Can You Simplify Your Way To Retirement? (Hint: Yes, You Can!)

Can You Simplify Your Way To Retirement? (Hint: Yes, You Can!)

Retirement planning? What’s that? As an accountant, I knew I should be saving for retirement, but with life happening all around me it never really hit the top of the priority list until I was in my 40’s. Here’s how it went for me: In my 20’s I took on a lot of debt...
Did Simplifying My Life Cause Me To Become A Social Media Addict?

Did Simplifying My Life Cause Me To Become A Social Media Addict?

Photo by Lukas: https://www.pexels.com/photo/macbook-air-296076/ I could talk about the benefits of simple living forever.  Is there a downside I haven’t mentioned??? I’ve downsized my life. This means less housework, less commitments, less debt, less errands to...
Tips For Living An Alternative Lifestyle (In A Mainstream World)

Tips For Living An Alternative Lifestyle (In A Mainstream World)

My alternative lifestyle is simple living. The way I live day-to-day is not very similar to those around me. There is no end to the alternative lifestyle choices you can make. You can live off-grid, become a self-sufficient homesteader, live the van-life, or become a...
Simple Travel Journaling (While On The Road)

Simple Travel Journaling (While On The Road)

Sweetie and I are preparing for a 3-week road trip in Vinny Van Gogh (our Dodge Caravan converted for camping). The ultimate destination is sledding in New Mexico. Yes, sledding! Imagine all the fun of sledding down a hill without all the cold snow going down the back...
Destroying To Create (Dealing With Sentimental Clutter)

Destroying To Create (Dealing With Sentimental Clutter)

If you read my last note, New Year, New Vision (Planning A Vision Journal), you will know that I am setting up a Vision Journal for 2024. As inspiration (and for images) I am using two beautiful magazines: The Artful Blogger, Visually Inspiring Online Journals, the...