Research has shown that spending money on experiences makes people happier than buying stuff. It’s obvious, but can be easy to forget. Especially when we’re lusting after the latest iPhone, car, designer jeans, etc. If you find yourself obsessing over stuff come and spend some time reading posts in this category. Alternatively, eat some gelato.
Stop! Before you start packing for your road trip with every camping gadget under the sun, let’s take a step back and breathe…and maybe put down that inflatable kayak. We get it, car camping can be overwhelming, but here’s the thing: When you’re first dipping a toe in the camping water, there really isn’t a…
Making time for the things that matter, matters. Are you good at the busy stuff, but not so great at the important stuff? Don’t feel bad, that’s most of us. Just because modern-day living has conditioned us to place productivity above self-care, doesn’t mean we have to. I mean, we’re still the boss of us. Whoever…
It’s been two months since we untethered ourselves from city life (and all its creature comforts) and set off on our mission to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Although truth be told, at the time we didn’t realize that was our mission. If we had, we’d most likely still be in the Mother City quaffing…
Remember how I told you we’d be spending October woofing on a sustainable permaculture farm in De Rust? Well, it turns out we’re not so much woofing as we are house-sitting the place. The first sign that all was not as we’d assumed was when Ross took us on a tour of their cob house and…
Back in 2008, we didn’t even know what minimalism was. Then, faced with the daunting prospect of yet another move, I got a bee in my bonnet and insisted we sell all our stuff. In the end, we only sold most of it, but still. We thought we’d invented a new way of living and…
