Nesting the hygge | HABIT way
Tips on how to buy only the most eco-friendly + ethically made baby essentials while nesting. Nesting is nothing new, both animals and humans have been doing it since the beginning of time. But read on for the most eco-ethical way to go about this in your home & nursery.
The biggest hack to keeping your home & closet clutter free
News Flash: while this might seem a bit counter intuitive, it’s true that the biggest organization hack starts when you are out of your home. Living in the capitalist economy that we do, you are subject to sales & marketing wherever you go. Whether this includes free samples or intentional shopping trips, you have to stay on your game to avoid bringing unwanted clutter back home.
Self Care this Holiday Season & Adopting the Swedish art of Lagom
We prefer to relish in the hygge traditions and focus on curating cozy moments and memories that are void of the traditional holiday decor clutter, opting for simplicity over chaos and sharing home made meals instead of swapping gifts. If you are feeling like the traditional madness, from shopping and over indulging in food, has run its course, we have some hygge habits to try instead this holiday season.
Our Real Thoughts on Marie Kondo and her Netflix Series
Of course, we love Marie Kondo and the KonMarie method of only keeping stuff that sparks joy. That is the foundation of minimalism and we inherently knew this feeling of satisfaction, long before Marie Kondo named it and wrote the book, The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, back in 2014. It is life changing- we truly believe that taking control of your stuff and space is what frees you up to go on and live your best, most productive life. However there is a dark side of downsizing if done without the consideration of how all that stuff got into your home in the first place and avoiding the truth of where it goes after you are done with it.
Deep Thoughts about Shopping
This was my life for so long. Until I finally realized that running this “one” errand never ended with me purchasing just one item but rather getting to the store -likely finding what I need but not without grabbing a bunch of other, in the moment, seemingly important items. And now, years later I am finally having what I lovingly refer to as “Deep Thoughts” about just how one shops.
A Capsule Wardrobe: The Gateway Drug
A Capsule Wardrobe is the gateway drug to conscious consumption and a minimalist lifestyle. Once you begin to feel the positive, mood boosting, anti-clutter affects of a cleaner/ lighter closet, there is no doubt that you will need that kind of high throughout the rest of your life. And like a proper junkie with that first taste, you are a minimalist! Because being and becoming a minimalist are one and the same, just like building your capsule wardrobe was, it is a process, not an overnight transformation.
