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I'm a 34 year old female looking for some strength training I can do at home. I have not been consistently working out in the past 9 months due to having baby #4 and I hear strength training is one of the best options for overall fitness. Youtube videos or something budget friendly would be great. I do have dumbbells that go up to 10# on each side, not sure if that will be enough. I'm new to this group so sorry if this question has been asked before. Any input would be appreciated, thanks!

Hey all, I have been interested in minimalism the past 8 years or so and was able to do it fairly naturally when it was just my husband and I in a small house. Both worked outside the home so didn't need much. Fast-forward to today, we moved into a much larger house (1800 sq ft main floor plus a finished basement) and have 4 small kiddos with hopes to have more and I homeschool. I love minimalism but have struggled so much with having the extra space to fill and also wanting to be smart about what I get rid of when we may still need it for future kids (ex: we keep all hand me down clothes, several toys, etc for our growing family to reduce future spending). I also really love cozy spaces so furniture has accumulated to create more "nooks" within our big open floor plan. We can't move to downsize which is a pain point for me. Any large families or large house owners here that can share some experience on how you do it??

Hello, I’m wondering what simple looks like to those of you who live in a larger than average house? My husband and I have four small kids with hopes for more so we built a house to fit our future needs of hosting parties and our kids families someday. It’s not a mansion but I deeply regret the bigger size although my husband thinks it’s perfect. Relocating is not an option so I need to move past the regret and be fully present in the house we have. Any suggestions? Please be kind, I’m new here and know this house is a huge privilege. I’m just overwhelmed

Just for fun... I'm curious if you had one shot to build your forever home, what things would you want the house to have as a large family?

For me personally, I'm thinking of special spaces for my kids to hang out (we homeschool) and also a large dining space for hosting holidays with our kids' future families. I'd want everything we need on the main floor for retirement and bonus space in the basement for hosting grandkids.

What do you see as your ideal house size and how many kids do you have?

Hello all, We just built a brand new house on a Century old family farm site that we pray our family can grow into. I have had this overwhelming feeling that we built too big of a house and I’m just wondering if anyone has any encouragement you could share. It’s 1800 sq ft on the main floor plus a small sunroom, with a finished basement of 1500 sq ft… So it’s about 3500 sq ft living space total. No upstairs, we want to retire on the main floor and have the basement for kids bedrooms and bonus room. It’s beautiful, open concept with lofted ceilings in the great room, and feels very spacious but at this stage in our life it feels way too big and I just feel like we made the wrong choice by taking on debt to build it. We currently have 4 young kids, we homeschool and hope to have 3+ more children, no plans to ever move since it is family land, and we wanted flexibility to potentially adopt in the future as well. We also live in the Midwest with long cold winters, so we felt the bigger size would be helpful to not feel cagey. It was all very well thought out, but ever since we moved in (last August) I have been questioning everything. The main floor has 2 bathrooms, 1 bedroom (and a play room that can be made into a bedroom in the future), and 3 bedrooms 1 bathroom in the basement. Does this house size sound reasonable for a larger family? I don't mean to sound ungrateful, I just am having such a hard time regretting this home since we designed it ourselves and we can't move.