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5 Books to Read That Will Inspire You To Declutter

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This post contains affiliate links. Click here for full disclaimer. When you have too much stuff, it can feel overwhelming to decide where to start the decluttering process. Fortunately, there are many decluttering experts out there who have laid out the steps for us to get started on a delcuttering project. Here are five books that will give you the…
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12 Affirmations for Kids That Will Make Them Feel Good

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This post contains affiliate links. Click here for full disclaimer.   I love affirmations. I learned about affirmations from the woman who started it all: Louise Hay. If you haven’t read You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay, that’s my number one book recommendation for the day. I listened to this book on audio from the library a few years…
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How to Keep Decluttered Kitchen Counters in a Small House

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When the kitchen counters are decluttered and everything is hidden away, everything is right in the world. When stuff is scattered everywhere, I feel unsettled by the bombardment of reminders of so much to be done. A few years ago I wrote a post about how we kept our kitchen counters decluttered in our very large kitchen (about twice the…
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A Simple Toy Rotation System That Will Make Your Life Easier

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I used to be a person who overcomplicates things. Ok, I still am. But I’m working on it. One area that I could have gone crazy trying to overcomplicate is the idea of the toy rotation system. I recently realized it doesn’t have to be this complex plan with an Excel spreadsheet detailing each item (kidding about the spreadsheet, of…
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12 Quotes That Will Inspire You to Be a Minimalist

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*This post contains affiliate links. Back when I first read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo, I instantly became a Marie Kondo junkie. Before that, I was a Julie Morgenstern junkie. My favorite Julie Morgenstern book is When Organizing Isn’t Enough: SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life. I read it years ago and have carried it with…
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Hi! I'm Annie. Welcome to Awaken and Begin! I started this blog several years ago to share my ideas about being healthy, remaining calm and centered, getting organized, and being productive. Now that I’m a mom, I’m making my best attempt at surviving and occasionally simplifying mom life. Read More…

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Emma hair update 💖 her curls ❤️🥰❤️ Emma hair update 💖 her curls ❤️🥰❤️
I normally find putting away Christmas decorations I normally find putting away Christmas decorations to be annoying/depressing/burdensome. But I'm excited to finally get my garage bins labeled and organized so it has actually been kind of nice to start putting a few things away. The tree stays though. At least until my bday this month because that's tradition 💖
My bedroom/office update I have been working on ov My bedroom/office update I have been working on over the past few days. Don't be fooled though - there's still a final junk pile in this room, and the rest of the house and our closet will be keeping me busy for the foreseeable future. But I genuinely love getting organized. And also I think it's a lie that you just have to get tidy once and then you can relax and not worry about it. It's a constant thing to be organized and I'm feeling a strong "I can't live like this anymore" vibe against the clutter at the moment 💖 •
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Throwback to when it was Christmas Eve, my Christm Throwback to when it was Christmas Eve, my Christmas tree candle still had a little life left, and I ate way too many overdone cookies just because they were there but also under the guise of creating a realistic Santa cookie plate experience...for no one but myself because no one else noticed or cared 🤣 Oh and the sidebar was decluttered for about 30 seconds 💖
The scene from about 2 am this morning. I like tak The scene from about 2 am this morning. I like taking my perfectly staged photo so I can remember that moment when...swipe 🎄❤️
We "made" cookies for Santa...I bought cookie doug We "made" cookies for Santa...I bought cookie dough and we added green icing and red sprinkles 🎄Merry Christmas ❤️🎄
We had fun at the @sharemoresmiles Christmas party We had fun at the @sharemoresmiles Christmas party last night 🎄 We took a party bus to the @phoenixzoo to see the Zoo Lights! The lights were beautiful and the girls stayed up later than ever in life. Claire is decidedly our party animal 🤣🎄Oh and Michael was right...most people did not get our sweaters 🤣 However, it was fun to hear "I don't know MARGO!" Yelled our by a random zoo-goer in close proximity 🎄•
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Getting ready for the @sharemoresmiles Christmas p Getting ready for the @sharemoresmiles Christmas party 🎄
Enjoying a moment of simplicity with a bit less st Enjoying a moment of simplicity with a bit less stress ❤️🎄 I finally managed to get the kitchen counters free of clutter once again. The rest of the house...I'm still working on ;)
When Emma fit in a pouch like a baby kangaroo 💖 When Emma fit in a pouch like a baby kangaroo 💖
When Emma was a newspaper girl 😉💖😂 When Emma was a newspaper girl 😉💖😂
Watching Charlie Brown Christmas the other night.. Watching Charlie Brown Christmas the other night...I just realized, next to our Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Haha 🎄#christmastimeishere
Latest wall collage ❤️ "Little house lots of l Latest wall collage ❤️ "Little house lots of love" is one of my favorites 💖 Also the little Christmas tree is one of my favorites 🎄
I'm on crunch time with this photo book 😬 I gue I'm on crunch time with this photo book 😬 I guess I'm kind of doing things backwards and now going back and editing some of the darker photos now that I have them in place in the book. But I'm really loving how my Lightroom presets are making these photos look so much better ❤️ One of my favorites from Claire's 1st Christmas 🎄
Our successful play dough making session for the w Our successful play dough making session for the week. The other one did not end so well. So not all toddler activities go perfectly as planned ;)
Does this count for participation in #30daysofplai Does this count for participation in #30daysofplaid ? ❤️🎄 @greenhillspediatricdentistry
The girls now routinely ask to go in the car to go The girls now routinely ask to go in the car to go to daddy's office since we went to visit last week 💖 @sharemoresmiles •
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Well I had to make the executive decision to chang Well I had to make the executive decision to change the title of my photo book from "The First Years" to "The Baby Years" because I'm up to Emma's 9 month photos and have 2 pages left out of 40. So maybe there will be a sequel book next year called "The Toddler Years"...or something. Maybe.🤷‍♀️
Sometimes you know you will regret not getting the Sometimes you know you will regret not getting the picture, so you take it ❤️ •
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Loved her ice cream cone yesterday🍦 Loved her ice cream cone yesterday🍦
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