It has been an eventful few days here at Townsend House. I expected to have my final 31 Days posts up on the actual days in October, however, life has a way of changing things. We had a bit of a power outage here for the past few days. It was definitely unexpected to have hurricane force winds come through our part of the country, and lose power for 3 days, but honestly, it was kind of … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Encouragement Going Forward
family lifestyle
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – How Simplicity Provides Freedom
Over the past several days we have been working on our big picture dreams, and figuring out how to break those down into goals. But, I know what you are asking yourself, how does simplicity provide freedom? We have managed to define that simplicity looks different for everyone. Just because someone thinks of simplicity as living off the grid does not mean that is your definition … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – How Simplicity Provides Freedom
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Dreams into Goals
Yesterday I talked about how sometimes setting goals can hold you back from reaching your dreams. I’m sure that some of you thought I might be crazy. But, honestly, when we set goals, we sometimes set the bar a little too low because we are afraid of failure, and those big dreams we have seem so far out of reach. However, I also said that setting goals is part of the process … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Dreams into Goals
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Dreams
There seem to be two types of people in this world, those who give it their all and continue to reach their dreams, and those who make excuses as to why it just isn’t happening. I happen to fall in the second camp. I am really great at figuring out what I want to do, but not so great in coming up with the steps to achieve that dream. In fact, I bet a lot of us fall into that second … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Dreams
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Values
Last week we spent a good amount of time trying to figure out why we find freedom in simplicity – and also how to manage decisions based on what is important to our family. Today I want to expand a bit on our values, and what that means for our everyday lives. When you look at your normal day to day, what do you see as the main components? It could be a number of things. For … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Values
31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Simple Living Resources
There are affiliate links in this post - thank you for supporting Townsend House! This past week we have been discussing simple living, and how to make choices and decisions a little easier to manage. I want to just preface this by saying I know that this is a first world problem. I know that the majority of the world does not have the luxury to make the choices and decisions that … [Read more...] about 31 Days of Finding Freedom in Simplicity – Simple Living Resources