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Free Crochet Mask Ear Protector Pattern + Video Tutorial

30 days. 465 items. Join me as I play the Minimalism Game!

FREE Baby Yoda Crochet Pattern

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No Spend September: The Results Are In!

October 22, 2018      Leave a Comment

I have put off writing this follow-up to my original No Spend September blog post for too long. Why? Because finances are overwhelming and kind of scary. I was also just avoiding the inevitable. Ignorance is bliss, and I was quite content being in the dark about our finances. My colleagues suggested ...

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No Spend September: My Husband’s Perspective

October 22, 2018      Leave a Comment

“So September was a big challenge. That was the point, I guess, but I think that I ended up having a harder time than Cathie with the whole thing, even though she was the one limiting herself considerably. I grew up in a home where I wanted for nothing really. If we wanted something, we would just ...

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MY NEW CHALLENGE: No Spend September

September 1, 2018      Leave a Comment

Happy September everyone! I have decided to do a new challenge for myself this month. As you may recall, last October I played the Mins game and ended up donating/trashing 465 items in a single month. My new challenge: No Spend September. The inspiration for this challenge comes from reading The ...

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I just love seeing all the adorable little Baby Yo I just love seeing all the adorable little Baby Yodas that y’all have made from my pattern! Thank you and may the force be with you all!

I have spoken.

#tokenandbliss #crochet #instacrochet #starwars #babyyoda #thechild #babyyodacrochet #babyyodaamigurumi #starwarsamigurumi #diy #crochetpattern #themandalorian #mandalorian
I’ve never liked fall. Whenever the leaves start I’ve never liked fall. Whenever the leaves start turning yellow, I get anxious because it means that winter is just around the corner and winter means cold weather, short days with little sunlight, and dangerous driving conditions. 

This year has been different. Instead of worrying about a winter that isn’t even here yet, I’m embracing the beauty of the current season. It’s always a short one in Alberta, but I’m learning to love watching the leaves fall down like big raindrops, hearing the crunch of them under my feet, and breathing in the crisp autumn air. 

Maybe it’s because my daughter was born in October and I now have something about the season to look forward to, or maybe it’s because a COVID world has taught me to embrace the present moment more instead of always worrying about things I can’t control, but this fall has been beautiful and eye-opening.

Winter is coming, but it’s not here yet.
M I N S G A M E : D A Y 6 I let my days get aw M I N S  G A M E :  D A Y  6

I let my days get away from me and missed day 6 yesterday!

6 books! Not much to say about that.

Day 7 coming shortly.

#minsgame #minimalismgame #decluttering #theminimalists #tokenandbliss
M I N S G A M E : D A Y 2 0 Oh look who forgot M I N S  G A M E :  D A Y  2 0

Oh look who forgot to post again yesterday 🙄

Not like y’all missed much... just more baby clothes!

#minsgame #minimalismgame #minimalism #minimalisthome #declutter #declutteryourlife #decluttering #declutterchallenge #cleaning #cleaningmotivation #declutterlikeamother #declutteryourhome #tokenandbliss
So I’m playing the #MinsGame for the third time. So I’m playing the #MinsGame for the third time. We’re putting our house up for sale this week and I feel like there’s a lot of stuff I just don’t want to bring with me when we move. Hence another big Mins Game purge! Not sure if I’m gonna make it to day 30 but we’re gonna try!! If you’d like to join in on the challenge, head on over to my blog (link in bio) to download a free printable chart to keep track of all the things you’re getting rid of!

Let the March minimizing begin! Day 1 post coming shortly...
M I N S G A M E : D A Y 1 2 A tent with a brok M I N S  G A M E :  D A Y  1 2

A tent with a broken rod, work manuals from past jobs, sunglasses, Xbox knob covers?, 2 Fitbit chargers and a cake pan I’ve never even used. See yaaa
M I N S G A M E : D A Y 1 6 I’ve been puttin M I N S  G A M E :  D A Y  1 6

I’ve been putting off getting rid of my daughter’s newborn and 0-3 month clothes (she was so tiny!). However, I realize that I can’t just keep all of them because they’re cute and little. So get ready for lots of baby clothes over the next couple days!

The good news is that my brother- and sis-in-law are expecting a girl this summer so they are going to get used by my little niece! (I don’t have any nieces or nephews yet so I’m REALLY excited!) Until tomorrow!

#minsgame #minimalismgame #declutter #declutteryourlife #decluttering #declutterchallenge #cleaning #cleaningmotivation #tokenandbliss
M I N S G A M E : D A Y 2 7 I’m a little lat M I N S  G A M E :  D A Y  2 7

I’m a little late posting because I got SUPER distracted reading old diary entries while I went digging for stuff to get rid of in my memory box. I started reading about my crush when I was 13 and before I knew it, three hours had passed. You know how it is.

Anyways, let’s get to today’s items, which are a mishmash of cleaning supplies, stuff from my “junk drawer” (it’s actually a junk box that sits on top of my fridge), and various items from my memory box that I decided weren’t actually that sentimental after all:
- swiffer and swiffer wet pads. My swiffer no longer does the trick compared to @gocleanco’s spin mop + tide + hot water floor cleaning recipe. Seriously, go check it out.
-2 tapes
-2 pins (if you look closely you will see that one has my face on it... my stats teacher in university REALLY liked making pins and made pins with all his students’ faces on them and for some reason he gave me 2, so 1 gets tossed)
-4 old, broken pieces of jewelry that I thought were sentimental  but are really just in bad shape
-my first cross stitch, which is actually pretty terrible
-denim tape that I used to repair some jeans awhile ago
-3 Allen keys that came with IKEA/Structube furniture
-an old recipe book
-4 photographs
-a postcard
-a Christmas vest that my mom made for me that is so unbelievably 90s
-a little diary with one entry in it from when I was 6 (the entry was a to do list 💁🏼‍♀️)
-my hep B immunization record
-a homemade bookmark that my stepmom made for me (another thing I have two of for some reason)
-2 poster projects from school that take up a lot of room (life tip: just because you got 100% on a project, does not mean you need to keep it forever)

My husband said that we can clean out the closet in his music studio tomorrow so hopefully I’ll find enough stuff for day 28 🤞 I’m getting so desperate you guys hahah help me

#minsgame #minimalismgame #minimalism #minimalist #declutter #declutteryourlife #decluttering #declutterchallenge #declutteryourhome #declutteringmylife #declutterlikeamother #cleaning #cleaningmotivation #cleaninghouse #springcleaning #memorybox #tokenandbliss
M I N S G A M E : D A Y 2 9 I’m a little lat M I N S  G A M E :  D A Y  2 9

I’m a little late posting again because I was up till 1:00 AM trying to find things to get rid of. I refuse to fail this challenge!

Today’s items include:
-several crappy drawings and “sketchbooks” from my childhood
-2 CD “mixtapes” (one a friend made for me in grade 9 and I made the other when I got my first car and needed some bumping tunes to drive to!)
-15 greeting cards that don’t really have any sentimental value or anything of importance written in them
-expired vitamin C
-2 more guitar pickups from Scott’s studio
-a board games catalogue
-old air mask filters
-curtain rod holders (the actual curtain rod is MIA)
-a box filled with @thepathlesstraveledband’s first album. They got several hundred CDs made in 2014, right when CDs were just starting to become popular! 🙄

Only 1 more day and 30 more items! I WILL PREVAIL! (I hope... 🤞) #minsgame #minimalismgame #minimalism #minimalist #declutter #declutteryourlife #decluttering #declutterchallenge #declutteryourhome #declutterlikeamother #declutteringmylife #cleaning #cleaningmotivation #cleaninghouse #springcleaning #tokenandbliss
M I N S G A M E : D A Y 3 0 ! I DID IT! 30 day M I N S  G A M E :  D A Y  3 0 !

I DID IT! 30 days, 465 things! I barely scraped by but I did it! 
Today’s items include:
-a workout mask that my husband used to use
-a graphic novel
-2 sets of guitar parts
-19 FREAKING PENS (all unintentionally stolen from my husband’s place of employment. Like many others, he is temporarily unemployed due to COVID-19 but I will be sending all these pens with him on his first day back 😆)
-a pick holder
-a record
-a broken piece from some sort of musical recording equipment
-Bucket of Doom card game
-a book
-a baby picture frame
-napkin holders (I had really good intentions to repaint these and make a stacking toy for Ava but then I lost one of the rings and now I simply can’t be bothered)

And that’s it! 465 things! March has been rough, but at least I have cleared out some clutter in my home.

April is right around the corner and unless you’re an essential service worker (if you are, THANK YOU!) then you probably have a lot of time on your hands. Consider playing the Mins Game and clearing out some of the clutter in your life too! 😊

#minsgame #minimalismgame #minimalism #minimalist #springcleaning #declutter #declutteryourlife #decluttering #declutterchallenge #timetospare #extratime #cleaning #cleaningmotivation #tokenandbliss

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