Category Simplify

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Teen Says She’s Expected to…

Jan 11, 20266 min read

A teenager who says she is expected to raise her younger siblings…

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Adult Child Refuses to Share…

Jan 11, 20267 min read

When an adult child turns off location sharing on an iPhone or…

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Parents Admit They’re Delaying Medical…

Jan 11, 20265 min read

Across the United States, parents are quietly making a calculation that would…

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Mom Says Decluttering Revealed How…

Jan 11, 20266 min read

When one mother finally cleared out years of accumulated belongings, she discovered…

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Mom Says She Stopped Posting…

Jan 11, 20268 min read

A mother’s quiet decision to stop posting her children on social media…

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Mom Says Sharing a Home…

Jan 11, 202612 min read

When a young family moves in with parents to save money or…

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Woman Says She Was ‘Furious’…

Jan 11, 20264 min read

A mother who thought she was doing the right thing by letting…

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Woman Says Her Healthy 65-Year-Old…

Jan 11, 20266 min read

When a healthy 65-year-old mother began quietly sorting, donating, and discarding decades…

Woman Who Placed Her Baby…

Woman Who Placed Her Baby…

Jan 11, 20266 min read

At 17, a girl who still needed rides to school and reminders…

TikTok Tells Woman ‘Your Husband…

TikTok Tells Woman ‘Your Husband…

Jan 11, 20265 min read

TikTok has turned everyday gift exchanges into public spectacles, and few scenarios…

About Me
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Madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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