When I celebrated my 59th birthday in July, I decided to do something a little fun and different in my 60th year. I made a list of 60 things I wanted to do before my 60th birthday and shared it here to keep myself accountable. Halfway through the year, here’s how things are shaping up…
Roundup of ways to simplify your Christmas celebrations
One of my favourite lines in the movie Christmas Vacation is, “I don’t know what to say except it’s Christmas and we’re all in misery.” If you’re feeling a bit like Ellen Griswold as Christmas approaches, you’re in the right place! Today’s post is a roundup of ideas to help you get back to basics and simplify your Christmas celebrations.
12 useful tips for travelling with just a carry on
Are you a minimalist when it comes to travel packing? Or do you overpack “just in case” you need this or that? For our recent 10-day trip to Vancouver Island, my husband and I packed only a carry on and a backpack each—and we had everything we needed. To simplify packing for your next trip, read on for 12 tips for travelling with just a carry on.
Throwback Thursday – Will our need for convenience be our downfall?
Has our need for convenience overpowered our common sense? Today’s Throwback Thursday post from 2022 looks at the paradox of convenience.
Read on for 10 ways to reject convenience culture and simplify your life!
25 simple and fun summer activities
It’s almost summer! For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the summer solstice—marking the official arrival of summer—takes place tomorrow at 10:58 ET. Are you excited? To celebrate the long hot days ahead, read on for 25 simple and fun summer activities that won’t break the bank.
Throwback Thursday – Simple living lessons from mum
Mother’s Day is coming up on Sunday. To celebrate, this week’s Throwback Thursday post is a post from 2020 with a roundup of simple living lessons I learned from my mum.
Life lessons we can learn from ducks
Like many creatures in the animal world, ducks are fascinating. In Surprising health benefits of waking, I discussed how stopping at the pond to see the ducks is a highlight of my daily walks in the spring and summer. Today, I’ll expand on that with some observations on life lessons we can learn from ducks.
Throwback Thursday – Now the kids are grown up
This week on Throwback Thursday, I bring back a post I wrote for my younger daughter’s 18th birthday in 2021. To celebrate the fact that my kids are grown up, I shared positive parenting tips I learned from 21 years of being a mom.
Winter survival tips to help you get through February
It’s Hell Is Freezing Over Day—a day for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere to commiserate as we try to survive the cold, dark days of winter. If you’re not a fan of winter, today’s post has simple winter survival tips to help you get through the next few weeks. Spring will arrive in just 48 days—but who’s counting?
Throwback Thursday – Cancer’s life lessons
This week on Throwback Thursday, I bring back one of the posts that is at the top of my list of things I’ve written. I wrote this piece in June 2021, on the tenth anniversary of my breast cancer diagnosis. It’s all about cancer’s life lessons and how it changed my life for the better.