Category: Household

  • What To Do When You Get Sick as a Single Mom

    What To Do When You Get Sick as a Single Mom

    As I write this, I have just spent the last ten days along with my kids, sick as a dog. It has been ten days of hell, the kind of days where you slide from ‘thriving single mom’ back into barely surviving. And yet, finally, I am beginning to see the light at the end…

  • Decluttering: The Key to a Stress-Free Home

    Decluttering: The Key to a Stress-Free Home

    Does it ever feel like no matter how much you clean, things are always chaotic in your home? I spent so many years feeling believing that if I just cleaned harder and organized better, my house would finally look Instagram-worthy. The truth was, however, that no matter how hard I worked or how many new…

  • Reducing Wants: The Key to Finding Happiness

    Reducing Wants: The Key to Finding Happiness

    In a society that normalizes and even celebrates the constant pursuit of happiness via the acquisition of more “stuff”, it can be difficult to remember that this will not lead to happiness. By shifting our focus away from materialism and consumption we are free to embrace a life of contentment, gratitude, and simplicity. The key…

  • Why I Got Rid of Our TV

    Why I Got Rid of Our TV

    In all my years on Earth, I had only met a small handful of people who did not own a TV. It puzzled me how a person could get by without a television. I knew they had to be missing out on a lot of good content, yet I admired them, nonetheless. I had what…