Category Archives for "Authentic Living"

Reinventing Yourself After 50

As I am writing this I will be on my way to Thailand. I was so afraid last year when I went to Vietnam. I got my Passport for the first time and I opened up the envelope that just arrived in the mail on video to share with you. Before this travel I have […]

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Decorating, Minimalism & Authentic Living

While at The Home Depot  the other day I was thinking about how decorating and minimalism seem to be an oxymoron. I had just gotten paint for my living room. I’ve lived at my new place for a year having done nothing to it, short of the getting a couch, tv, and end table. I moved from my […]

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On Starting a New Life

I have begun a blog a while back about my journey. I sold my 4 bedroom home, moved an hour away from my family, doing what I’ve always wanted to do and being afraid in the process. I didn’t continue with the blog because I thought to myself, “Who really cares?” I was even afraid […]

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It Was Scary

I’ve been doing a video series on my experience of moving from my four-bedroom home to a one-bedroom apartment. Downsizing and also just the experience of being alone for the first time in my whole fifty four years of living. The topic today is the emotional side of it. It was really, really difficult. It […]

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My Apartment Tour

This is the video I promised. I am giving a tour of my apartment. There are many things I wanted to talk about in detail when doing this video, but I realized that it would be best for me to first just give a tour and then do little videos about all that other stuff in the weeks to […]

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2 Change and remain the same

If you are one of my people than it’s very likely that you either are buried underneath a lot of stuff or with my help, you have dug yourself out and are either beginning to live the life of your dreams or you are living the life of your dreams. You and I are kindred […]

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Lets Get Personal

I am beginning a blog about the life changes that I have experienced in this past year. They are quite relevant to The Tidy Tutor’s battle cry. I sold my 4 bedroom home that had a front porch, a foyer, 3 bathrooms, an attic, a finished basement, and a HUGE 2 story barn in the […]

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9 On Starting a New Life

I have begun a blog a while back about my journey. I sold my 4 bedroom home, moved an hour away from my family, doing what I’ve always wanted to do and being afraid in the process. I didn’t continue with the blog because I thought to myself, “Who really cares?” I was even afraid […]

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2 It was scary…

I’ve been doing a video series on my experience of moving from my four-bedroom home to a one-bedroom apartment. Downsizing and also just the experience of being alone for the first time in my whole fifty four years of living. The topic today is the emotional side of it. It was really, really difficult. It […]

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7 My Apartment Tour

This is the video I promised. I am giving a tour of my apartment. There are many things I wanted to talk about in detail when doing this video, but I realized that it would be best for me to first just give a tour and then do little videos about all that other stuff in the weeks to […]

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