego. I love it… and I hate it. Despite having grown up in East Germany, I did have some real Lego to play…