Early Bird Mom

Helping you declutter your home and live with less stress and more freedom


3 easy ways to keep your smaller home organized

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Do you find it difficult to manage small house organization? This week I had a taste of small space living when we took a quick trip to the beach and stayed in a tiny two-bedroom apartment.   We're talking 600 square feet for 6 people! Sleeping and eating arrangements were tight but we had a blast. I came away with some ideas to share with you on staying organized in a small house. 3 Tips for small house organization 1. Smaller spaces demand just the necessities Organizing { Read more... }

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Top Posts of 2013

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I love analyzing numbers and discovering trends and it's been fascinating for me to see what you, my readers, are interested in. I thought it would be fun to share with you a round-up of my most popular posts of 2013. 1. 8 Reasons to Live Beneath Your Means (over 29,000 views and counting!) 2. Getting Kids to Clean Up Their Rooms – a Printable Checklist 3. Negotiate Your Utility Bills: Strategies to Use and What to Say 4. A Tour of My Low-tech Planner. Organization { Read more... }

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Top Summertime Activities for My Minimalist Kids

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Our minimal selection of toys has been reduced even further than usual this summer. We have spent the last couple months preparing to sell our house. {The amazing news is that our house sold in 24 hours!} In preparation, we decluttered (yet again) and put a lot of things away. But our kids haven't lacked for things to do. In fact, I don't even think they have missed anything. Here are the top activities my minimalist kids have been enjoying this summer. These things cost little to { Read more... }

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How Trying to Be the Mom I Thought I Should Be Kept Be From Being the Mom I Already Am

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I was putting away some homeschool materials recently and my eye settled on a box of flashcards. I found a set of world landmarks, one with animals, and a couple of those question and answer things. I had purchased these two or three years ago thinking they would be fun and educational to use with the kids. Since then, they have sat there virtually untouched. Sigh – a waste of cupboard space and money and a reminder of yet another thing I planned to do and didn't complete. I was tempted to get { Read more... }

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How to Get Your Husband to Declutter His Stuff {When You’re a Minimalist and He’s Not}

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We decluttered a good bit of our garage this weekend. A bunch of garden tools have found a new home and we have freed up a nice section of garage wall. I am so grateful that my husband is on board with {most} of my wishes to declutter. We haven't always been on the same page. In fact, early in my quest toward minimalism, I made a big mistake. I learned the hard way the first rule of getting others, especially husbands, to declutter. That rule is this: don't! Don't even try. Don't be a { Read more... }

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