I’m an internalizer. Everyday I try to do better: be a better wife, write a better blog, be a better designer. When I started reading Jessica’s blog, Make Under My Life, I was inspired by her weekly “exfoliations” where she purges one thing per week. I’ve continued her tradition and donated, recycled or tossed one thing per week as well. {The perk of this little ritual is the chance to win a monthly giveaway by sending Jess a picture of your exfoliation! Learn more here.} The philosophy has leaked into the rest of my life, and my new mantra is: [...]

My blogging buddy Jess of Make Under My Life has a weekly routine of sloughing off her unused and unloved items in her “Weekly Exfoliations.” Week after week she takes something that she is no longer using and donates, recycles, or tosses as she sees fit. The weekend sun got to me this weekend and made me want to do some serious organizing. I put together a roundup of what I might “exfoliate” this week. I would LOVE to simplify my life by getting rid of the clutter in the house. Here is what I came up with: Aqua rice [...]