About Our Simple Start
Sometimes the start of something meaningful looks a lot like a messy desk and a low-grade sense of overwhelm.
That was the moment for Cole: papers everywhere, an inbox that would not quit, and a to-do list that somehow had more energy than the person reading it. Beneath all of it was a feeling that many people know intimately—life had become too crowded, too noisy, too heavy.
The answer did not arrive all at once. It arrived in small, satisfying shifts. A single drawer cleared out. Better boundaries around work. Technology used with more intention and less surrender. Little by little, things began to feel different: calmer mornings, clearer priorities, more space to think, move, and enjoy what was already there.
From that experience, Make Life Simple Again took shape—a place built around the idea that simplicity can bring a certain kind of beauty to daily life. Not because everything becomes perfect, but because life begins to feel more breathable, more elegant, and far easier to carry.
Today, a team of writers, strategists, and lovers of thoughtful living carries that idea forward, exploring how simplicity and good choices can make everyday life feel lighter in all the right ways.
A Clearer Path to Everyday Elegance
It’s not about doing more; it’s about doing what feels right. Thoughtfully designed days bring sharper focus, lighter living, and effortless grace.
Meet the Team
We’re a small but passionate team of writers, thinkers, and doers who are obsessed with making life simpler. Here’s who’s behind the scenes:
Cole Carter
Founder & Clarity Director
Cole is the person who can look at a crowded schedule, a cluttered room, or an overworked plan and gently ask, “What if this could be easier?” He spent years in corporate strategy learning how to cut through noise and spot what actually matters, and now brings that same clarity to everyday life. His style is thoughtful, grounded, and wonderfully reassuring—the kind that makes simplicity feel smart, not severe.
Maggie Dave
Home Organization Editor
Maggie has an unusually refined eye for the relationship between beauty and function. For more than a decade, she has helped shape homes that feel composed, intuitive, and deeply livable—spaces where order supports life rather than overtaking it. Her work is precise without ever feeling rigid, and her greatest talent may be helping people see new possibility in rooms they had quietly stopped noticing.
Gwen Magramo
Financial Habits Writer
Gwen has a rare gift for making topics like time, money, and decision-making feel both smarter and more humane. She started out in financial analysis, but her real strength is translating numbers and habits into something readers can actually use in everyday life. Her work often explores the way people really think, spend, postpone, organize, and choose—which is exactly what makes it so useful and so easy to connect with.
Hunter Park
Everyday Tech Guide
Hunter is not here to be impressed by shiny gadgets with dramatic launch videos. He writes about the apps, tools, and digital habits that make modern living smoother. He also went a full month without a smartphone and survived, which gives him an almost suspicious level of credibility when he says most people do not need nearly as much tech as they think they do.
Laura Klerk
Living Well Editor
Laura is the person friends call when a room feels off, a routine feels clunky, or a home somehow looks fine but still is not working. She has spent years writing about interiors, everyday function, and the quiet power of a well-set-up space. What makes her work so appealing is that she never treats beauty and practicality like separate goals.
Pierce Ellison
Financial Wellbeing Writer
Pierce has worked as a financial freedom coach, and that shows in the way he writes about money: calm, clear, and completely uninterested in making readers feel behind. He is drawn to the everyday choices that create real steadiness over time—spending with intention, organizing finances in ways that lower stress, and building systems that make money feel like support rather than static.
Where We Focus
Not every part of life needs a full rethink. But a few tend to affect everything else. The way your home feels. The way work and money flow. The amount of digital noise in the background. Give those areas a better structure, and the whole day often starts to feel different.
Work & Wealth
Work and finances shape both daily experience and long-term possibility. More clarity in these areas often means less stress, stronger choices, and a greater sense of direction. The approach here favors practicality, discernment, and systems that bring steadiness rather than strain.
Living Spaces
A home has the power to restore or deplete. The difference often comes down to function, atmosphere, and how well a space reflects the life unfolding inside it. The focus here is on thoughtful simplification, beautiful utility, and creating rooms that feel composed rather than crowded.
Smart Tech
Phones, apps, inboxes, tabs, notifications—modern life can get noisy fast. A smarter digital life starts with knowing what is useful, what is distracting, and what needs a boundary. The focus here is tech that feels calmer, cleaner, and far more supportive.
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