I overheard a conversation at a children’s birthday party yesterday, which popped back up into my head in the middle of the night and kept me awake: A mother who is very conscious and intentional about raising her children bilingual explained that due to all the different dialects in Spanish, she is teaching her kids…
Category: Kids
Free Time
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…
Unplugged
If you grew up without a cell phone, do you remember how Sundays felt like during high school?I would sleep in, have a long breakfast, and didn’t feel like doing schoolwork at all. There was not much on TV and with my parents around, it wasn’t fun watching television anyways, or it was occupied by…
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…
Typewriter Minimalism, not typewritten
Ever since my love for typewriters ignited around six weeks ago, and I publicly admitted to it, I received my fair share of skepticism and disbelief. It wasn’t just of the people around me, I also felt quite ashamed and embarrassed myself, having praised minimalism as a true life changer. Which I still believe, by…
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…
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…
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…