It's the annual top posts of the year week on Live Simply! As has become the tradition, we're wrapping up 2016 by looking back at the posts you deemed your favorites by way of clicks, re-pins, re-shares and so on. Whether that's because they're the most helpful or the most wacky, well, I'll leave that to you to decide. For the next two weeks, a concise list of stand-out blog post stars will be yours ...

Welcome to the annual top posts posts! As has become the tradition around here, we're wrapping up a year of the Live Simply blog by looking back at the posts you deemed your favorites by way of clicks, re-pins, re-shares and so on. Whether that's because they're the most helpful or the most wacky, well, I'll leave that to you to decide. For the next two weeks, a concise list of stand-out blog post stars ...

For the first time this year, I find myself stumped with how to begin this post. The risk of sounding trite or contrived or whiny is all too apparent to me. Nonetheless: I want to express, from the deepest cavities of my heart and the noodle-iest parts of my brain, my sincere gratitude to you for reading the Live Simply blog and being an integral member of our Simplifier internet family. It hasn't been quite ...

Mostly all hesitation, reluctance, or anxiety to release things while in the process of editing leads back to the fear of potentially needing it in the future. This is especially true for those items which a person may have relied upon heavily in the past: a jacket that was a go-to winter accessory for seven years straight. A set of mixing bowls used for every meal cooked or cookie baked. A pair of boots that ...

'Tis the season, as they say. No, not the season of twinkling lights and candy canes (although it may be that, too), but the season of freshly cracked spines of next year's calendars, ritualistic transferring of information from one year's planner to the next, bouquets of sharpened pencils---all those nerdy delights. And since I know I can't be the only one who still uses a paper calendar (I'm not, right??) I've assembled a bundle of ...