Destination Simple

This episode is all about rethinking our spending. It's based on this blog post written by Suzanne.

• Elizabeth and Suzanne discuss a hands-on exercise that you can try to simplify your finances.
• Change the way you think about your day-to-day spending versus your larger financial goals.
• We discuss specifics about our own relatable experiences with recognizing spending habits across different categories, and changes we made.
• We dig deep into specific areas like subscriptions, gym memberships, restaurants, hobbies, and entertainment/random spending.
• We calculate our monthly savings achieved just by reassessing where our current dollars are going.
• Reduce your financial stress.

Previous podcast episodes mentioned in this episode:
The Done List
Simple Living and How to Stop Rebelling Against Yourself

We'd love to hear from you, email us at [email protected] to share your thoughts, ideas, and questions about this episode. Have a question about applying simple living to your life? Or let us know about something you'd like us to discuss on a future episode about making intentional choices.
Learn more about the hosts of Destination Simple:
Elizabeth Cancade, holistic personal chef at Living Simply Kitchen. Follow Elizabeth on Instagram.
Suzanne Goulden, Intentional Living Consultant. Follow Suzanne on Instagram.

This episode conversation launches from Suzanne’s blog post: The “Done” List.

In this episode we talk about the benefits of writing a list of the things you’ve done through your day. It’s something we encourage you to try! Listen in to the benefits of writing a “done” list.

Topics from our discussion:

· Comparing the to-do list to the “done” list.

· A great way to observe and evaluate a busy life.

· How we use to-do lists.

· Suzanne makes play time a priority in her daily life.

· Using the done list during burnout recovery.

· Accomplishing the mundane things counts.

· Gain perspective on your time.

We'd love to hear from you, email us at [email protected] to share your thoughts, ideas, and questions about this episode. Have a question about applying simple living to your life? Or let us know about something you'd like us to discuss on a future episode about making intentional choices.
Learn more about the hosts of Destination Simple:
Elizabeth Cancade, holistic personal chef at Living Simply Kitchen. Follow Elizabeth on Instagram.
Suzanne Goulden, Intentional Living Consultant. Follow Suzanne on Instagram.

Our conversation is launched from this blog post: Making and Maintaining Life Changes.

Topics discussed in this episode:

· Learn to listen to your body and mind to meet your needs.

· We tend to not stop until change is forced upon us.

· How to break away from the expectations of society to do what’s right for you.

· Giving yourself permission to simplify.

· Realizing what’s right for you at the core.

· Is there overwhelm in the options to simplify your life?

· When making changes affects your friends and family.

· Intentionality around food.

· Deciding where to make changes.

· Intentionality in your home.

We'd love to hear from you, email us at [email protected] to share your thoughts, ideas, and questions about this episode. Have a question about applying simple living to your life? Or let us know about something you'd like us to discuss on a future episode about making intentional choices.
Learn more about the hosts of Destination Simple:
Elizabeth Cancade, holistic personal chef at Living Simply Kitchen. Follow Elizabeth on Instagram.
Suzanne Goulden, Intentional Living Consultant. Follow Suzanne on Instagram.

This episode is based on a personal essay written by Suzanne for her newsletter community. In this newsletter Suzanne explores a recent low point she experienced after a particular exhilarating high she’d been on while in the early development of this podcast.

· Getting permission to reflect on your life.

· How watching a sad moment on TV triggered a necessary emotional release.

· Exploring guidance from Suzanne’s performance coach: *few* *significant* *thorough*

· Creating a simple life is work.

· How Suzanne dealt with the overwhelm of planning Christmas dinner this past year.

· There are always options. It’s okay to venture outside the box.

· You don’t have to and you don’t have to explain yourself.

· Suzanne’s a crafter at heart. How she fits in crafting while being a minimalist home.

· Exploring collaboration with and support from others.

· What’s an energetic hangover?

· How to be in the moment.

· Elizabeth talks about rage weeding her garden.

· What’s helpful when we know our energy cycles?

Suzanne mentions her performance coach Lesley from Waypoint Coaching, you can learn more about Lesley’s services here: www.waypointcoaching.ca

We'd love to hear from you, email us at [email protected] to share your thoughts, ideas, and questions about this episode. Have a question about applying simple living to your life? Or let us know about something you'd like us to discuss on a future episode about making intentional choices.
Learn more about the hosts of Destination Simple:
Elizabeth Cancade, holistic personal chef at Living Simply Kitchen. Follow Elizabeth on Instagram.
Suzanne Goulden, Intentional Living Consultant. Follow Suzanne on Instagram.

In this episode Elizabeth and Suzanne discuss being intentional as a friend and look at both the giving and receiving end of being a good friend.
Topics in this episode:

• What are the important relationships in our lives?
• Ideas about being an intentional friend.
• Elizabeth and Suzanne are both introverts, and the challenges that brings to developing friendships.
• How our own friendship has evolved over time.
• Habitual patterns and when to set boundaries with a friend.
• Trying new things creates fresh memories.

Link to Suzanne's Intentional Friendships blog post.

Link to Suzanne's blog about Date-A-Month ideas mentioned in this episode.

We'd love to hear from you, email us at [email protected] to share your thoughts, ideas, and questions about this episode. Have a question about applying simple living to your life? Or let us know about something you'd like us to discuss on a future episode about making intentional choices.
Learn more about the hosts of Destination Simple:
Elizabeth Cancade, holistic personal chef at Living Simply Kitchen. Follow Elizabeth on Instagram.
Suzanne Goulden, Intentional Living Consultant. Follow Suzanne on Instagram.