29.1.16

41. Happy Friday Links


Every week I like to share wonderful reads and resources to inspire simplicity, mindfulness and living well on less


I hope you enjoy this week's compilation. I'm juggling blogging with teaching almost full time at the moment and the planning and marking are winning - just so you know where I am if I miss a post. Have a lovely weekend, friends xo

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15.1.16

40. Happy Friday Links


Every week I like to share wonderful reads and resources to inspire simplicity, mindfulness and living well on less.



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Have a great weekend.

Claire xo




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8.1.16

39. Happy Friday Links


Every week I like to share wonderful reads and resources to inspire simplicity, mindfulness and living well on less.



Take care this new year

Claire xo


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3.1.16

Minimalist and Simplicity Plans for 2016


So what are my minimalist and simple living plans for 2016? I've been mulling this over and here are my very loose ideas thus far:

  • To enjoy life. Every day to seek and acknowledge the beauty, simplicity and power of life. 
  • To work steadily on my goals and develop motivation to meet them. The time to start is now but reviewing goals regularly is important too. This year I am not settling on one word to guide me - I feel the need to explore and be multifaceted. 
  • To look forward. I'm looking forward to great new food to eat, to planting more flowers and crops in our garden and to a few short breaks away from it all.
  • To continue A year of Less Spending with as many no spend days as possible. Yay to list writing, sticking to a budget, stock taking, occasional stockpiling and eating down the contents of the freezer and food cupboard. Red cabbage anyone (we have plenty). I am happy with my wardrobe and look forward to wearing every piece throughout the year. I hope to buy very few new items this year.
  • To be more anti-consumerist and to not follow trends blindly. 
  • Keep my head in a book. In 2015 I read more than I have for many years and I believe reading helped me to both recover from and acknowledge the reality of losing my dad last January. H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald was a great help for this and my favourite read of 2015. I've started a sidebar of my reads in 2016 and may write about some of my reading.
  • To read authentic blogs. My taste in blogs has changed and so I've updated my blogroll to reflect my current taste in blogs: authentic, inspiring and no hard sell (especially of simplicity - pleeease). I did fear in 2015 that the heydey of blogging was over but I'm quietly confident that 2016 will be a great year for blogging. 
  • To take a balanced approach to health. I must be mindful to not beat myself up if I forget to meditate or miss a run. Any exercise is good. I love walking. Running is less enticing but I have vowed to run a marathon this year (to raise money for Parkinson's in honour of my dad). Wish me luck. It will be my first and (probably) last marathon.
  • To continue to declutter. There's still a need to declutter here and there but I can afford to take a relaxed attitude now that the major purging is over. 
  • To work hard but appreciate my time off and not feel guilty if it's not productive.
  • To continue writing here. There'll be very few changes but hopefully lots of enthusiasm. Happy Friday links will resume on the 8th.


Have a great first week of 2016 xo

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