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15 Small Spring Cleaning Tasks That Instantly Lift a Room
Spring cleaning doesn’t have to mean deep cleans or entire weekends lost to scrubbing. These fifteen small spring cleaning tasks are simple, realistic, and surprisingly effective — the kind of quick wins that instantly lift a room and make your home feel fresher, lighter, and more inviting with very little effort.
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What Slowing Down Really Looks Like
Slowing down is often sold as an escape — quitting, opting out, or running away to somewhere quieter. But for most of us, real life doesn’t slow down at all. We still have families, work, commitments, deadlines, and full days. In this reflective, real-world post, I explore what slowing down actually looks like inside busy, ordinary life — from rushed mornings and full workdays to tired evenings and family routines. Not perfection. Not productivity. Just gentler ways of moving through the days we already have.
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10 Gentle Ways to Wake Up Your Home After Winter
As winter slowly loosens its grip, our homes often need a gentle nudge too. These simple, low-pressure ideas help wake up your space with light, freshness, and ease — no big overhaul required.
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20 Little Ways to Refresh Your Home for Spring
Spring doesn’t have to arrive with a full overhaul or a to-do list that leaves you exhausted. This gentle guide shares twenty simple, low-cost ways to refresh your home for spring — small changes that invite in light, freshness, and a sense of renewal without the pressure of deep cleaning, redecorating, or spending money. Perfect for easing your home into the new season, one calm step at a time.
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12 Gentle Signs Spring Is Slowly Returning
Spring rarely arrives all at once. Instead, it tiptoes in through small, gentle changes — lighter mornings, soft buds, and subtle shifts in the air. Here are twelve quiet signs that the season is slowly beginning to turn.
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Learning to Begin Again
Learning to begin again doesn’t mean something went wrong. Often, it means something inside you has changed. In this reflective midlife essay, I explore why starting over isn’t failure — why so many of us quietly begin again without announcements or apologies — and how choosing a new direction can be an act of wisdom, not weakness. Rooted in seasonal living, real life, and lived experience, this post is for anyone who feels the pull to pause, reassess, and try again… gently.
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10 Cosy Habits to Carry from Winter into Spring
As winter begins to loosen its grip and spring quietly approaches, it can be tempting to rush headfirst into change. But this gentle transition is an invitation to carry what’s been nourishing and grounding into the lighter months ahead. In this post, I’m sharing ten cosy habits worth holding onto as we move from winter into spring — simple, low-cost, real-life rituals that keep days feeling calm, warm, and connected, even as the season shifts.
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Five Quiet Ways I’m Moving Through February
February can feel heavy, quiet, and unsettled — not quite the beginning we’re promised, and not fully winter either. In this reflective Sunday post, I share five quiet ways I’m moving through February with less pressure and more care. This isn’t about productivity or fresh starts, but about staying steady in late winter, tending to energy gently, and allowing the season to be exactly what it is.
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Our Little Friday Letter – Friday, 30th January 2026
A gentle end-of-January Friday letter from our little house in the country, sharing winter reflections, kindness, slow living, and seasonal rhythms.
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Our Little Friday Letter – Friday, 16th January, 2026
Our first Friday letter of 2026 — a gentle, fortnightly pause rooted in wintering well, seasonal rhythms, rest, and slow, intentional living at our little house in the country.
