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04/09/2016

How to make life a little bit easier for yourself and your kids.

 Think back to the lazy summers of our youth , what made it so different from our lives today , apart from the obvious bills to pay , rent to find , health issues, financial worries and work woes? 
We were free . Free from the constant connection to something , there was nothing but us . No social media, no adverts telling us what we needed , no designer clothes , no phones , no selfies, no Disneyland , no daytime television , gaming , no junk food , no noisy battery filled toys , no homework , no after school clubs , no competition. No pressure . 
We had no "stuff" to worry about , obsess over , or whine for . 
It's the first week back at school next week and my diary is already bulging with party invitations and after school stuff even though I  have culled a few activities during the school holidays .  
I now try to focus my kids time  on what they love doing  with any after school activities , choosing quality over quantity , this allows  more time in their week for parties or play dates and to still allows my kids plenty free time just to relax and recharge at 
home .
I also try to be more present by switching off the internet on my phone for the full day if  I'm at home  and try to leave my phone at home when I'm out with the kids so I'm more focused on the present , and to be honest it feels quite liberating . I also sometimes need to  put my phone away in a drawer and only check it twice a day when I'm at home  to avoid the social media temptation . 
If I have five minutes for a coffee I pick up a crossword or read instead of checking my phone and it's far more relaxing than reading about someone else's rose coloured day . 
We might not be able to fix all the distractions of our full to bursting lives , but we can go some way to simplify what we can for ourselves and our kids . We can stop making our kids so busy , stay in the present , stop filling up the "free" time and just slow down . If our kids are lives constantly over burdened  then so are ours . 
 

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02/09/2016

A penny saved is a penny earned . The easiest tip to save money .

 Whilst sitting in the doctors waiting room yesterday I picked up a glossy magazine to read , knowing that my simplified life has changed the way I shop , I  was  still very surprised at how offended I was by the front page of consumerism headlines. 
"The must have hand bag "
"Why I can't live without velvet "
"Life changing eyeshadow pallet"
So let's break it down , the  "must have " handbag is just a handbag . If I want a handbag I choose one that I like, not because it's a "must have". I have my own style and I don't need a "must have" hand bag to validate that .
To the "why I can't live without velvet" ... person , I urge you to try , I'm pretty sure that you probably can live without velvet , you may struggle without oxygen or food but velvet ? I think you'll survive . 
As for the "life changing eyeshadow pallet " in my opinion , the death of a loved one or becoming a parent are "life changing "  events  and to trivialise those events with a comparison to buying an eye shadow pallet makes me sad .
The headline which really stuck out to me was 
"the lipstick to make you beautiful" , as if any one product could make anyone person beautiful .  I agree with Audrey Hepburn  who said that the most beautiful thing anyone can put on their face is a smile . Gratitude , kindness  empathy and humility make a person beautiful , lipstick will only enhance the qualities which shine from within , these are the lessons we should be teaching our children . 
So with these thoughts in mind , we should see a change in our shopping habits and the way we see adverts . 
 I  have more money now that I'm not falling for the consumerism mumbojumbo I am constantly bombarded with . I don't want or need anything so I don't buy anything.  I'm not buying "stuff" which will end up in the charity shop in six months time . I now have money to save and more money to spend on doing things with the kids . So the old adage " a penny saved is a penny earned" really is true for the simplified life style . Try it for a month , read between the lines, don't fall for the marketing and enjoy the extra money you earn by not spending . 
 

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