2.00 – Some sharing/renting situations are quite common place, but some are less common.

2.55 – A review of my capsule wardrobe whilst travelling (very limited and yet still more than I needed) and why it was fantastic

6.00 – The paradox of having more choice in my wardrobe and why it is

8.30 – The ‘just in case’ wardrobe

10.15 – exploring the renting option for clothes

12.00 – Finding diamonds in the 2nd hand market

13.35 – A practical way to deal with the ‘just in case’ clothes

Find me on Facebook and Instagram @KickstartLiving

Or at www.kickstartliving.com

0.22 – In this episode I’m talking about stuff, our things and how things impact our lives.

1.23 – The Minimalists challenge, how it works and why I did it.

2.00 – Of almost 500 possessions that I removed from my home, there was only 1 thing that was hard to part with.

3.50 – How good it felt to part with things that I no longer needed and to actually make the decision about whether keep it or move it on.

6.27 – What we found when we stopped keeping on top of things with tidying the house and how much it affected our energy.

7.50 – How our world has changed massively in the past 50-60 years in terms of sensory input but our brains haven’t evolved to handle all of this input.

9.30 – Starting out with small experiments to see how much having less stuff around us is impacting us.

11.20 – How we downsized with a growing family and reducing our linen storage by ¾ - and realized we still had everything we needed.

12.30 – How we fit everything we need for a family of 5 to live into 18m2 and realized we still had everything we needed

14.48 – The experiment I tried with having less toys for the kids and how much more they play with them.

Find me on Facebook and Instagram @KickstartLiving

Or at www.kickstartliving.com

0.41 – In this episode I discuss how I’m navigating trying to create a simpler, more sustainable and more intentional life in a busy, modern world.

1.00 – The glorification of being busy and being done with the constant running

2.00 – Just because there are options, doesn’t mean we have to choose them.

2.30 - How I found myself constantly busy, and even when I wasn’t I felt guilty about not being busy.

3.20 – The start of living with less stuff and reaping the benefits of having less

6.28 – The enforced experiment of keeping things clean and tidy and what I learnt from this.

8.55 – The unexpected side effect of our decluttering experience

10.23 – what sustainable living means to me. It’s more than just being sustainable for the planet. It’s got to be sustainable for our time, our energy and our finances as well.

10.46 – How doing things that we know aren’t sustainable for us, and we justify it by being ‘just for a set period of time’ and how it can end up being replaced by the next thing and the next thing and becomes an ongoing cycle of busyness.

11.50 – How the cycle of living slower and having less stuff can perpetuate itself and it all gets easier.

13.15 – The liberation that comes with recognizing that everything in our lives is because we have chosen it. If we have the power to create it, then we also have the power to change it and how empowering that realization is.

Find me on Facebook and Instagram @KickstartLiving

Or at www.kickstartliving.com

After becoming a parent, I found myself constantly busy with life. Juggling work, kids, daycare drops offs, home life…. All the things.

I found myself wanting things to be different. And although I wanted things to be different, I didn’t quite know what I wanted ‘different’ to look like. I just knew I wanted to slow down and have more time for the things I wanted to do. But modern life didn’t seem to allow for that. Both parents working, always something else to do or somewhere else to be.

I decided to explore what it might be like if things were different and whether I could make that a reality. To slow down, be more intentional with my time and to live in a way that is sustainable for me, as well as my family. All the while seeking out a bit more happiness.

Find me on Facebook and Instagram @KickstartLiving 

Or at www.kickstartliving.com