Category: Simplifying Life

National Writing Month

Many of you have likely heard of , or National Novel Writing Month, which has been around since 1999, but I just recently discovered AcWriMo, or Academic Writing Month. The goal of both is ultimately writing, but there are a few differences between the two. NaNoWriMo aims to produce a 50,000 word novel by the end… Continue reading National Writing Month

10 Quick Tips to Secure Your Social Media and Digital Devices

Philosophy Matters’ has partnered with ESET for an awesome raffle this month! Enter here for your chance to win one of 6 ESET software packages, a $100 target gift card, or 1 Android tablet! a Rafflecopter giveaway Last month, we took some time to consider 5 ways to protect your kids online. This month, I wanted… Continue reading 10 Quick Tips to Secure Your Social Media and Digital Devices

How to Protect Your Kids Online – These 5 Easy Ways

I’d like to say  up front that this is not a fear-mongering post. The internet and I basically grew up together. I learned a lot about the world and myself through connecting with others, and I taught myself skills that serve me well to this day – like blogging! Viruses and phishing scams were never… Continue reading How to Protect Your Kids Online – These 5 Easy Ways

A Personal Story: Escaping Debt and Simplifying Finances

Perhaps one of the most difficult areas of creating a more simple life is getting one’s finances under control. In the U.S. particularly, many people seem to always expand their standard of living to just beyond their means, which piles on debt. There’s also an overwhelming amount of financial advice available, often conflicting. Sorting through it… Continue reading A Personal Story: Escaping Debt and Simplifying Finances

On Simplifying

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working hard to continue simplifying my life, and I wanted to share some of the things I’ve done and my reflections on the process. Living Space LKAwesome and I realized that we essentially moved from a combined 9 bedrooms worth of living space into 2. To achieve this,… Continue reading On Simplifying

The Emotional Impact of Simplifying: Hitting the Wall

Moving Motivation Philosophy Matters recently made a big move – shifting its home base from Mississippi to Raleigh, NC! This move has been a large part of the motivation to continue simplifying things – as part of the process is moving from two separate houses totaling somewhere just under 4,000 sq. feet, to an apartment of about… Continue reading The Emotional Impact of Simplifying: Hitting the Wall

Holiday Hecticness: Stress Management Techniques

  Bonjour! I’ve always had a mixture of feelings about the holidays.  On the one hand, they are a time for families gathering together and celebration.  On the other hand—but not necessarily unrelated to the first hand—, they are a hypercommercialized and stressful season.  They are a time for endings and beginnings…of remembrance and nostalgic… Continue reading Holiday Hecticness: Stress Management Techniques