From learning what it takes to meet your financial goals to exploring what a good budget includes, this guide will teach you how to budget your money, step by step. Sure, you’ve probably heard about budgeting and how important it is for your financial future, but how do you even START when you are a…
Did you know that Marie Kondo once worked as a Shinto shrine maiden, or miko, for five years? If so, it will come as no surprise that the Marie Kondo folding method is more akin to a gentle meditation or origami session than a tedious chore. Find out how the KonMari method of file folding clothes…
Have you recently started decluttering your home and found yourself wondering if your unwanted clutter was worth anything? Wondering if you can make money selling your stuff online? Turns out selling clutter can be much more lucrative than you ever imagined! I started small, making $1,000 a month after decluttering a little bit. A little…
Have you been feeling drained by all the clutter in your life? Overwhelmed with constantly trying to tidy your home and maintain all the stuff inside of it without losing your mind? Feeling the urge to just throw everything out the window? It’s time to hit the reset button and rediscover your happiness with this…
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If finding out that the average American household carries nearly $40,000 in debt doesn’t shock you, how about this statistic: less than 60% of people could scrape together $1,000 in the case of a financial emergency? The truth is many people have no clue how much they are really spending every month — a Starbucks…
Prepare to get EXTREME! Our family of four performed an extreme decluttering of our entire home, culminating in us moving overseas with only eight suitcases. That’s right; we decluttered our entire lives down to eight suitcases – Marie Kondo would be shooketh! So if you came here looking for crazy extreme decluttering before and after pics…
Each time you make a purchase, you are buying because you think that item will make you happier. That your life will somehow be improved by that object. Yet science has proven over and over that possessions do not increase happiness in the long-term — so why do we keep on buying them? If you have…
Finding the perfect gift for a child is tough. As any parent knows, the ideal toy is fun, NOT LOUD, and even, dare I say, educational? So does your child’s gift really need to be a toy? As a been-there-done-that mommy of two energetic boys, I have browsed, bought, played with, and kept or tossed plenty of…
Ah, Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year. All is calm, all is bright — until you are scrambling at the very last second to decorate your house and serve wonderful food to your hungry Christmas party guests. Why not kill two birds with one stone? This minimalist Christmas wooden dowel tree is easy…