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    Lifestyle,  Simple Living

    What Not to Do While Trying to Simplify Your Life

    Many people unknowingly make their journey stressful while trying to simplify their lives. Life naturally comes with different kinds of complications as we grow up. But most of those complications are the results of our choices, decisions, and habits. We often make things more complicated than they need to be without even realizing that. If you are trying to simplify your life so you can focus more on what is important and meaningful, you need to stop doing certain things that can make life unnecessarily harder for you. While trying to simplify your life, it’s important that you don’t do things that can delay the process or make your struggles…

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    6 Tips for Saying No to People Without Feeling Guilty

    Saying “no” to others when we don’t want to say “yes” is something most of us need to learn in order to simplify our lives. It’s a form of self-care, too. But sometime it’s really difficult to say “no” to other people, especially if you are a kind person and really want to help them. You may have time constraints or other priorities and commitments that won’t allow you to do something for somebody. But you are afraid that if you say straight “no” to them, it might hurt his/her feeling. You are also afraid if you reject him/her, the person may get unhappy or angry, which may lead to an…

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    19 Ways to Make Your Life Better

    In this time and age, we are all keeping busy, and all of us are struggling with something. Life can sometimes be overwhelming and very stressful. At times, we may even feel like we are not living the life we have always wanted to, because having a busy life doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a meaningful and fulfilling one. If you are tired of the life you are living and looking for simple ways to make your life better, here are 19 simple things you can start implementing right away that will make you happier, healthier, and more productive! 1. Get enough sleep We all know, more or less, the importance of getting…

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    Why My Kids (and Yours!) Don’t Need a Lot of Toys

    I have two beautiful young kids. One is thirteen and the other one is six. Before my older one was born, I had decided that I won’t buy a lot of toys for my children to play with, and I didn’t. Many of you may find it little hard to believe that altogether I only spent somewhere between $125 to $150 over the years on toys (new toys, not used) for my 1st child, and even less for my younger one since he inherited some cool toys from his older sister. According to a recently conducted research, the average amount spent on toys per child in 2017 was highest in…

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    Lifestyle,  Simple Living

    How I Keep My Life Simple (and You Can, Too!)

    A simple life doesn’t just happen. You need to work on simplifying your life in order to live simply. Life has a tendency to get easily complicated if you don’t take care of your physical, mental, emotional, and financial issues, and don’t try to manage them well by keeping things simple. “To realize the soothing power of a simple life is to find the secret of happiness!”. ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan. A simple life is usually a happy life. Simplifying your life will bring you balance, freedom, joy, and peace of mind. When you get rid of the stuff or people that make life complicated and stressful, you find more…