Okay, so it's a New Year and I thought I'd give the "blog thing" another try. I have to admit I'm kinda ADD when it comes to sticking with things, so....hmm, yeah. Anyway, I'm still a SAHM to kids 9, 5, and 1 -- and insanely busy! I'd love to say that I cook perfectly balanced meals and my home is magazine worthy, but this is real life. I'm happy to get mostly nutritious food on the table and the toys/clothes/soccer gear picked up.
The ONE thing I'm forcing myself to stick with is decluttering my life and home. I live in a perfectly cozy home but it's filled with loads o' crap. I've realized I spend more time trying to organize clutter than I'd like and this robs me of time, which is already a short commodity. More importantly, I've realized I don't want my kids to follow our example and live cluttered lives themselves. I've been reading lots of blogs on minimalism and I've been inspired. I stumbled upon this post "21 Benefits to Owning Less" and I felt it really spoke to my feeling of being on the "treadmill" of life. I don't want to be on the treadmill...I want to stroll through the park. To inspire myself, I've been reading minimalism blogs each night to maintain momentum. So far so good. As I look around, there are tons of things we could do without. What things can you do without?
