Category: Slow Living

  • How to Romanticize Your Life

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    Dear Gentle Reader, It is I, Lady Whistledown… Well, I wish, anyway. If you haven’t gathered, I am a fan of the Netflix series “Bridgerton“. While I do liken myself to “a Penelope” – introverted, a bit awkward, and a lover of the written word – my life is not quite as romantic as hers.…

  • I Did a Slow Living Challenge – Here’s What Happened

    As promised, I completed the Slow Living Challenge right along with you all. During those 28 days, my life should have been very hectic. We are finishing building our house, I am starting this blog, and my kids were finishing up their school year. It normally would have been a time of high stress, over-working,…

  • The Ultimate List of Slow Living Hobbies

    I have to honest with you. Before I started on my journey to slow living I had no idea what hobbies I liked. My mom would actually pose this question to me when I would call her to vent about being overworked and overtired. She would say “What does Ashley want?” I couldn’t even give…

  • Slow Living Challenge – Part Four

    Be a curator of your life. Slowly cut things out until you’re left only with what you love, with what’s necessary, with what makes you happy. Leo Babauta We have reached the end of our slow living month. We have gained a new appreciation for life and how adopting a slower more sustainable pace is…

  • The Path to Living Again: 8 Steps to a Slow Living Lifestyle

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    My Path to Slow Living For a long time I felt if I wasn’t doing something productive I was wasting time. What was the point of living if I wasn’t busy? I felt incredible guilt. Guilt for wasting my potential. Guilt for not earning an income while being a stay at home mom. And then…

  • Summer Bucket List for Families

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    Summer break is just around the corner. The temperatures are rising and the kids are itching to make up for lost time outside. But for all kids, the novelty of summer break wears off and they get stuck in a rut of binge watching Netflix or sleeping the day away. I created a short but…