97: Small & Simple = A Grand & Full Life - Top Post from 2016

The Simple Sophisticate - Intelligent Living Paired with Signature Style

Shannon Ables

Society & Culture, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 944 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today's post and episode is the penultimate episode/post before a new episode returns next Monday.

I want to thank you as readers and listeners for your patience as I had scheduled to take the entire month of April off in order to for the intense time of the school year that is the final weeks prior to AP testing for my juniors. I have never taken so much time off, and while it was scheduled (have a look at season 5's schedule here), it was new.

I certainly found myself coming up with a long list of ideas for upcoming podcast episodes, reading more than a handful of books and discovering Petit Plaisir I cannot wait to share, but it was odd being away from the microphone.

Thank you for understanding, and I cannot wait to share a new episode next Monday as TSLL's first annual British Week begins.

With that said, I wanted to share a listeners' top episode from the second season of the podcast as it speaks to something I am thoroughly immersing myself in, and have been since this last summer. Case in point, the image above. My home is becoming just that, more and more of a home, and a large part of the reason I love it so much is that is it smaller and thoughtfully tailored to the inhabitants (myself and my dogs and occasional guests) that spend time there.

This particular episode, episode #97, shares 11 ways to live small and simply, curating a signature sanctuary that we thoroughly enjoy returning to each and every night and waking up in every morning.

~Read the full show notes of Episode #97 here

I do hope you enjoy.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.
0:16.3	I'm your host, Shannon Ables.
0:18.8	And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a
0:25.0	cafe ole, thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast and yes it has been almost a month and
0:49.9	a half since we've had a new airing of the podcast. I have been receiving that more
0:54.9	than a few emails from readers and comments from readers on Instagram asking
0:59.2	where is your podcast and I first of all want to say thank you so much for your interest. I am so
1:05.5	ecstatic to be returning and in fact today's episode is an archive post a top
1:11.0	archive post from the second season, it will be next Monday that a new
1:15.7	episode will return to the podcast. Now I am learning from this process as well. I
1:20.7	did announce that I would be taking off the month of April and the reason I decided to try this out is to try to find some balance because in the month of April is when my teaching really ramps up.
1:34.3	For many of you, you already know this, but for some of you who don't, I teach primarily
1:38.8	all, most years entirely all, so almost 200 kids of AP language students and that's those
1:45.7	are juniors and they're taking the test in May and so this Wednesday my
1:50.4	students are taking their tests but April is really that ramp up time and I
1:54.8	really needed to drill down with that and I wanted to see if it made a difference in
1:58.4	my stress levels because I've found in the past couple years that I did start to get a little bit overwhelmed
2:06.0	and I wanted to find that balance because I truly love doing both.
2:09.4	I love doing this podcast and I will always continue to do it but I needed to find a level that worked
2:15.7	well with my teaching schedule as well. So thank you for your patience with that. Again a
2:21.2	brand new episode kicks off next Monday, May 20th, because next Monday, as many of you already know, is the first annual Simply Luxurious Life British Week.
2:32.8	In fact, make sure you stop by on Sunday, May 19th
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