No time to read you say? Set up a daily routine for yourself and carve out some YOU time! I feel energized when I read about others pursuing my same interests. I feel inspired when I read about and learn new things. I feel peaceful when I read the scriptures and other books that uplift […]
Category: Personal
Living Simpler: 3 Ways My Family Vacation was a Good Reminder
We recently went on a week long vacation to Cancun, Mexico with all three of our young children. Now, here is where the resort images begin swimming into your head right? Well- we thought we would be different- separate ourselves from the resort style vacationing and go adventuring into the unknown. See the sights and […]
10 Digital Decluttering Tips
Your inbox has thousands of messages. Your smartphone notification window is alerting you to 6 different social media apps that need your attention. You have 19 tabs open, each with some purpose that you’ve probably already forgotten. You have a conversation going with a family member in a variety of different places — text […]
How I Rise & Shine
When do you wake up? Are you good at waking up early? Are you a morning person? Waking up early for me is really hard. I mean, like, REALLY hard. When I read the section in Ruth Soukup’s book, Living Well Spending Less, about how she has set up her morning routine I thought, “YES! […]
The Shortest Cheat Sheet on Joy
I don’t know about you but one of my favorite things in school was when some crazy person made a little cheat sheet of notes to study for a test and shared it! ha ha! So I just called myself crazy. And short. I just realized that. Both of which are true. Oh well. The […]
10 Signs You Should Consider Finding Your Core Values
Do any of these statements ring true for you? Are you answering yes to even one? 10. I have too many “friends” or random relationships I can’t keep up with 9. I feel like you don’t know who I am any more 8. My kids/family have taken over my hobbies 7. I don’t think I […]
I Am Simply- ME
I have a confession. I confess that I have no confession. Ha! So I’m not trying to sound profound or poetic or anything. I am confessing that I don’t have a truly tragic life story, a magnanimous life of wealth and beauty, or a super successful career. I am not a published author or inventor […]
How to go 360° in 360 Days
A month by month challenge to simplify and empower your whole world. Diving into the deep waters of finding myself and my core values inspired me to remove from my life everything that was not absolutely fulfilling. The whole minimalist movement has been pretty big so it was already on my radar. At a glance […]
Hi I’m Taylor
Hi, I’m And I am…well, I am all sorts of things. That’s why I’m here writing on this blog. I am on a quest to figure out better who I am and plow a path through the clutter of life to a vision I have of my future. To a bright light […]