claim your light
Want to stop spending so much time on the mundane parts of mothering? Here I'm sharing all my tips, tricks, and go-to tools to help you simplify your lifestyle and earn more free time.
image via Unsplash Because I hate cleaning but love living in clean, I’m always looking for ways to make housework work work better for me. Besides cutting my laundry back to just five total loads a week for our family of five (yes, that includes sheets, towels, and all our clothes!), here are a few other ideas I love for… Read More
I think it is pretty safe to say that getting a kid to put his shoes on is one of the universal struggles of parenthood. I’m not talking about learning to put shoes on. No. It makes sense that learning how to wrangle your tiny foot into a tiny shoe for the first time might be challenging. I’m not even… Read More
You’re perched on the starting block over an Olympic-sized pool, fingers gripping the base as the toes of your leading foot curl over the edge. Your heart pounds and your whole body crackles with an electric energy–part terror, part determination–as you stare into the water. The pressure is so intense you can barely breathe. You’re about to swim a 400m… Read More
Do you ever feel like you’re the hub of a wheel? You’re stuck in the center, spinning fast and pulled in a million directions, but somehow expected to hold everything together in a perfect circle. My weeks get like that, too. There are so many things that need to be purchased, fixed, put away, and cleaned up. So many errands… Read More
