Christmas is only a week away, guys... I know, I can hardly believe it, either. In fact, Christmas completely crept up on me. And am I ready for it??? Do I have my list of Christmas posts prepared? Are all of my Christmas presents made and/or bought? Am I mentally prepared for celebrating Christmas? The answer to all of those questions is a...

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Christmas is an awkward time of year to be a minimalist. With so much emphasis being put on gift-giving, it's definitely a quandary for those of us who genuinely do not want to get more stuff...  This will actually be my first year celebrating Christmas as a minimalist. As a result, I was a bit unsure how to approach the whole gift-giving thing....

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"She wasn't where she had been. She wasn't where she was going. But she was on her way." -Jodi Hills Life is a journey...   We all have a road to walk. We're all going somewhere. It's not always easy. Sometimes the path is unclear. But there is one thing I know for certain- No matter who you are... ...Or where you live......

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Last month, I began a project... This month, I'm going to finish it. For the past several weeks, I've been working on unpacking and clearing out the things I don't want. The plan had been to get it done as quickly as possible so it would be finished. But... that's not really what happened. Instead, the work went really well for the first...

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We finally got around to setting up our Christmas tree today... Setting up the tree is somewhat of a big to-do at our house, especially among the little folk.  Our tree is the kind that involves a fair bit of manual labor to get it assembled. Each branch has to be individually fluffed and put into its spot on the "trunk." Also, each...

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On Wednesday, I shared my 2015 Bucket List. Since then, I've gotten a few questions about how all of this was going to work, so I figure that this post is the perfect one to follow up with. So- let's get started! What made you decide to make a 2015 Bucket List? After I had created a life-time Bucket List, I thought about...

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I've been thinking a lot about my Bucket List, and decided to make it official. A few weeks ago, I shared the Top Ten Things on My Bucket List. Prior to writing that down, I hadn't put much thought into a bucket list. I kept saying there were things I'd like to do someday, but I guess it was just never a top...

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  "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." -Angela Schwindt Children are beautiful...  I took my little sister outside this afternoon, and decided on a whim to take the camera with me... There was no posing or attempts to capture a particular shot. I just stood back and clicked the shutter...

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I'm sure everyone (meaning all the Americans) noticed that Thursday was Thanksgiving day. A day on which we traditionally take time out to recognize how blessed we are by spending time with family and friends. But I think we all know what the really big thing about Thanksgiving actually is. The thing that immediately comes to mind when someone says "Thanksgiving."  That's right-...

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about packing all of my things as the beginning of my journey towards minimalism. Now, you might be wondering how all of that went, since I haven't really mentioned anything about it since. So today, I'm going to tell you. Sooo... On Monday, November 3rd, my older sister and I packed all of our belongings into boxes....

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 For some reason, this post just hasn't been coming very easily. (That's just how it goes, sometimes.) So instead of trying to be eloquent and amazing, I'm just going to be real and jump right in! The past month or so has involved a lot of thinking on my part. It's really started to hit home that this is my junior year in...

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