Our journey to Simple Living

My name is Heidi. I’m 28 years old. I am a photographer for a living. And I’m married to an incredible man called Matt. Together we live with our dog & a rabbit, in rural Southland NZ.

Almost a year ago we started thinking seriously about our lifestyle, our long term dreams and our legacy. Our eyes were opened to new, different possibilities. A journey to Simple Living is where we're going to share our progress towards cultivating a simpler life for ourselves.

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The reasons for our journey to Simple Living...

to SLOW DOWN
Busy is not a badge of honour. We seem to spend much of our lives rushing around, constantly in a state of doing & ticking things off lists. Let's celebrate balance, glorify rest & make time to just be present.

to DITCH THE EXCESS
Material things do not make us more successful, happier, popular or important.
It is the people and experiences in our lives that we treasure the most, not the material things.

to GAIN FINANCIAL FREEDOM
Every day we are bombarded with marketing that tells us to buy the next new, bigger, better thing. And to pay for it with money you don't actually have! We’ve decided we’d rather the freedom of less, so we can do more.

to LEAVE A LIGHTER FOOTPRINT
This beautiful world we live in should be cherished & honoured, not depleted and used as a dumping ground.
In less than the space of 100 years it seems we’ve lost touch with living sustainably.

to LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES
We’re bringing many of our lifestyle choices back to basics. From the products we use in our home, to changing our dietary habits. We've realised so much of what sits on the supermarket shelves isn't real food.