This is important to me
When Abigail and I went to the store yesterday afternoon, it was really important to her that she smell the laundry detergents. I'd never let her smell detergents before in the laundry aisle, and had no idea it was something she enjoyed. The first time she'd asked, I...
How to avoid “losing days” with ADHD
Living with ADHD, or other types of neurodivergence, it's easy to find yourself in what I call the ADHD time warp. If you don't always know the answer to "What did I do today?" at the end of most days, then you also experience the time warp. How I cope with the time...
Quick Tip for Managing a Home with ADHD & Kids
If you are ADHD or live with ADHD kids, this video is for you! This is how my kids help me when I'm feeling overwhelmed with house things. Everyone down to the two-year-old helps keep the house neat!
Our Massive Life Changes & Whole House Declutter Challenge
In the past few months, we've had a lot of big changes I'm really excited about. My partner, Kea, is pregnant and due in early October. We're very excited about our new little one, and all the changes they'll bring. We already have three kids, so while there's...
Scripts & tips for easy boundaries
Boundaries can be really challenging, especially when you don't know what to say. I've been working hard to practice my personal boundaries, so this is somthing I've had to practice a lot lately! 1. "I am not available, but thanks for asking!" One of the...
Handling organization when you’re depressed
So, recently I started having some pretty intense struggles with depression. I haven't had a problems like that with depression in several years, so it took me a little bit by surprise. But, I learned a lot of myself during the process, and ultimately now them on the...
Eliminate these 4 little habits to stop money drama
Money drama takes a lot of forms in our lives. One of the things I've learned as I got more and more into editing my life so it incrementally looked more and more like my best life , I realized that eliminating drama from my life was something that would help leave a...
I used to dream of being a …history teacher? What you can learn from your past!
We've been talking about perfectionism in the Organize Your Life Club on Facebook. While I've been reflecting back on when perfectionism used to rule my life, and how that's changed over the past few years. Realizing that there were I don't typically spend a lot of...
What’s “money mindset” – and why does it matter?
As a certified money mindset coach, I've done a lot of work to understand how our mindset creates our reality. I used to think that "mindset" stuff was neat, but kind of a placebo effect, but I've learned better. Research all over the place shows how the things we...
The quick way to stop negative thought patterns
The ability to let go of negative thought patterns are one of the biggest things I see that makes a difference between people who are able to change their lives, versus those who stay stuck. The people who can't move on from negativity are the kinds of people who will...
The lazy cook’s guide to pre-making holiday dinners
I dislike the "busy" feeling that a lot of Americans associate with the holidays. I would much rather enjoy a laid-back meal and do other things, besides spend all day cooking and preparing, then cleaning up tons of dishes afterwards. Frankly, I don't know many women...
Videos and blog posts that inspire me to declutter
Recently in the Facebook group, someone posted and said they were super overwhelmed with tons of stuff in their house. Life got to be too much, and now everything's just a hot mess. I completely related, and while there were good tips in that conversation, I wanted to...
Cleaning Zones + Kicking Cleaning Perfectionism to the Curb
COVID-19 had me in a funk earlier this year, but I'm coming out of it stronger than ever. If I'm going to be stuck at home, I may as well make that space as amazing as I can make it, including dealing with some long-standing issues around how I manage my house. I got...
What is always true about money for you?
There's a reason why I talk about your relationship with money like it's a person, instead of just a tool. How you do money is how you do everything, but your partnership with money also effects every other area of your life. One of the phrases you'll hear around my...
Getting intimate with money: Learn how to work with your strengths
Having an amazing relationship with money so you're able to create the life you want isn't all about lighting abundance candles and reciting some affirmations you found on Pinterest. It's not about muttering some generic magic spell or prayer. The relationship between...
My favorite money relationship exercise!
When I'm working with my coaching clients on their money relationship, one of the first things I ask them is to do an exercise that determines how they really feel about money. Because money is so ingrained in everything we do and intertwined in our emotions,...
How we’re doing more charity donations than ever, without giving money
Okay: embarrassing fact about me: when I used to picture people "supporting charities" I thought the only real way to do it was to write big, fat checks. I attended an event once where the speaker was taking up money. I'd brought some with me planning to spend it,...
Making Raised Garden Beds from Pallets
This fall, Ian came home with a stack of pallets from work, with the idea that we’d turn them into raised beds. Ian has been working lots on making sure we have plenty of wood to heat to heat the house, so I decided to take this project off from his list and make it...
Setting Up Garden Beds in Fall and Winter for Spring planting
Last year, our garden was a side project that took a back seat to caring for myself while I grew Abbie, and took care of her after she was born in the beginning of August. We wanted to make a homemade pantry, and made lots of progress towards that, but this year we're...
Canning Venison
When Ians friend at work told us he had an extra deer, we said we’d love to take it off his hands. I know it’s perfectly fine to freeze deer meat, but the process of canning isn’t that much more work than freezing it. It takes a...