Secrets of the Perpetually Unhappy
This post was originally published in June last year. Please enjoy again or for the first time. I think it’s safe to say that most of us are searching for happiness. If you have already found it well done! But there are several people who remain quite unhappy and I’m about to share their secrets [...]
Giving Rules The Flick
Rules rules rules. We are given rules to follow as soon as we’re born. You must pick up your toys, you must be nice, you must be home by a certain time etc. As we grow older there are more rules, start work at 8 and leave at 4, an hour for lunch, show respect [...]
Purge Just 7 Things – A Weekend Challenge
This was originally published in April, 2009. Getting bogged down with stuff? Me too. It’s no secret that I love simplicity, decluttering and organizing but I’m by no means perfect in any of these regards. In fact things are starting to pile up around the house and I feel that there is stuff everywhere. But [...]
I Can’t Do It
These are four words I haven’t said too often and it’s also rare that any of my family members ever say them. I’ve been fortunate enough to be surrounded by people who know deep down they can do what they want if they just put their minds to it. Just because they aren’t doing X,Y, [...]
Listbean Revealed and Decluttering – How To Get Started
Hello everyone! It’s Monday, we’re just coming off a great weekend and I am proud and super excited to introduce you to our newest online project. It’s been several months in the making and while it’ll be a continual labor of love, today is the day we release it into the wild. I hope it [...]
5 Things To Do Today To Get Your Yard in Gear
The winter months provide excellent opportunities to tackle the clutter we have inside. For several long, dark and cold months we’ve had plenty of time to purge, clean, sort and organize inside and now that the nice weather is raising its weary head, it’s time to take it outside. There are a lot of things [...]
Making Summer Last Through Pictures
Summer is always over too soon in my mind. It seems like we get out of the deep freeze just in time to thaw out only to have it start cooling again and then it’s back to the freezer. How can we make summer last a little longer? Well slowing down and having the presence [...]
Getting My Mojo Back
Okay I’m back everyone. I know you missed me It’s been a wild past couple of weeks (okay not really) but the flu and colds have been running through the house. We’ve been laying low and taking care of each other but this cold thing is certainly overstaying it’s welcome. This week we’ve decided enough [...]
A New Way To Get Organized
I’m very excited to be able to introduce you to Serene Journey’s very first sponsor! The folks over at Simplify 101 are lovely and really know their stuff. You can check them out by following any of the links in this post and you will see them all month long over on the right as [...]
The Book of Awesome – Winner Announced
Thank you everyone for sharing your awesome thing. I literally smiled at each one and they were all so heart warming. There were 28 of you who shared your awesome thing and the winner of the signed copy of Neil’s book The Book of Awesome is: Sheila who shared: It is awesome to be able [...]
