Are you looking to simplify your life? Do you want more efficiency and functionality? Today we are talking about how simplicity is the key to a fun and functional family & life! We invited Jessie Ansley, founder of Streamlined & Simple a collection of paper goods & organizational tools with a functional and simplistic design, to share her tips and tricks to make your home more functional. We hope that you walk away from this episode seeing that you can eliminate chaos simply by making things more simple.
What’s In This Episode:
- How Jessie’s career & life has transitioned since becoming a mother
- Where and how her business was born
- What the early stages of her business were like while balancing motherhood
- Why she believes that simplicity creates a more functional lifestyle
- Jessie’s tips for moms to simplify your days
- Survival chores and how they help eliminate chaos
- The benefits of a family command center
- Ways to simplify clutter in your house
- Where routines & rhythms are most effective
- Why it is important to write things down
- How & why Jessie meal plans
- The importance of community in motherhood
About Jessie:
Jessie Ansley is the founder of Streamlined & Simple a collection of paper goods &
organizational tools with a functional and simplistic design. Jessie is also a mama, who relies on
a functional and simple lifestyle due to being a coast guard wife and moving every few years.
Connect With Jessie:
Website | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest
Quotes:
“I was just hand drawing out a way to meal plan and a way to plan my day that would really, really help me get through that insane three and half years and then I decided that I’m not the only one feeling this overwhelmed.” – Jessie Ansley
“Streamlined & Simple was born out of our family’s need for things to make our household and our lives run better.” – Jessie Ansley
“I love creating things that can serve different purposes and really be functional for whoever using them.” – Jessie Ansley
“Functionality is the cornerstone is simplicity.” – Jessie Ansley
“Simple is simple but it’s not easy sometimes.” – Jessie Ansley
“I’m all about sustaining and maintaining.” – Jessie Ansley
“I feel like when you have too many things on a board or on a fridge everything is now important and nothing can be important.” – Jessie Ansley
“Your home is a museum of your life. It deserves time and attention and it deserves for you to be careful with what you’re doing with it.” – Jessie Ansley
“You want your most used items at the easiest place to get it.” – Jessie Ansley
“When you’re looking at routines you have to identify pain points and find creative ways to solve them.” – Jessie Ansley
“Using a list that functions well is my biggest tip.” – Jessie Ansley
“If it’ a really busy day, I schedule an easier to make meal.” – Jessie Ansley
“I shop during snack time. I bring snacks and I don’t let them have them until we’re in the store.” – Jessie Ansley
“Community is a big deal.” – Jessie Ansley
Links:
Streamlined & Simple Detailed Meal Planner
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