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A little re planning
Now that I’m over the initial euphoria of quitting my job, my mind has been spinning with all the changes it will bring to our life. We know that our goals for the next few years will need to be adjusted, but this is ok; we are looking forwa...
Bad Habits!
As I’ve moved towards a simpler, greener lifestyle there are certain things that I’ve tried to do, that make a small difference to how I live my life. Not massive things, just little stuff. Lately I’m finding myself slipping back ...
Link Round Up: Life Planning
While I take some time to digest the events of the last few days and decide what I really want to do; my head is spinning with stuff, here are some posts that have inspired me. Go Ahead, Just Run Through The Fountain Live Simply and Save The Dra...
Big Change: I’m escaping the 8 to 8
Please don’t be too shocked but I’ve actually done the craziest (probably) thing I’ve ever done. I quit my job. I have a few more weeks and then I’m out of the corporate world. This was a joint decision between me and my husba...
Rent or Sell? The Decision
A little while ago I posted about how undecided we were on whether to rent out or sell our house when the move happens. We’ve finally made a decision, I think the photo probably gives it away! We aregoing to rent out our house. There are a coup...
Simple and Automatic
How do you run your bank accounts? Is everything manual or automatic? Or do you do a mixture of both? I found one of the best ways to reduce our outgoings, early on in our goal to move to Portugal, was to eliminate every miscellaneous automatic paym...
More Reducing!
Hello everybody Where did the last ten days go? I’m so behind on my posting! I’m in full scale ‘reducing my belongings mode’ as simplyfing of my clothing is quite possibly the best thing I’ve ever done. I feel constan...
Simplifying and Reducing: How far can I go?
This title should read how far can I go or how far do I want to go? Since posting last week about my wardrobe clear out, I’ve been pondering these questions. I feel liberated by my clothing reduction, it feels great, and now I’m turning ...
Simplifying and Reducing My Clothing
My self imposed ban on buying clothes has been going for 8 months now and so far so good. It’s really focusing me on what I actually need versus what I want, and I feel much better for it. Ever since I can remember I’ve had too many cloth...
Organising: Packing My Case
I’ll start off by saying that I love packing, it’s a mixture of holiday excitement and getting to organise a case. When we go on holiday we pack as lightly as possible, taking one case and one piece of hand luggage. For hand luggage I u...
Getting The Basics Right
To me simple living is exactly what it says, simple; not complicated. Everything you do should be stress free and simple. Your daily food, your finances, your relationships, your holidays, even your email system, should be easy and simple. I’...
Getting A Life
This week I’ve started to read a book called Getting A Life after it was recommended by Tony. The book is about real lives transformed by the nine steps of Your Money of Your Life. So far it’s great; it really sums up how we feel about e...
Weekly Update: July 12th 2009
I blogged about getting into the garden in April and it’s taken until now to make a little progress. We’re trying to get it back to (almost) zero so that it’s low maintenance; I have fence painting pencilled in for August and once ...
I Love Sundays
Yay it’s Sunday! Today I woke up at 9.30am for the first time since about 1987. It may not have been that long ago, but it sure feels like it. Today is going to be a nice simple day spent in the garden. Thank you for all your thoughts and comme...
June Goals - A Little Late!
I’m a little late with these this month, and I’m not the only one, but I’m trying really hard to slow down. I’m aiming for a month of really easy living outside of work. Sometimes it’s just easier to go with the flow and...
Baby Steps To Your Dream
Well I’m back from Lisbon and feeling very refreshed, well apart from my calves; when people tell you that it’s hilly in Lisbon, believe them, I have aches on muscles I didn’t know I had! I did a lot of thought processing in Lisbo...
Ten Things I’m Loving
It’s been a while since I did a list like this, but last time I did one, it lifted me. So here we go. Please join in and do your own list. Daisies Blueberries Lisbon Sunshine Kevin McKidd {major crush} My garden Design blogs {all blogs} Read...
Budget Meeting
Dh and I have a budget meeting today. It officially starts at 11am and we’ve had it planned all week. It assumes me that we do it this way, but it really works for us. I do all the day to day running of our joint bank account, which doesn̵...
Taking a Day Off
In a previous post Tony left a wonderful comment for me, which deserves its own post, about how he had made time for the things that are important to him; how he always keeps his end goal in mind. I do, do that. I have our end goal in mind 100% of t...
Talking a Good Game
There has been a distinct lack of posting this week, mainly due to me trying to do too much and not achieving anything. When it comes to simplifying my life I talk a very good game, but the reality is, I’m even busier than ever. What I’ve...
What’s Your Dream?
If someone asked you to tell them your dream lifestyle, what would you answer? I’ll start off by telling you mine; I dream of living in a warm climate (Portugal) and being able to spend at least a month every year in New York. There, not much ...
Ten Day Towards Health
Frugal Trenches has spurred me and a few others into action. We’re taking part in a ‘Ten Days Towards Health Challenge’ and will be blogging our eating and excercise along the way. As you all know my eating sometimes leaves a little...
Link Love: Romance, Beauty, Simplicity and Motivation
Conscious Romance at Graceful Creative Sunday at Little Brown Pen Day 21 of 100 at Shoestring Alley Super Motivation to be Successful in Life at My Super Charged Life French Five Piece Wardrobe at On Simplicity It’s hard to find the right word...
An Easter ramble
Hi all, Happy Easter. I’ve taken a couple of days off from the Internet this weekend; we went to a friends wedding reception in a hotel which looks out over Tower Bridge in London. We took the opportunity to spend a few hours exploring the sigh...
Clearing That In Box
I have a confession to make, I have 5 email accounts, all for different purposes. One hotmail account in my maiden name, three gmail accounts and one for my small business account. Having 5 accounts does not fall under the simple living category a...
April Mini Goals
My March mini goals were a bit of a wash, apart from the purging, so I’m not aiming for too much this month. Start a small herb garden Switch to a cheaper Gas and Electric provider Do a car boot sale Sell 5 things on eBay Take all purged items...
Corners of My Home
I've had a very busy day today, moving furniture and starting the big spring clean. It's been lovely. I'm now about to sit down and start reading my new books, birthday gifts from my mum. Happy and peaceful thoughts to you all....
Corners of My Home
I’ve had a very busy day today, moving furniture and starting the big spring clean. It’s been lovely. I’m now about to sit down and start reading my new books, birthday gifts from my mum. Happy and peaceful thoughts to you all....
Spring Cleaning and Other To Do's
I'm off work for a whole week now, so this means I need to write a to do list. I'm not hopeful that the weather is going to stay nice, but it would be great to get out in the garden.Clean all the blindsClean all the windowsWash cushion coversFinish t...
Spring Cleaning and Other To Do’s
I’m off work for a whole week now, so this means I need to write a to do list. I’m not hopeful that the weather is going to stay nice, but it would be great to get out in the garden. Clean all the blinds Clean all the windows Wash cushio...
