Kids want to do things themselves. We as parents want kids to be more self-sufficient and to not feel so tied to our kitchen. The creation of snack bins is a no-brainer!
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For living a digital world, we have SO MUCH PAPER enter house every day. Our daily mail includes bills that we can’t seem to move to online form, ad fliers we don’t care about, cards for every holiday relatives can think of, and magazines gifted to our boys. Then between the three kid’s backpacks, we
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It’s the most under-represented room in friendly discussions. Really, no one talks about their bathrooms. They should. The bathroom is a place of so much much excess and wasted time. Americans spend an average of 3 hours a week in the bathroom. That’s a lot of minutes that could be used doing more fun things.
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Minimalism has been a popular topic for several years now, and for good reason. Reducing the clutter in our lives allows for more of what matters; time with our families doing what makes us happy. I follow several wonderful minimalism bloggers, and spent years trying to apply the principles to our life. I removed around
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“If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going. ” I love this quote by Maya Angelou because it really sums up the thinking behind value stream mapping. How can you get better if you don’t know what’s you status now? Really, how can you know you’re saving time? In
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Becoming more efficient will save you minutes to hours every day reducing frustration and stress, and will give you more time to spend with your kids and spouse. More kid-time means less (completely unwarranted) working mom guilt!
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