by Anna Heydenrych | Mar 28, 2018 | parenting
When will I sleep again? One of the most difficult adjustments to becoming a parent is the sleep – as in lack of. One of the great things about being an adult is that you can sleep when you want. Of course we have things to wake up for like jobs and exercise,...
by Anna Heydenrych | Mar 3, 2018 | parenting
I wrote this about two years ago, funny interactions with my then nearly three-year-old. …During an outing to the beach recently, my nearly three-year-old was assisting with the packing up and I noticed him collecting a bucket full of periwinkle shells. He...
by Anna Heydenrych | Nov 10, 2017 | parenting
I am a working mom. My love for my work and my gratitude for being able to get up every day and do what I love is only marred by the guilt that comes with my choice to not be with my children 100% of the time. I have chosen this. I suppose I could argue that in some...
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.