Organized Simplicity Quotes

“It truly is ironic that we don’t have time to enjoy the gadgets and luxuries we can afford on a large income rewarded from long working hours. We spend much of our weekends catching up on laundry, running errands, and cleaning the neglected bathroom. It’s a chain-link downward spiral: We want stuff, so we work hard; our hard work allows us to buy stuff, but our hard work takes all of our energy, so we can’t enjoy our stuff as much as we would like.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“The simplest definition of a budget is "telling your money where to go.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“A home that nourishes life embraces the little moments and appreciates the rhythmic seasons of life, including the time necessary to cook real food from scratch...It doesn't have to take too much time, however, with efficient menu planning and wisely planned trips to the grocery store and farmers' market.
The payoffs are astronomical - better health, good stewardship of our environment, and setting a good example for our children are just a few of the benefits. It also fosters an appreciation of the ebbs and flows of seasons because you'll be using fresh ingredients that are more readily available (and of higher quality) when they are in season. If you feel too busy to cook from scratch, then I argue that you're too busy, period. Reevaluate your priorities and commitments. If you want to live a healthy, long life and to pass the same luxury on to your children, then you MUST take the time to cook real food”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“Holistic living means that your spiritual, relational, emotional, intellectual, physical, and financial lives are working together.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“The items in our homes that we feel we absolutely “need” are downright extravagances within the global landscape.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“I've never been a hoarder but I love nesting.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“Simplifying your life is meant to make things better, not worse. It’s about choices — about saying no to the things in your life that aren’t the best so that you are free and available to say yes to those things you truly want.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“Life is short. Make the most of it now.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“Debt means enslavement to the past, no matter how much you want to plan well for the future and live according to your own standards today. Unless you're free from the bondage of paying for your past, you can't responsibly live in the present and plan for the future.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“I'm not a hard-core, tree-hugging environmentalist. I'm just passionate about being good stewards of what God has given us.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living

“guiltlessly kick up your feet and rest in your armchair, enjoying the few things you do have because you truly enjoy them all. You will physically feel better when you get rid of those things you don’t need.”
― Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living