Maintaining Your Things

This past week our car broke down, our front door handle broke and our faucet started leaking. Everything was repairable but it did feel like a flurry of failures that needed our attention beyond normal life responsibilities. All of these repairs took time and money. And all I could think is how do I simplify my life so I’m not spending time maintaining and repairing things?! But maybe the more constructive thought is, how do I fill my life with fewer things that I don’t mind maintaining and repairing?

Beach House, fewer thingsAlison MazurekJune 8, 2024 Comments

Digital Minimalism with Kristen of Minima Organizing

While I have generally embraced minimalism or consider myself minimalist-sh in our home space and my closet - when it comes to my digital life I have to admit I am a hoarder. A hoarder of photos and files and emails. So when someone recently assumed that I must have a great digital filing system that I could share with them, I first laughed and thought of who I know who does. I immediately thought of Kristen of Minima

Happy New Year

In the midst of the holiday rushing and celebrating while simultaneously watching horrors unfolding on the other side of the world through our phones, I’ve found it hard to find the right words. There are no “right words” as our lives carry on while others end. Yet