My Favorite Productivity Tools & Habits
Productivity Tools Do! app on my iPod. Marketed as “the best simple to-do list” and I agree. I love the handwritten look and the ability to cross-off an item with the tap of my finger. The...
View ArticleHere’s What I Do When I Get Stuck
I’m 34,447 words into ARROWS, my next novel, and each day I wake up with a smile on my face and words simply flow from my fingertips onto the page and when I read over them, I smile even more, and...
View ArticleBook Sale! (Homemaking Edition)
The Hybrid Homemaker is on sale! That’s because I love you so much. The deal is, today through Friday, you can buy the book I wrote about my journey to a simpler life and receive four additional books...
View ArticleWant to Write a Book? 10 Simple Tips
Write the book. Don’t stop until you get to THE END. Join a writing group. (I belong to the SCBWI.) Read books in the genre you want to write. Learn about plot. Revise. This will require more sitting...
View ArticleExperiment: Letting Go of the Need to Do Everything
Can knowing what you’re good at help you simplify your life? Reading this post on Zen Habits reminded me of a conversation I was having with my sisters about motherhood and housekeeping. We were...
View ArticleCelebrating Our Strengths (share yours here)
Last week, I decided to begin a simplicity experiment based the idea that we can let go of the need to do everything. Here’s that post, in case you missed it: Experiment: Letting Go of the Need to Do...
View ArticleHow to Simplify Your Life: Weaknesses List
If you haven’t been following my simplicity experiment, you can read the first two posts here: Experiment: Letting Go of the Need to Do Everything Celebrating Our Strengths Today, I want to talk about...
View ArticleHow to Simplify Cooking
I’ve never enjoyed cooking, not even when I was younger. That’s why, instead of learning how to cook, I spent hours writing. That’s just me. Now that I’m older and have a family, my lack of enthusiasm...
View ArticleRevised: What to Put in Camping Bins
A reader recently requested via my Facebook page (go like it now!) that I write a post about how to stay organized for camping. Thank you! I love hearing your ideas! My family usually tent camps a...
View ArticleLight the Dreary Dark of Winter with ‘Hygge’
Winter in Wisconsin is not my favorite. But alas, it’s coming, soon, and like every unpleasant experience in life, I will follow this code: enjoy it, or make it enjoyable. That’s why I went a little...
View Article2nd Annual Simplify Your Family Life Sale Now Live (Bonus: My Book Free to...
NOTE: SALE NOW CLOSED * * * If you want to save money on 38 books that will simplify your family life, keep reading. This sale only comes once a year. For the next four days, you can purchase $375...
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