Category: Challenges
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What happened to no-spend September?
This week, I have a confession. Remember when I was all enthusiastic about starting no-spend September this year? Mm, well, life happened. I definitely didn’t no-spend. I spent less. But not nothing. And I barely tackled my pantry and freezer inventories. I’d like to say life just happened. Which it sort of did. But also,…
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Friends Push Each Other
Sarah and I have known each other for a long time. We haven’t always been friends but having kids seems to bring people together. I’m so thankful for Sarah. I have lots of dreams that I talk about flippantly because putting them in to motion takes work. Anything I mention around Sarah gets scheduled into…
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No-Spend September 2023: Week 1
This week, I got crafty to make my overly optimistic $50 grocery budget work. I was planning to do BJ’s pick-up and keep to a simplified shopping list, but then I noticed a $10 off $60 coupon in my Target Circle app. I opted to take advantage of this offer and the remaining merchandise credit…
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No-Spend September 2023
This week, I am meal planning for September! Similar to last year, I am preparing in these final weeks of August for a no-spend September challenge. I detailed four weeks of groceries and meals in a series last September; here’s my week one post if you want to look back at September 2022. I wanted…
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20K May
This week, I wanted to share a challenge that I decided to undertake midway through the month! Halfway through May, I started thinking about making another attempt at achieving 20,000 steps per day. I previously attempted “Walktober” back in October 2022, but I just couldn’t hit the daily goal. Well, as I was contemplating this endeavor,…
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Wardrobe Reevaluation
This week, I wanted to share what I have been doing with my wardrobe. Sarah shared how she once again reassessed and minimized her wardrobe back in September. I have similarly been gradually slimming down my own collection of clothing. Over the last six years, I have been pursuing a life with less by making…
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November Minimalism Challenge: Days 16-30
This week, I am recapping the second half of the Modern Minimalism 30-day challenge I undertook for November. I previously detailed the first fifteen days in my earlier post. Note that I definitely customize this a lot and don’t feel the need to stick rigidly to completing every item as described in the original post.…
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November Minimalism Challenge
This month, I opted to complete Modern Minimalism’s 30-day challenge. Robyn previously mentioned her experience with the challenge and the “kitchen shutdown” she instilled each morning (an expansion of the “nightly reset” suggested in the challenge). I decided to complete the various items in a somewhat random order, choosing a challenge for each day based on my available time,…
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Minimal Meals Month: In Review
This week, A and I spent some time dissecting the month (even though it wasn’t over yet) and deciding if the month of minimal meals accomplished what I had hoped it would. My goals this month were: Simplify meal prepping Simplify my grocery list-making and shopping Streamline meal planning Increase appreciation (among us all) for…
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Minimal Meals Month: Week Four
This week is the last full week in our challenge, and we had some more deviations from our list. Overall though, the week was chock full of yummy meals and (mostly) everyone was happy! If you need a refresher, here is the initial post explaining what “Minimal Meals Month” entails. You can also read a…