Looking Back at our 2025 Blogging Year

This January has been not only full of reflection but also looking ahead towards what 2026 will hold. In the moments of reflection, we are taking some time to pause, reflect, and appreciate the journey this blog has taken over the past year.

Our 2025 Year of Blogging

2025 held a big milestone for us–we had our five year anniversary of creating A Sustainably Simple Life! What a journey it has been from coming up with an idea in Krista’s living room to having tens of thousands of people reading what we are writing.

Last year we had over 22,300 visitors to our blog, which is humbling! It is also exciting to know that this many people are wanting read about sustainable living.

Why Start a Sustainability Blog? Celebrating 5 years of Blogging Together

Top Blog Posts of 2025

The most read posts from last year were not all written in 2025. These top posts span the years and, since reusing items is one of my favourite topics, I love seeing those posts top the list!

These are our top five most read posts of the year:

1. 26 Great Ways to Reuse Your Glass Jars
2. Over 20 Ways to Reuse Shipping and Packing Materials
3. How to Host a Clothing Swap
4. 31 Plastic Free Swaps for Plastic Free July
5. How Good are Cork Yoga Mats? A Scoria World Review

For more ideas for reusing items, check out this growing list!

Your Ultimate Guide to Reusing Items and Why to do so

Favourite Blog Posts of 2025

It can be difficult to choose favourites when you work hard on something, but there are always a few stand out posts from the year.

Some of the posts I’m most proud of writing this year are:

1. 100 Presents to Celebrate a 100th Birthday
2. Racing Towards Green: How Formula 1 Is Embracing Sustainability
3. What are Mangrove Trees and Why are they Important for our Planet?

Some of the posts by Krista I loved:

1. The hidden cost of convenience: Types of plastic pollution and their impact
2. Garage Sales: Why They’re Important and How to Host a Successful One
3. 3 significant climate agreements and their impact

2025 Blogging Collaborations

As I continue to heal from a life altering injury, our collaborations have quieted down, but we’re still trying to share about some great Canadian small businesses that are trying to make a difference.

2 Great Canadian Small Businesses to Shop this Christmas

Our good friend Christy came on board to write a guest post for us on one of her favourite easy recipes–Alfredo pizza.

Easy Homemade Alfredo Pizza with Epicure

Another milestone celebrated this year was three years writing about climate change with the Climate Change Collective. Sadly 2025 was the last year for our collective as our lives are taking us in different directions, but I am so proud of the conversations this collective group of bloggers had over the years.

Celebrating 3 Years of the Climate Change Collective: Why Talking About Climate Change Matters

Our International Audience

It’s humbling to know that we have visitors from 136 different countries visiting our blog! We are grateful for each and every person that reads and supports our blog.

The majority of our traffic came from these 10 countries:

1. United States
2. Canada
3. United Kingdom
4. Germany
5. France
6. Spain
7. China
8. Australia
9. India
10. Ireland

Happy New Year!

As we turn the page on 2025, we’re grateful for the lessons we’ve learned and the community that grew alongside us. Thank you for being part of the journey—we can’t wait to see what the next year brings.

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