by Anna Heydenrych | Oct 15, 2019 | the whole food lunch box
My convictions about food have lead me to pursue a whole food diet. I manage pretty well to make the right choices on a daily basis. It’s harder to convince the rest of the family, especially the children. I have decided to start with their lunch boxes. For...
by Anna Heydenrych | Oct 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am grateful to have a skill that enables me to work from home and in my own time. I build websites. Or rather, this is how I would like to describe what I do: “I create an online space for businesses and help them to craft a clear, strategic message that...
by Anna Heydenrych | Aug 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
I use only natural skincare. Okay that’s the goal. Sometimes I compromise, but every time I apply some commercially produced, chemical-laced product I feel like I am doing myself an injustice. And I only do this when I was rushed and lazy and didn’t...
by Anna Heydenrych | May 25, 2019 | Life lessons
I explored some ways not to measure ourselves in part one of this two-part series on how to measure ourselves. I will now share two ways that I believe can help us weigh our progress and remain aligned with the dreams that we have for our lives. Sometimes we find...
by Anna Heydenrych | May 24, 2019 | Life lessons
We do this. We measure ourselves. Existing in a world that promotes success in so many different shapes and forms, our unit of measure is not fixed. There’s no equation, no text book to know the measure of a man and so we can lose ourselves in this process if...
We want to live a slow life. A life of connection and simplicity. A life that allows us the space to assess what we really want to be spending our time and resources on. And so here we are, the Slow Down Family, working on slowing down more. We are figuring out how to apply this to all areas of our life, and how to do it while raising small children and pursing our dreams.
Follow our journey here as we share our experiences and tips on how to minimise and create space in our lives for the things that we really want to keep.