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Moving Home Without The Added Stress

01.12.19

Today I’m sharing a contributed post with you all about moving home without the added stress. Happy reading.

Photo by BilliTheCat from Pixaba

Moving Home Without the Added Stress

You’ve found the property, paid the money and are excited about your new adventure in a new house. The only problem is, you still have to do the move. Well, instead of making it something that is an obstacle to getting you into your home, let’s take a look at how moving can be made a stress-free experience that is all about new horizons rather than being held back by old ones.

Be Prepared

To make anything in life easier, you should be organized and moving home is no different. Planning ahead with spreadsheets, labels and any other tools at your disposal is the only way to go. Consider that you are planning on moving your entire life between two different locations so you should approach it with a clear head and an idea of what you are doing. First of all, the plan should be based on the different rooms you currently have so that when you box everything up they are able to be clearly marked. You will thank yourself for this method on the other end.

Labelling

When you are marking up your boxes, make sure you are making it clear what you are putting in the box and where it belongs. You might want to consider making the most of spreadsheets and repeat on a digital document what you are writing on your physical boxes.

Photo by coffeebeanworks from Pixabay

Don’t Pack Everything

It is a hard part of the journey, but you should acknowledge early on that not everything will be making the move with you. There are some belongings that you have collected over the years that have outstayed their welcome or just aren’t doing the job anymore. Instead of piling up bin bags in your current home, hire a skip and get moving the things you no longer need out of the property as soon as possible. You don’t want to be callous when it comes to throwing things out, but you do need to be strong. Your new home will have room for some of your old life, but fresh memories are waiting to be made.

Storage

For those things that you can’t quite decide between throwing out or moving with you, consider moving them into a self-storage unit. This method can also be useful for items that you are confident you want at your new property, but aren’t currently quite sure where you are going to put them. Moving is hard enough without having more boxes than that you need when you arrive at your new house, so move some bits into storage to be dealt with at a later date.

Get Help

You might want to do the whole move by yourself, and good luck if you do. However, you should put some thought into how much work actually goes into moving home and the fact there are professionals out there who do this kind of thing every day. You will quickly find the experience of the professional movers to be much more valuable than you could have ever had hoped.

You might want to do the whole move by yourself, and good luck if you do. However, you should put some thought into how much work actually goes into moving home and the fact there are professionals out there who do this kind of thing every day. You will quickly find the experience of the professional movers to be much more valuable than you could have ever had hoped.

If you’re looking for more organization related posts, check out how I organized my pantry and my closet!

Kamfort Food

Almond Blueberry Acai Bowl

01.12.19

Almond Blueberry Acai Bowl Recipe

Have you ever had an amazing acai bowl at a cool smoothie bowl place and wondered how you can make it at home? Well this recipe for an almond blueberry acai bowl will blow your mind. The recipe is by my food editor and it is AMAZING!

Before I get into the recipe, I wanted to talk about acai. Acai is a berry that has some amazing benefits. It is an antioxidant, high in fiber and high in healthy fats. Acai powder can be pricey, although the frozen acai pouches by Sambazon are not cheap either. I came across these pouches at Healthy Planet in Brampton and they were 20% off! That’s the best price I’ve seen here. Sometimes Costco has it in stock for a great price as well. Okay, on to the recipe!

Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl

Ingredients – almond blueberry acai bowl

1/2 cup unsweetened plain almond milk

1 pack of frozen unsweetened acai (100g)

1 frozen banana

2 tbsp almond butter

1 cup frozen blueberries

1 tbsp + 1 tsp maple syrup

1/4 tsp vanilla extract

pinch of cinnamon

pinch of sea salt

Directions – almond blueberry acai bowl

Place all ingredients, in the order listed, into a high speed blender (or the Vitamix) and blend on high until smooth. You may need to stop and scrape to ease the blending. Since this is an acai bowl, the mixture should be quite thick, else you’ll just have an acai soup.

Pour the acai into a bowl and garnish with desired toppings.

Suggestions: fresh berries, granola, almonds, sliced banana, chia seeds and shredded coconut.

If you’re looking for another smoothie bowl style recipe, check out theis Berry Banana Smoothie Bowl recipe up on the blog!

Hope your 2019 is off to a healthy start 🙂

Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl
Almond blueberry acai bowl


Kamfy Living

Books Read in 2018

01.05.19

In 2018, I read a grand total of 20 books. To me, this number seems to be on the lower end, however, I read some fairly large books this year. I read mostly fiction, although I did attempt a few non-fiction. I realize non-fiction is not for me. I get bored quickly, and would much rather listen to Podcasts to learn something new. Books to me are a way to get away from reality and are the main way I do my self care. Most of the books I read this year I would highly recommend to you all. I think the only ones that I wouldn’t recommend are the non-fiction books, HAHA!

Anways, the following is a list of all the books I read this year in the order I read them. Since I am always looking for recommendations from family and friends, I think this will be a great resource for you all who love to read as well. I’ll write a short commend beside each book, but I’ll make sure to link the book as well so you can read a short summary. Let’s get to it.

Ender’s Game

Although this book is a children’s book, as an adult I absolutely enjoyed it. It has such a great message that it will make it on anyone’s favorites list.

How to Retire Early

I love listening to Podcasts about money and investing, so I thought I’d read a book on the topic as well. This book was fairly easy to read, but I didn’t really learn anything new compared to what I learn from Podcasts.

The Intelligent Investor

This book was so dry that I read half and gave up. It made me realize I prefer fiction over non-fiction and that Podcasts work as a way to learn new things versus books.

When Breath Becomes Air

This is probably one of the few non-fiction books that I absolutely loved. Highly recommend! It made me cry so much!

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

I first read this series in undergrad, however, with my terrible memory, I love reading books again. These books are all absolutely amazing and the movie is very well done as well.

The Girl Who Played With Fire

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest

Year Round Vegetable Gardener

This was the book I read that got me super excited to start our own vegetable garden this year, which turned out much better than I expected. Check out my blog post on lessons we learned from our first ever backyard vegetable garden!

How to Win Friends and Influence People

As an introvert and a person fairly uncomfortable in social situations, I thought this would be a great book to learn some tips and tricks. However, the book was alright and quite boring. Wouldn’t recommend unless you enjoy non-fiction.

The Alchemist

This book was recommended by a friend at work and it’s so so good. It’s short, fiction and has a great message.

The Count of Monte Cristo

I first read this book in high school in my AP English class and I loved it. I read it again after almost 10 years and absolutely loved it once again. The book is huge and took my almost a month to read.

The Way of Kings

Brandon Sanderson is one of my favorite authors and everything he writes is pure magic. This series is another one of my favorites. I read the 3 books he has in the series so far, but he’s writing more as well. May need to re-read the books once he releases all the books. Highly recommend!

Words of Radiance

Oathbringer

The Fifth Season

This series of books was recommended by my supervisor at work (he has similar taste in books as I do). The author of this series won the Hugo award for each of the books in the trilogy. She has other books as well, which I will probably read in 2019.

The Obelisk Gate

The Stone Sky

Crazy Rich Asians

I started reading these books after I watched the movie since I loved it so much. All the books in the series are equally entertaining. A good way to end the year with a comedic and light book.

China Rich Girlfriend

Rich People Problems

That’s all for my list of books read in 2018. As I start going back to work, I’m going to get back to reading and hopefully surpass the 20 books I read last year. Please let me know your favorite books, I’m always looking for recommendations.