Welcome back to The Simplified Year, where we weave intentional living, seasonal flow, and grounded, sacred simplifying into the rhythm of your everyday life.

This is the summer quarterly episode!

It’s time to invite lightness, movement, and expansion… making it the perfect season to clear out anything heavy, stagnant, or no longer aligned so you can breathe easier and live more freely.

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Let's talk about why it’s so difficult to focus on decluttering in the summer.

We are meant to be more outward focused, interactive and therefore, simply busier, in the summer months, in the same way that we are meant to be more introverted and restful in the winter.

We are often running from event to event, out of the house a lot, not worried about a decluttering rhythm or even about picking up the mess of the day before we crash into bed.

We have less time to focus on decluttering, but also our focus is elsewhere a lot of the time that is available.

I tried to pick focuses over the summer months that would help but not take too much time or even require physical effort from you at all.

Here's how the rhythm flows...

In July, we are working in the Kitchen.

We will streamline your efforts in one of the rooms you use the most, and make tidying it up at the end of the day easier.

Plus, I’ll share tips that will help you declutter while you’re already in there, instead of having to set aside designated time to work on it.

In August, we cover Money!

Everyone is always so excited about “money month” in any program. Whether it’s manifestation, meditations, business building, or decluttering - people want it.

Who doesn’t want to improve their financial circumstances?! This month, we will cover finances, subscriptions, and expenses - decluttering what’s unnecessary, and leaving you with more money for all the fun activities you want to do!

In September, we take a peek at your digital clutter.

It’s not just the stuff on your counters and in your closets that’s cluttering up your mind!

Your digital files, photos, and folders are adding so much more than you know to your overwhelm. We’ll tackle it in manageable layers, creating new habits to incorporate into your simplified year rhythm as we go.

Remember, with each season comes a new set of challenges.

You are a part of nature. You move in cycles. Yes, it’s summer, and you are ready to party and play! But you'll hit quieter moments, or rainy days, and you get to choose to make your life easier in those smaller moments, while enjoying the summer freedom too.

So, some final reminders in every quarter…

You are always able to start at any part of the simplified year rhythm based on your needs and what's going on for you in your life.

But if you're following along with the main crew, these focuses will help you have the funds, focus, and energy for all the fun you want to have, all summer long.

If you're following along with the rhythm of the simplified year, then you're not just decluttering your home. You're attuning your life to a deeper, wilder pace, a truer, more natural rhythm.

And if you're just jumping in, that's beautiful too.

You're right on time for you.

That deeper pace and rhythm might be for the next round in your journey. This rhythm is not linear. It's a spiral.

You can start anywhere and still arrive exactly where you need to be.

Your Invitation this Summer:

Let this be a season of fun.

Let this be a season of overflowing abundance.

Let this be a season where your life and home feel more free because you chose to make space.

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Sending you love, simplicity & peace,

Bri

Welcome back to The Simplified Year, where we weave intentional living, seasonal flow, and grounded, sacred simplifying into the rhythm of your everyday life.

This is the first quarterly episode! (Yes, a little late into the quarter, but since this Substack just got started, I know you’ll cut me some slack!)

It’s time to clear it out, let it go, make space for what's next, and plant your new intentions.

Let's talk about why spring is the soul's season for simplifying.

Spring cleaning isn't new. But most of us grew up hearing the phrase without even questioning why.

Spring isn't just for dusting baseboards and shaking out rugs.

It's the season of rebirth, of emergence, and of reclaiming energy that's been hibernating beneath the surface.

In direct relation to the seasonal rhythm of the simplified year, especially on this first go round, let's do a spring quarter breakdown:

Here's how we walk through it...

In April, we cover offices and storage spaces.

April is for planting the new, but before we do that we clear out the dead growth, the unused supplies, the mental clutter… the stagnant energy lingering in our creative spaces.

If you run a business or hold any kind of vision for your work in the world, your office is your garden.

What you clear out now creates fertile ground for new ideas, new launches, and new flow.

In May, we cover bathrooms, toiletries, and cleaning supplies.

May is such a perfect time to do this kind of work. I mean, first of all, we are decluttering cleaning supplies in the season of spring cleaning.

This month is about simplifying your daily routines, releasing the just-in-case stash and limiting beliefs that are actually holding you back from your next level of abundance, and cleaning out the places that clean you.

Because that's the true medicine here.

Your bathroom is where you care for your body. Let it feel like a sanctuary again. Let it hold only what supports your well-being.

In June, we cover the entryways, the hallways and the closets.

June is our threshold month.

It's where we prepare for more movement. The kids are out of, or almost out of school, depending where you live. Schedules start shifting, summer plans roll in.

So we want to look at the flow of energy in our home.

Entryways invite energy and they're the first place guests will see.

Closets hold old identities and old energy if they aren't intentionally cleared out.

Hallways are like arteries in the body. If they're blocked, nothing moves smoothly.

Let this season be a reminder.

You are nature. You move in cycles. You'll bloom when the conditions are right, and you get to create those conditions.

So, some final reminders in this quarter…

You are always able to start at any part of the simplified year rhythm based on your needs and what's going on for you in your life.

But if you're following along with the main crew, these focuses will help you have the clearest, freshest outlook and energy for the spring season.

If you're following along with the rhythm of the simplified year, then you're not just decluttering your home. You're attuning your life to a deeper, wilder pace, a truer, more natural rhythm.

And if you're just jumping in, that's beautiful too.

You're right on time for you.

That deeper pace and rhythm might be for the next round in your journey. This rhythm is not linear. It's spiral shaped.

You can start anywhere and still arrive exactly where you need to be.

The Invitation:

Let this be a season of flow.

Let this be a season of ease.

Let this be a season where your life and home feel lighter because you chose to make space.

The Simplified Year’s full archive of yearly rhythm posts and podcast episodes are included in our paid subscription.

Welcome to The Simplified Year. I’m so glad you’ve landed here. The audio above is the ‘trailer’ or ‘intro’ to The Simplified Year Podcast, including a bit about who I am. Go give it a listen!

This space is designed to support your new rhythm of remembering what matters, and releasing what doesn’t, through the sacred act of simplifying.

What Is The Simplified Year?

It’s a 12-month cycle, a rhythm that supports you in decluttering your life—not just the stuff in your closets, but the noise in your calendar, the tension in your body, the tangled energy behind your to-do list.

This podcast is here to anchor you in that rhythm.

Aside from the intro episode, this is a private podcast, for paid subscribers. Join us here!

Each month, I’ll drop in with a short voice note or episode based on the focus of the month; a gentle nudge to never give up.

Every quarter, I will do an extra episode for reflection and seasonal anchoring, to help you flow with nature.

You don’t need to binge this feed.

You can just listen once a month, or return to an episode when you feel untethered.

You can skip around, and only listen to the episodes that apply to the focus you’ve chosen, if you’re following your own path through the content here, which is more than okay. You can find all the posts specific to The Simplified Year here.

Each episode of this podcast stands alone, as does each monthly focus, and the order you listen in/work through them does not affect whether or not they make sense.

If You Want to Interact…

We have chat threads (based on the monthly focuses) inside the Substack space, a community where you can check in, share a win, name a resistance, or ask a question; connecting with your peers who are on this journey with you. I’ll be in there too occasionally!

Welcome, sister.

To the rhythm, to the return, to The Simplified Year.

X

Bri