I’ve heard it said that when you simplify you elevate the more ordinary parts of your life to be more beautiful and I think that stands out to me as my favorite part of slow and simple living.

I think it stands being talked about that only about 2 percent of our lives are spent in the truly EXTRA ordinary- the proposal, the big day, the birth of a child, the travels, the out to dinner dates, and that’s what our society is obsessed with. Overdoing and documenting it.

Then we sit at home comparing and growing in discontentment. And so we fill and overfill searching for something more. And more. And more. Until one day we wake up in a mountain of debt and mess and overwhelm so disconnected from who we are that we don’t even know where to start.

But there’s another way. Your grandmother and her grandmother’s way. And it’s not hard. It’s not complicated. It’s not expensive or out of reach. You can reclaim slow and simple life you just have to be start letting go and saying no.

And little by little, the nervous system starts to regulate and your sense of wonder, mystery, awe of the little things, capacity for rest and pleasure and tears and laughter starts to grow. And grow and grow. Until you can’t believe you ever tried so hard to keep up with the joneses in the first place.

You can have the American dream, I’ll be out here homeschooling, home birthing, having a nap as self care, eating food as medicine, getting sunshine, wandering around my garden and not doing much of anything all day with my kids. ✨

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