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🔥 Popular Now – Reader Favorites This Week
Turns out, we’re all obsessed with elderflowers, syrups, and old garden tricks. These are the posts that sparked joy (and lots of clicks!) this month.
🌼 Elderflower Soda + Syrup – A Traditional Summer Favorite
🌲 Fir Syrup – Immunity Booster & Natural Remedy
🍃 June’s Bounty: Summer’s Peak with Fresh Harvests & Timeless Traditions 🌞
🌿 Welcome to MakeItSimple
Hi, I’m Lela — and this is my cozy little corner of the internet where life slows down, the seasons guide us, and simplicity becomes something deeply meaningful.
On this blog, you’ll find gentle inspiration and practical ideas rooted in tradition, nature, and real life. Whether you’re just starting your journey toward a simpler lifestyle or you’ve always been drawn to mindful routines and seasonal rhythms, you’re in the right place.
🍃 What You’ll Discover Here:
I write about what I live — from the heart of Eastern Europe, where every season brings its own flavors, moods, and needs. Everything I share is inspired by the way I grew up: close to nature, with a strong connection to food, home, health, and daily rituals that nourish the soul.
Here are the main areas I write about:
- 🧼 Clean living: Find guides for creating peaceful, tidy spaces and building daily habits that bring mental clarity and calm.
- 🍲 Seasonal homemade food: Discover nourishing, simple recipes made from fresh, local ingredients—cooked from scratch, just like in childhood.
- 🌱 Gardening & seasonal rhythm: Learn how to care for your garden, align with the seasons, and live more intentionally through nature.
- 💚 Emotional wellness: Explore topics like burnout, emotional neglect, therapy, and self-growth—with stories from my own journey and useful tools for yours.
- 🫙 Preservation & homemade staples: From jams to pickles, learn traditional, slow-living methods to save the season’s best.
- 🗂️ Life Kits: Printable tools, seasonal checklists, and decluttering aids to help you actually simplify life (with a sprinkle of humor and maybe some sarcasm).
💫 Why This Blog Exists
MakeItSimple isn’t just about minimalism or “doing less.” It’s about choosing well, living intentionally, and nurturing what really matters.
I created this space as a way to document the little things that have helped me build a life that feels fulfilling, slow, and connected. It’s not perfect—and it’s not meant to be. It’s about progress, not pressure. And it’s about choosing to live by the seasons, from the inside out.
Here, you won’t find perfection or pressure to change overnight. What you will find are honest reflections, tested tips, seasonal guidance, and heartfelt encouragement to live in a way that feels right for you.
🫶 Start wherever your heart leads you today:
- Clear your space and your thoughts
- Cook something wholesome and nostalgic
- Reconnect with your emotions and inner strength
- Learn to preserve the best of each season
- Or just take a quiet moment and breathe 🌸
Thank you for being here. I hope this blog becomes a companion on your own journey toward a life that’s rooted, nourishing, and beautifully simple — one season at a time.
#SimplifyWithLela 🌿
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