Why are we not living the dream?
I do believe that we all harbour personal dreams. Some of us have pursued these and are living our dreams. Most of us are looking at some of us and feeling sorry for ourselves because we think that some of us are most of us. We wonder how everyone else has managed...
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How to want what you have
I'm pushing on towards my dream life, the one where I have what I want. But do I want what I have? This day, this one day that I will never have again. This day with it's boring, with it's work and it's thinking about what else it could be if it wasn't what it is. ...
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My food journey
I want to talk about food. I don't consider myself a foodie as my interest in food is not intended, but rather incidental. I do however hold certain beliefs about food which have guided me to embrace a whole food diet and inspired me to be more intentional about...
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Less parenting in a more world
I want to teach them less. I have noticed that my children have a consumerist craving for more. I have a consumerist craving for more. There is just a lot going on and we are wanting what we see. We believe that more is more. More will surely result in...
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Panda Post Learning – teaching me
This is so for moms like me, and I feel like there are a lot of moms like me out there. We have the best intentions, we have Pinterest boards. We can even sometimes get as far as buyings some art and craft supplies, but we are not feeling like we are winning when it...
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The body I have
I've been thinking of this one for a while now. A blog post about my body journey. It's just such a critical topic for women to be able to connect over, I think. I think that I have spent way too much time in my life obsessing over it. I have spent way to much...
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Document your life
We capture images that inspire recollection of moments in time. Special days like marriages and significant birthdays are recorded so that we won't forget. We want to remember the good times, we want to recall how we were at our very best. But what about...
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What shall we do about screen time?
What shall we do about screen time? I don't know. I am caught between it will rot their brains and it's just something that we have to embrace because it's 'part of the world they are growing up in.' I mean, I don't want my kids to fall behind with the whole...
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A mom adventure: raising children in a new country
Becoming a mom is an adventure. No matter when, how or where it happens, every mom faces new challenges and a deep need for connection, especially to other moms. Becoming a mom in a new country is a brave thing to do. I connected with five moms who are doing this. ...
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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.