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Keep Your Home Clean And Organized With 3 Daily Routines

It’s amazing how quickly our home becomes messy, cluttered, and disorganized… if we’re not intentional about staying on top of the messes. 

If you struggle to stay on top of the clutter in your home, routines might be just what you need to get your home clean & decluttered in less time!

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Basic Meatloaf (simple and delicious)

If you’re looking for a family-friendly comfort food that requires very little hands-on effort and is almost impossible to ruin, this basic meatloaf recipe is a great start!

You can have it in the oven in just about 15 minutes… and everyone will love it!

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Streamline Your Home and Life with the 80/20 Rule

This simple mindset shift could totally transform the way you view your stuff AND streamline your home and life in the process!

No major purging or minimalism required — just a more intentional thought process and higher awareness of what things we actually use, and what’s just taking up our valuable space, time, and energy.

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Why You Should Make a “Done List”

Have you ever gotten to the end of a day and felt like you accomplished absolutely nothing? Yup, me too! Whenever these feelings of inadequacy strike, I know it’s time to make another “Done List”.

A Done List is an excellent way to practice gratitude and contentment, and it’s so quick and easy, you can make one today!

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How to Make All-Natural Window & Glass Cleaner

After years of procrastinating when I knew it was time to clean the windows, I finally created a little system that allows me to keep most of our windows clean most of the time without all that much effort.

To make the process even faster and easier, I use a couple of really simple, all-natural window cleaning products… which I’m sharing inside this post!

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Our Favorite Taco Salad Recipe

Need a quick and easy make-ahead lunch or a fantastic dish to bring to an upcoming potluck or dinner party? Try taco salad.

It’s simple, delicious, made with ordinary ingredients, and easily adaptable based on what you already have in the house!

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EST: 3 Letters That Can Sabotage Simple Living

EST — these 3 letters, when placed at the end of your favorite adjectives, have the potential to sabotage your efforts to simplify your life… cleanest, fastest, greatest, wealthiest, etc.

Instead of stressing over being the “best”, let’s focus on progress over perfection and aim for “better”!

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99 Effective Ways to Say No

Do you struggle to say “no” and actually stick by your decision?

If so, keep reading for dozens of simple, fun, yet effective ways to say “no” — there’s one for every situation!

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Mango Salsa Chicken (in the Slow Cooker)

Mango Salsa Chicken has been one of our family favorites for 10+ years!

This “recipe” requires about 5 minutes of hands-on time and is delicious served over rice, in a tortilla, on a salad, or even as a dip for chips.

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Pre-Spring Cleaning (a simpler way to deep clean)

Do you enjoy a thoroughly deep-cleaned home but don’t have the time or energy for a proper top-to-bottom “Spring Cleaning”?

If so, you’ll love my pre-spring cleaning method.

It’s a fantastically simple way to deep clean your home in no time at all!

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3 Areas to Downsize For a Simpler Life

Does your life feel like a constant juggling act… like you’re just waiting for the “balls” to come crashing down?

If so, you’re not alone… nor are you without hope!

Keep reading for 3 areas you can “downsize” to create a simpler home and life!

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10 Simple Food Swaps for Healthier Family Meals

Everything is easier when you start small… especially when it comes to changing your diet (and especially if you’re trying to change your family’s diet!)

If you’re looking for a few simple ways to swap more nutritious foods into your family meals, these easy swaps will give you a great place to start!

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What to Do When Decluttering Feels Wasteful

Regular decluttering is a habit for me as I know I must stay on top of it or things will quickly get out of control around our house.

Sometimes it can feel a little wasteful, but I don’t have enough physical space, mental capacity, or energy to deal with so much extra stuff.

Can you relate?

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