As recently as the 1980’s, many Americans watched nearly 4 hours of TV each day. There was no DVR or streaming or Youtube, just a handful of channels that occasionally had something interesting to…

The times of my life when I was most at peace and most content have all been times when I was living simply and avoiding excess of any kind. These periods of my life…

If we desire to live with less stress, the most obvious place to start is removing the stressors we ourselves have added to our plate. One of the biggest sources of internal stress that…

Whenever I find myself feeling nostalgic about “how things used to be,” I remind myself that every generation has looked back at their childhood with rose-tinted glasses. It’s a natural part of life for…

If you’re applying minimalism to your life, you’ve no doubt been trying to remove the non-essential. Everyone’s version of minimalism is different, but for me this has meant eliminating busyness that’s just for the…

Do you ever feel nostalgic for a time and place you never visited? Many of us have a love for the simple, agrarian lifestyle of rural life in the mid 20th century, shaped by…

We live in an age of excitement and expectation. The internet is filled with inspiring stories of people doing amazing things across the globe. And many of us believe that our own lives can…

In today’s culture, bigger is often equated with better. There’s a constant pressure in nearly every area of life to strive for more, accumulate more, and push yourself to achieve greater things—in the name…

If you’re in the market for a new home, or simply love being around buildings with more character, you may have stumbled upon a fact that surprises you: new homes are less interesting than…

In our modern lives, subscriptions have become more and more prevalent. What started out as a few magazine and newspaper subscriptions has grown into everything being available as a subscription. A subscription promises to…

I don’t know about you, but food has always been strongly tied to my emotions and memories. So many positive experiences in my life have been with family and friends around a table or…

I have a theory that most of us underestimate the effects of stress in our lives. Not only the ways it affects our mental health and emotional stability, but also how it can lead…