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Book Review: Emily Ley’s “When Less Becomes More”
With her focus on simplifying our homes and lives, Emily Ley has won over many stressed out women. Her book, "When Less Becomes More" explores the many ways we can further simplify our time and set our sights on a less perfect but more fulfilling life. Read on for this month's book review.
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How to Use a Weekly Planner to Customize a Household Cleaning System
Does the thought of spring cleaning feel overwhelming and exhausting? If so, you may need to spread those spring cleaning chores throughout the year so you can maintain your home and not get stuck cleaning for an entire week. Using all the layouts in a weekly planner can help you tackle both daily and less frequent chores, leaving you time to enjoy the pretty weather! Check out this example using a Happy Planner classic vertical!
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Tips for Trying Emily Ley’s Simplicity Challenge
Although many Simplified Planner users do a month-long Simplicity Challenge at the beginning of the year, I decided to try mine in December. Read on for what I learned during this process and tips I'm sharing to make your Simplicity Challenge even more successful.
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Swapping Guilt for Grace This Holiday Season
The holidays are supposed to be a warm and joyful time of year. But, for many, it can been a time of over-spending, over-scheduling, and over-doing it. There's no need to feel guilty about this. Read on about how being gracious with ourselves means sometimes scaling back the holidays some years to make way for what really matters.
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Ditch the Weekly Chore Chart & Simplify Household Tasks
Unless you have a cleaning service, finding time to get the house clean without ruining the weekend or exhausting yourself can be a challenge. Weekly chore charts are an overachievers dream, but for the rest of us, they can be an excuse to give up on keeping our homes tidy. Read on for how you can use your planner to do a few chores during the week, keep your home clean, and still have a weekend!
