Imagine that you are in a race. At the starting line is you and the mountain of stuff that you own. The goal is to get every object over the finish line in the shortest amount of time...
Life Is A Race.
Minimalism- The New Religion?
"The problem is that even if we throw out every last thing we own, we still have a hole in our soul. "
I Love the Library.
I find myself tonight in one of my favorite places on the planet. The library. Libraries are magical places. When I think of great old mansions I always fantasize about visiting the libraries with dark wood paneled walls and book shelves that extend all the way to the ceiling. Books feel of luxury and opportunity. …
How Audiobooks Have Changed My Life.
I'm sitting in a hipster cafe in East Grand Rapids eating a salad with "Purple Rice"...whatever that is. It sounds healthy anyway. I'm wearing a dress that I bought full price at a boutique because I liked it in the window. (By the way I've gotten 3 compliments on it in the last hour...awesome, I …
Back to School Resolutions
It is a tradition for people to make "New Years Resolutions" on January 1. We flip the calendar and hope for a new beginning. We look back at the Holiday season and feel guilt for eating too many sweets and not being active enough and we "resolve" to take better care of ourselves next year. …
Benefits of Deprevation
Overfed, and under nourished is a phrase that I've heard used to describe the present generation. This phrase could be used to describe not just the diet that we feed ourselves and our children but also the materialism that we consume. As parents we want what is "best" for our kids. It is easy to fall …
Play the Game
I was washing dishes when two girls came barging into my kitchen yelling, "Get inside!" They then asked me in a frantic panic if I could move my car out of the garage. It was Celina(our exchange student) and one of her best friends. They are seniors and at the end of the senior year …
Enough
Be set free from the striving of life by declaring, "Enough."
If Only I Had…Less
"All along the way I am chanting, less, less, less." It feels so good to have a "Skinny House."
