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Site transformation
I’ve wanted a great looking website for a while now; one that really conveys my theme and message. So that I can have the site I envision, I am working out how to transfer and eventually change over to Squarespace (which I tried out and loved because it’s so simple and intuitive). Plus, I’ve changed and grown so exponentially that I feel like releflecting that with a new website and a fresh new design. Due to being so busy with my very demanding and very attached 5 month old, it could take a while, but I will get there as with everything else. Stay tuned.
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When Others Don’t Get It – How to Live The Life You Were Meant to Live
When you live a counter cultural lifestyle people will have something to say, usually by those closest to you. As I’ve become more and more minimalist, one of the silliest comments said to me is ‘’you won’t be happy until you’re living in a cave and shitting in a hole in the ground’. Pretty extreme, right? But, so what if that WAS the way I’d be happy? (I wouldn’t be, but still…what if?) I also recently left Whatsapp and Facebook and some of the comments were ones of downright panic and exasperation. “But how will you keep in contact with people? It’s kind of stupid in this climate!” But I…
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When the Mask Falls – Discovering the Truth About Myself Through Minimalism and Slow Living
Some time has passed since my last post, but truthfully, I’ve been going through a few things, and I’ve also discovered something big about myself in the healing process. I’ll start by briefly mentioning that I’m in the process of healing for postnatal OCD, obsessively checking on my baby daughter, having terrible intrusive thoughts, and horrendous night terrors that have woken me almost as much as the baby. To say I’ve been exhausted is an understatement. My mind and body have been completely totalled. I was still going out for long daily walks but that itself wasn’t fixing anything. I couldn’t understand why I felt so completely overwhelmed even when…