What is SOFT LIFE? Lately I’ve been reading about SOFT LIFE and videos are starting to pop up all over the internet. Everyone seems to be whispering about SOFT LIFE. Since I’ve been “adulting” for over 30 years, I thought I had a few pearls of wisdom to share. There’s […]
Minimalism, Decluttering and Downsizing: Live large in a small space.
Downsizing. It’s a trend. It’s all over the YouTubes. All the cool kids are doing it, what are you waiting for? Welcome to a quick post about the past 3 months with downsizing our lives and our home. My Uncle Thom made a great comment about downsizing that sums up […]
Motivation to Minimize Your Life and Your Home
We live in a world that has shopping conveniently located at your fingertips. Makes it really easy to turn window shopping into doorstep delivery. OH Ye Olde Amazon, you are a wicked and beautiful creature. Always tempting my eyes and fingers with a world of shopping. Yeah, at times I’ve […]
Warning : Be careful what you wish for! Embrace Downsizing.
Making a big life decision. We’re embracing minimalism, downsizing our 2400 sqft house and will be moving into 1600 sqft. This change has happened upon me and the family very quickly. Over the past few months I’ve been watching a lot of YouTube videos about downsizing and minimalism, and organization […]
How to apply the SEVEN deadly sins to daily life decisions.
Have you watched the movie SEVEN? If so you know the line, “What’s in the box… WHAT’S IN THE BOX?” What an amazing scene. Pitt and Freeman, Freeman and Pitt… brilliant, amazing, believable. They’re top notch actors for real. We tend to reenact that scene every time the AMAZON or […]
Gigantic decision: When to say goodbye to your dog
This is my personal experience of making the decision to say goodbye to my dog, and the decision to call a compassionate pet vet.
Dear Covid, a short message from 2020. Love, thatgirljen
It’s been more than a while since I’ve posted on thatgirljen. When Covid-19 spread across the globe, much of the world stopped in its tracks. Priorities shifted as things changed and life was re-evaluated. With all the influx of conflicting information, it’s been the blind leading the deaf. No one […]
I’ve been updating my wardrobe!
During 2020, I realized that I (like most) rarely wear the majority of the stuff hanging in my closet. Throughout 2020 I’ve been making room in my closet. I really haven’t had the need for new clothes, I haven’t been going anywhere lately. HAHAHA – covid joke! But with extra […]
REAL Reality TV – Educational Victorian Series and Edwardian Farm
Who doesn’t love watching reality TV? Seems like every single channel has some sort of “reality based” show to serve up to the masses, who religiously tune in weekly. I remember some of the first reality TV shows. I loved the first season of the Real World, there was the […]
Breaking up with your closet.
Ever stare at the clothes hanging in your closet or folded in your dresser drawers and say out loud to yourself, “I have nothing to wear!” Yeah, me too… When this happens, it might be time to break up; and I’ve done this a few times over the years, however […]