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The Best Decluttering Exercise
This past week my wife and I checked out smaller homes in our town to potentially move into. Although we ultimately decided to stay in our current home (for now), we pretended we were moving anyway...
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The Importance of Finding Daily Solitude
The most valuable lesson I learned in music school was that the best work gets done when you are alone in a practice room. Solitude. Solitude is not as easy to come by these days with TV, the internet,...
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How to Reclaim Your Life from Clutter
For years my family and I have traveled to Vermont to work at our camp. We leave behind the large NJ home and live in a 1100 square foot cottage with our two kids and our dog. Our strategy for packing...
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The Path to Fewer (and Better) Toys
This is a guest post from Joy at Joyfully Green. Joy blogs about ways for people to make meaningful differences and eco-conscious decisions in their daily lives. Her blog is extremely educational, so...
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How Much is Really Necessary?
I have arrived in Vermont for a 7 week stint at the summer camp I run with my wife. This is always an extremely exciting time for me for a lot of reasons; many of which I will write about over the...
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The Beauty of (Almost) Going Tech-Free
Opening weekend at my camp has come to an end, and our policy has allowed 130 students and faculty present to take themselves “off the grid”: No computers, no cell phones, no iPads. The craziest part?...
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Lessons Learned From 7 Weeks in the Woods
I just came back from living in Vermont for over 7 weeks, and I feel rejuvenated (as always is the case!). To leave the suburbs of New Jersey and the craziness of New York City for some time is always...
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When Paying Down Debt, Downsizing, Decluttering and Simplifying Allows Your...
“A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.” ~H.D. Thoreau, 1817-1862 My, oh my, how my life has changed in the past two years. Anyone who has read this blog long...
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The 80-20 Money Saving Formula
The 80-20 Money Saving Formula Saving is one of the hardest things to do especially if you have never followed the 80-20 money saving formula. Saving is one of the hardest things to do especially if...
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Debt Reduction Strategies
Debt reduction strategies are an important part of any plan to get out of debt. Debt reduction strategies are an important part of any plan to get out of debt. First, you have to be resolute in your...
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