These key pieces make up the basic foundation of my winter wardrobe and have really seen me through season after season.
Simple Living
Minimalist Mantras for the New Year
Welcome to the first post of 2021! In this article I’m sharing some minimalist mantras I’m planning to focus on this year and for years to come.
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Slow Fashion
5 Wardrobe Challenges to Try in 2020
Hello and welcome back to the blog! In today’s article I thought it would be fun to share some slow fashion wardrobe challenges to try out in 2020. If you have any goals or resolutions for your wardrobe this year – for example, to purchase less, get more wear out of what you have, or
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Simple Living
How to Be Content with What You Already Have
There are two ways to have enough: one is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less. G.K. Chesterton The path to minimalism is fraught with difficulty, traps, and distractions. I still struggle with wanting more, even though I have experienced the benefits of living more simply first-hand. It’s so
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Simple Living
8 Ways I’ve Simplified My Life
We talk a lot about living a simpler life in a very idealistic sort of way. But what does it actually mean to live more simply, and what actions can you take to simplify your life? In today’s article I’ll be sharing 8 changes that I’ve made in my own life to simplify, slow down,
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Simple Living
A Tour of Our 800-Square-Foot Minimalist Apartment
Welcome back! In today’s article I wanted to give you a little tour of our new home. We bought our first apartment together at the end of 2017, and finally were able to move in when it was completed this past November. We waited almost a year for it to be finished! Now that we’re
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Slow Fashion
What I Learned from a Year of Capsule Wardrobes
I started my first ‘official’ capsule wardrobe in December of 2017. By then I had already spent some time decluttering my closet and trying to be more minimal. When I stumbled across the concept of a capsule wardrobe – a perfectly curated and functional collection of clothes – I just knew I had to try
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Simple Living
Ethical Gift Ideas for a More Conscious Holiday Season
Christmas was always an important holiday for my family growing up, and I look forward to it every year. While simplifying my life has involved reducing a lot of clutter in my home and purchasing less, I still enjoy the tradition of giving and receiving gifts at Christmas. The one change being that now I
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Simple Living
Are Influencers to Blame for Fast Fashion & Consumerism?
I was watching a vlog from one of my favourite bloggers the other day. In it, she was showing all of the new clothes she recently purchased for an upcoming trip. It made me almost cringe when she talked about what she had bought, in particular one item that she will ‘definitely still wear after