July Part 4 - Refresh/Reset of Food Supplies (pantry/fridge/freezer & miscellaneous)

Week Four

Photo this week is my own. Most of my photos are from magicalstock.art.

Welcome to Part Four of July’s focus inside The Simplified Year! This week, we’re circling back to where we store the fuel for our bodies, and our families.

Quick overview: We're refreshing our food storage setup. Checking in on our pantries, fridges, and freezers, and those sneaky miscellaneous items that escape our attention the rest of the year. Think of it as a mid-year kitchen inventory, an integral part of intentional living.

How have your pantry, fridge & freezer fared since March?

If you’ve been following along with this month’s kitchen focus, you might be surprised at just how much energy shifts when your kitchen feels functional. If you’re just jumping in this week, welcome! This is a perfect entry point. We’re doing a quick, efficient food supply reset, not a deep dive, so you’re not behind. You’re right on time.

This Week’s Focus: Refreshing & Resetting Your Food Supplies

This week is a part of maintenance mode and gentle recalibration. Having a rhythm that you live by is something that only happens with intention. If you’re newer to decluttering, the rhythm might feel unnatural still, and maintenance mode may only be a far-off dream. Stick with us, and I guarantee that one of these days, you’ll be utilizing these maintenance mode posts more than the rest.

We’re not here to start from scratch or gut the pantry (unless it needs it, in which case… permission granted). We’re revisiting what we cleared back in March—your pantry, fridge, freezer, and any other kitchen nooks where food or cooking extras might be hiding.

We’re also expanding to include the oddball stuff: cookbooks, mismatched straws, skewers, obscure gadgets, and miscellaneous kitchen clutter that somehow escaped decluttering earlier this month.

Why This Matters (Mindset Reset)

Maintenance is the real magic behind a simplified home.

You already did the hard part: you cleared these areas once. But food storage spots? They're like the junk drawer of our grocery habits, and are always evolving.

Without regular check-ins, the clutter creeps back in… stale cereal, expired condiments, frostbitten soup you swore you’d eat… someday.

And energetically there’s something so heavy about food waste sitting behind closed cabinet doors.

It’s not about perfection, ever, even once you hit maintenance mode. It’s about awareness and intention. This reset is your permission slip to reclaim some clarity in one of the most-used areas of your home.

The average family throws out over $1,500 worth of food per year. Imagine what it would feel like to channel that energy and money somewhere more aligned with your values?! This waste diminishes the more you maintain your spaces.

That’s what we’re working toward this week.