Happy weekend, Reader! My kids were missing me and called me by the babysitter’s name 🫣, my husband was an overtime working zombie 🧟♂️, and I was run ragged working in the emergency room supporting people going through the worst moments of their lives 😢. I’d come home and try to clean up all the stuff, do laundry, feed my kids, eat, and maybe snuggle them as I fell asleep in their beds. It wasn’t working. Keeping our homes clean and clutter-free can feel like an uphill battle. Whether it’s...
8 months ago • 1 min read
It’s early fall now, and my garden is overgrown and needs to be cleaned up! I have been harvesting some straggling tomatoes and was looking at tonnes of cherry tomatoes that had fallen to the ground and were starting to decompose. I thought, “Oh, great. This is another thing to add to the long list of things to get done.” I had a moment of total overwhelm. My mind spiralled as I imagined them sitting there all winter, and then ninety thousand volunteer tomato seedlings would need to be dealt...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
I'm curious Reader, are you a woman over forty trying to get on top of your clutter but still dealing with the mess? Yes? Then, you are probably trapped in the clutter spiral of chaos! Does this happen? 🙋🏻♀️ You’re so embarrassed to have people over that you avoid letting them past the front door when they surprise visit. Or you panic clean for hours and hours, throwing things all over your bed and in closets. 🙋🏻♀️ You don't have enough space for your stuff, and every time you get more space,...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read