Why I dropped ‘money’ from savvymamma
thesavvymamma
15/12/2023
When I started my Instagram page three years ago, I called myself moneysavvymamma. It was a bit random but I
Minimalism & Decluttering
Benefits Of Deep Cleaning All Year Round
thesavvymamma
09/12/2023
Just as spring cleaning is something that is done to help you feel clean and ready for the spring and
Ways To Make Your Home More Comfortable
thesavvymamma
06/10/2023
As a homeowner, you will want your house to be as comfortable as possible.
It’s ok to spend money on updating your home to make it more comfortable. After all, you come home and want to spend time there relaxing. Hence, if it is comfortable, you can do that.
How To Create Space Within A Family Household
thesavvymamma
05/09/2023
As your family household grows, the space that you once found spacious for you and your partner, has now become
How to reel in a buyer on Marketplace
thesavvymamma
10/10/2022
Finding a buyer on Facebook Marketplace can feel a bit like fishing. It can be a frustrating process that doesn’t seem to catch you anything, and other times can seem wonderfully easy.
Decluttering inspiration: books to get you started on your minimalist journey
thesavvymamma
02/07/2022
When we decide to declutter our home, we want to get it done. We often start off strong. We feel
Where to start decluttering when you’re suffocating in stuff
thesavvymamma
15/06/2022
Before I had kids, I never got into decluttering. The stuff didn’t bother me. I had so much stuff. I
My financial story – confessions of a shopaholic at heart
thesavvymamma
11/06/2022
I have a confession to make about my financial story. I haven’t always been good with money. In fact, I’m more of a collector and spender than minimalist and saver. It’s just who I am.
I realise that it’s a bit ironic that I have a page about being money savvy. For many financial bloggers or finfluencers, they are great with money. It’s who they are, it’s what they do.
5 Reasons To Limit Extracurricular Activities
thesavvymamma
30/05/2022
Being a good parent doesn’t mean we have to enrol our children in unlimited extracurricular activities. In fact, putting limits
9 ways to teach contentment in a consumer-driven world
thesavvymamma
30/04/2022
Many parents today are struggling to navigate this consumer-driven world we live in. We have access to too much information.
We have too many options for what to stream and watch. We have endless podcasts and audiobooks to listen to. Youtube provides us with unlimited videos of everyday experts on every topic imaginable. We can be constantly entertained, educated, enlightened and engaged.
With this comes advertising in every form. It’s hard to avoid.
Our children are feeling it too. They often have too many toys. They are invited to too many birthday parties. They have too many extracurricular activities and are over scheduled. The overwhelm is real.
Here are nine ways that we can teach our children about contentment in a consumer-driven world.
12 Tips For Selling on Marketplace
thesavvymamma
06/04/2022
Melanie Wegener Thanks to Facebook Marketplace, selling secondhand items has never been easier. We can post virtually anything for sale
How reducing the clutter brings more calm
thesavvymamma
14/09/2021
Melanie Wegener The longer I’ve been parenting, the more I’ve realised that by reducing the clutter, it brings more calm.
How to declutter toys
thesavvymamma
26/05/2020
Melanie Wegener Toys are a real source of overwhelm for many parents. One minute you have your home that you
Adjusting to Covid isolation: why it wasn’t all bad
thesavvymamma
15/05/2020
Adjusting to life in Covid isolation was a lot to take in. When it all got real in Australia and our prime minister began regular media conferences, I found it unsettling and stressful. I’d just start to wrap my head around one restriction, only for this to change several days or even hours later. I felt like everything I did, and every decision I made was wrong somehow.
As a stay at home mother to two young children, I felt the isolation profoundly. I didn’t have an escape. All of our regular activities had been cancelled.
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