To set out to declutter your pantry can feel like a HUGE daunting task! It does to me anyway… I have a fairly large pantry which means I can put all sorts of clutter in there! But getting on top of the clutter is a great way for me to feel calm, simplify my life and actually be able to find things when I need them. I’m not suggesting you do an extreme Marie Kondo, even a little bit of organising can help! Here’s my top 10 tips to help you declutter your pantry 1. Set aside a good amount…

Bulk pantry items can help to simplify your life and can mean making less trips to the shops to buy supplies or making things in large batches so that you do them less often. There are some food items which are reasonably convenient to buy or make in bulk if your family eats them regularly. Buying in bulk or producing large batches can mean buying them from a bulk supplier, bringing your own containers and refilling them each time you purchase that item or purchasing the ingredients for your batch cooking in bulk. As an added bonus, often when you…

Simplifying your life can take many forms. One of my favourites is meal planning. Whether you are a strict, ‘we don’t eat anything but what’s on the planner’ kind of person or whether you are a more relaxed, ‘take it as it comes’ type of planner, having some sort of plan for your meals will help simplify your life.   I have tried a number of these approaches and while I have settled into an approach which is more on the relaxed end of the spectrum, there is always room for improvement! And sometimes one idea or small change can…

Using routines in your day-to-day life sounds like it will lock you into drudgery, but in fact having key activities scheduled and programmed into some kind of routine can simplify life. For most of us, life is busy, filled with things which bring us joy, commitments that we are passionate about, child raising, family time, time with our partner and things that inevitably pop up unexpectedly. Creating routines around some of the things that just need to be done, like washing, shopping, home maintenance tasks and so on. Stick with me here – this is not designed to enslave you…