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    How to Travel with Kids Under 4: The Best Tips to Know Before Taking Your Toddler on a Plane

    You may have found travel with an infant relatively easy. After all, they sleep quite a bit. And they don’t have much of an opinion about what’s going on. A toddler is a different ballgame. They’re mobile, they throw tantrums, and they have plenty of opinions you’ll certainly hear about. But traveling with your toddler can be so rewarding. That’s why I put together this comprehensive list of tips for how to travel with kids under 4.  I previously shared a Europe packing list for a toddler. Now, I want to share my best tips and tricks for plane travel with your toddler. I learned some the hard way, if I’m being honest. But at least you can learn from my mistakes!  How to Travel with Kids on a Plane:…

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    Best Advice to Prep for Your Newborn Baby the Minimalist Way

    Preparing to have a baby? Wondering if you can possibly keep or start a minimalist lifestyle with a newborn baby?   You’re in the right place.   First, I can tell you it is possible. In fact, while I dabbled before, having a baby was my catalyst for major decluttering and a lifestyle shift.   Below I share my best advice for parents (and future parents) for how to be minimalist with a newborn baby. Find advice about newborn essentials (and what you don’t need), baby room organization, and baby life hacks to stay sane as a newborn mom.  Some Advice for Staying Minimalist with Your Newborn Baby Before we get into links with specific advice, let’s cover some general advice for baby planning the minimalist way.  1. Don’t add…

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    The Best Minimalist Travel and Packing Tips for Effortless Travel

    Preparing for a trip and looking to try out carry on packing? Or are you dreading traveling with baby and all the stuff you’ll need to bring? Whatever your reason for looking into minimalist travel and packing tips, you’re in the right place.  This collection of posts includes detailed packing lists for vacation, including guides for traveling with just a carry-on – even internationally – and traveling with babies and toddlers without dragging the entire nursery with you.   I used to be a hopeless over-packer. But years of frequent travel transformed me into a carry-on only traveler. After becoming a mom, I had to relearn how to travel light with a baby and then a toddler.  The posts below…

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    Simple but Brilliant Decluttering Ideas to Beat the Clutter for Good

    Did you recently catch the decluttering bug? Are you fed up with all or stuff and ready to radically clear your space? The posts below include tons of decluttering ideas and home organization hacks that will help you declutter your home in no time.  Whether you’re looking to start a minimalist living journey or simply to do a closet clean out to refresh your wardrobe, this is the best place to start! How to Declutter Clothes: 10 Questions to Purge Your Closet Because of the popularity of fast fashion, just about all of us have way too many clothes. And yet, a closet clean out can be one of the most emotionally taxing projects you can…

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    How to Get Inspired to Start Living a Minimalist Life This Year

    The transition to a new calendar year is a time when many of us want to start fresh. We write resolutions and goals to create the lives we want. But sometimes, especially for those of us in the Northern hemisphere, the bitter cold and dark of January 1 is not exactly a high-energy time to implement change. But that doesn’t mean you can’t start new habits at this time. You just need a little extra motivation. If one of your goals is to start living a minimalist life this year, here are the best ways I’ve found to get inspiration.  Most of these suggestions are super low effort – you can do them even while hungover and sleep deprived on New Year’s Day. But…