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New Apartment!
So a few weeks ago, I said I had an exciting announcement to make. Now I can finally say. I have a new home! I’m soooo excited, because a new apartment means two major things: a massive overhaul of our...
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Life Rules: #5
Be intentional Life is precious, valuable, and most of all, short. Live intentionally and purposefully. Work toward a goal, chase a dream, focus on things that last.
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Living Simply – How to Downsize
Okay, I’ve done a little philosophizing and more than a lot of picture taking, but now I’m going to get back to how-tos for a minute. The first step of Living Simply for many people is addressing the...
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Living Simply: Determining What We Need
When I was a kid, I would go to my mother around dinnertime and whine “Mom, when’s supper? I’m starving!” This was, without fail, met with a reminder that I have never been “starving” in my entire...
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The War in My Apartment: Part Three
I have made a new friend in Theresa Braine. She’s a journalist and blogger from NYC, and you can find her blog here. Theresa has blogged about bed bugs for the last three years, in a series which...
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Live Simply: 4 Cool Organizational Tips (that can be a terrible idea)
Being a minimalist often goes hand-in-hand with being organized. Minimalists love their space to be clean, open, and clutter-free. But sometimes popular organizational tricks can create issues for the...
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Changes, and a dream so close I can taste it.
We’re on our way to the next big adventure. And we’re SO ready for it. I’ll keep the story short, but suffice it to say that our house invaders have been the last straw for us. We’re leaving...
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Necessary Evil: Budgeting
Today is payday. This sounds exciting, but for us, not so much. Payday is also budget-and-pay-bills-day in the Gregory household. Needless to say, these are double-strong coffees and Ben and...
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Downsizing: Kitchen
As we prepare for our upcoming move, we’ve been working our way through each room of our apartment and doing some hard core downsizing (if being the most excited about downsizing was an Olympic sport,...
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Jump Off the Ladder: Into Day Two
You know what I didn’t do this morning? I didn’t clean my kitchen. As per my usual morning routine, I woke up, stumbled to the sink, looked at my 17 clean cooking tools, and shuffled away again....
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Jump Off the Ladder: Starting day four
Today I washed all of our dishes. It took me 5 minutes flat! Really exciting things have been happening in the first few days of the challenge! Here’s our recap: Leslie has begun pricing and tagging...
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Downsizing: Consumables
Jack and I are 14 days away from the big move! Every week we go back through our ever-shrinking list of possessions, weeding out more and more that we don’t need. We’ve made some great headway, but...
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Downsizing: Consumables Part 2
First off, I want to thank you all for the kind words and happy thoughts you sent my way while I was sick. You’re all amazing, and I’m trilled to be part of such a fantastic community! — I’ve tackled...
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Jump Off the Ladder: End of Day Ten
We’re halfway there! So far, we’ve seen some fantastic successes. Here’s a recap of what’s been happening over the last week: Alyssa: “Just wanted to say, since I haven’t been spending any money eating...
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Jump Off the Ladder Victor’s Post (and a badge!)
Welcome to the victor’s circle! I’m pleased and proud to announce the “winners” of the first Jump Off the Ladder challenge! Alyssa of myminimalistwedding.wordpress.com: Challenge: To stop eating out...
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Jump off the Ladder round two, and a t-shirt giveaway!
Okay folks, we’re taking Jump Off the Ladder to a whole new level! On May 12th, we’ll launch round two, and with it some really cool (I think) incentives! Stickers! Who doesn’t love a good sticker? For...
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Living Simply: Time
As I’ve downsized my home and (attempted to) cut unnecessary spending, I’ve noticed something about my schedule: it’s kind of opened up. Simplifying the maintenance of my clean home has given me a...
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Friendly reminder
If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up for Round 2 of Jump Off the Ladder! You can do this by clicking on the link to the right, or just use the handy form below. The challenge starts on May 12th,...
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That Minimalist Roommate: Part One
Welcome, first of all, to a new series on The Live Simply Blog. For a while I’ve tried to keep my posts relevant to anyone who is trying to live a simple life. This is something I will still strive to...
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