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With a background in engineering, I’ve learned to see patterns, bring order to complexity, and create systems that flow. With faith in Christ at the center of our home, I focus on creating intentional spaces and nurturing rhythms. My newsletter shares tips for simplifying your home and creating space to reset and quiet your heart.
💜 Peace: Presence Over Pace
Nº 28 – December 9, 2025 Peace Edition Hi Reader, Welcome to this week’s edition of The Neat Reset — a gentle pause in your week to tidy your space, quiet your mind, and start fresh. This week of Advent invites us to lean into Peace. And I’ve found that peace doesn’t always come from clearing our schedules, but from slowing our pace. At home, so much of the hurry we feel isn’t about true urgency; it’s about moving faster than our thoughts, reacting instead of pausing, and forgetting that...
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💜 Advent Week 2: Peace
Read on the web ↗ Peace: Rhythm, Not Rush By Flavia Andrews This second week of Advent invites us into peace — not as an ideal we admire, but as a rhythm we learn to practice. This message arrives a little later than I would have liked, but perhaps that’s fitting. I’ve been trying not to rush — to honor the very peace I’m writing about. Taking a step back, breathing, and pacing myself felt more aligned than hurrying for the sake of timeliness. Sometimes the practice itself becomes the lesson....
💜 Making Room for Hope
Nº 27 – December 2, 2025 Hope Edition Hi Reader, Welcome to this week’s edition of The Neat Reset — a gentle pause in your week to tidy your space, quiet your mind, and start fresh. As we step into December, I’m intentionally slowing my pace. This month, I’ll be stepping away from projects and writing so I can enjoy the season with my family and shape my plans for the new year. Over the next four Tuesdays, I’ll be focusing on the themes of Advent — beginning today with Hope. Instead of...
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💜 Advent Week 1: Hope
Read on the web ↗ Hope: Presence, Not Pressure By Flavia Andrews The first week of Advent always feels like a natural starting point to me. Maybe it’s because it marks the beginning of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church, or because the anticipation of Christmas and the new year brings a quiet sense of renewal to my heart. Advent becomes a moment to pause, look around, and gently ask: What would make this season feel lighter? Because let’s be honest — the busyness and rush of this time...
🌿 Simplified Gifting
Nº 26 – November 25, 2025 Sponsored by HubSpot Hi Reader, Welcome to this week’s edition of The Neat Reset — a gentle pause in your week to tidy your space, quiet your mind, and start fresh. This Tuesday, I'd like to pause before the fullness of Thanksgiving and the rushed feeling of the start of the holiday shopping season. And before anything else, I want to say this with honesty and warmth: I’m thankful for you, Reader. Each week, you welcome these resets into your inbox. You write to me...
☕️ 3 Simple Shares
Intentional resets for space & spirit. Three simple shares for today—reflective, practical, worthy. May one of them meet you right where you are. 1. From My Desk I’ve been setting my mind on the things that matter most, and that’s meant slowing down my work pace a bit and giving myself some grace. As we approach Advent, I’m focusing on setting the tone in my heart and my home: less hurry, more intention. Advent begins this Sunday, November 30. It’s the four-week season of preparation leading...
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🩵 Welcoming Advent
Read on the web ↗ Welcoming the Advent Season By Flavia Andrews As we step into the Advent and Christmas season, many of us feel a tug to slow down — even if just a little. Advent has a way of calling us back to what is quiet and steady, inviting us to pause before the world tells us to rush. It is the season of holy anticipation, where preparation becomes prayer and homemaking becomes a way to welcome Christ with intention. Below, you’ll find a simple but meaningful way to begin:...
🩵 Farewell to The Neat Living Shop
Intentional resets for space & spirit. An important announcement about changes—and what’s next. 1. From My Desk After much reflection, I’ve decided to close The Neat Living Shop on December 31, 2025. I’ve been spread thin between publishing on the blog and maintaining other platforms, and it became clear that something needed to shift. Letting it go creates the breathing room I’ve been missing. It allows me to pour my energy into the work that feels most meaningful. Bittersweet, yes—but...
🌿 Getting your spices holiday-ready
Nº 25 – November 18, 2025 Sponsored by Conversion Zoo Hi Reader, Welcome to this week’s edition of The Neat Reset — a gentle pause in your week to tidy your space, quiet your mind, and start fresh. This week caught up to me a bit, and the project I began is still waiting for its finishing touches. Real life shifts like that sometimes, and I’ve learned to honor the pause rather than rush the process. Still, I wanted to bring you a reset — something helpful as we step deeper into a busy season....
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🩵 Ten Minutes of Clarity
Read on the web ↗ Ten Minutes of Clarity By Flavia Andrews There’s a simple practice I’ve been leaning on lately—quiet, steady, almost understated. I call it Ten Minutes to Clarity. It’s just what it sounds like: ten slow minutes where I sit, breathe, and gently return to myself… to what’s true, to what’s shifting, to what needs space. Not analyzing. Not planning. Simply seeking clarity. And now that the days have finally cooled just a bit for me to sit outside again, this little practice...
With a background in engineering, I’ve learned to see patterns, bring order to complexity, and create systems that flow. With faith in Christ at the center of our home, I focus on creating intentional spaces and nurturing rhythms. My newsletter shares tips for simplifying your home and creating space to reset and quiet your heart.