Wow, what a week. Sometimes I feel like I can just not stop moving I will get everything done. But then the kids get sick and the plumbing gets stopped up, and life gets crazier before I can even get traction. I feel like the best thing to do is accept those things and let go of things that are less urgent. My son has his medicine from the pharmacy, my toilet is now flushable, and my family has dinner in their bellies. Of course I had to wait for the medicine, got poo water all over my rubber glove (which was disposed of), and I decapitated a brontosaurus that was in the wrong place at the wrong time in the kitchen.
I am trying to remain optimistic because I feel that it is a key to survival. I have thought that if I was the richest person in the world and had a sick child or husband I would give everything to cure them. Well, my family is healthy so I have things in my life that are truly worth more than any material possessions. (Just a random little thought.)
Oh, and I got rid of a few more boxes of stuff that we don't use. The kids are pulling it out faster than I can put it in though so I think I need to work faster. Slowly I'm getting to the point to where we actually use all that we have and appreciate it all.
Life is good :)
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
A Mama's Work is Never Done
Why does it seem like life is so crazy when you have so much you can enjoy and cherish? I am a happily married mother of two with a full time job and a to do list that is never exhausted. I am a minimalist wannabe and I desperately want to find a way to organize my life so that I can spend time with my family and stop all this precious time from slipping through my fingers.
I am embarking on a new goal in my life to become a minimalist. I feel like I can have more time for important things if I can get my material possessions under control. The effort is definitely paying off. I am on a roll looking for unnecessary things around my house and tossing them out (my garage looks awful though). It's been difficult though. For example, there are a lot of things that I like the idea of having, like the chubby chefs on the sides of my oven, but they are not functional, they don't contribute anything but dust and often get buried in other junk on my counter. So off they went. It really is liberating.
In addition to taking less time to manage my possessions, I am also finding more room for my family to move around in. We have a small house so we need all the space we can get.
It also have financial benefits. Before becoming a minimalist wannabe, my family would spend out days out visiting thrift stores and toy stores and shopping. We didn't spend a lot of money, but a penny saved is a penny earned. Saying no to a $5.99 pair of shoes each Saturday adds up over a year and why spend all of that money to clutter my closet and make it harder to find the things that I actually use consistently?
Don't get me wrong, I don't ever think I will ever become a full minimalist. I won't sell my house and live in a cave or narrow my wardrobe to a pair of shorts and a tank top, but I believe something must be said about the movement and the benefit to tired working moms everywhere. Who needs all that junk anyway?
I am embarking on a new goal in my life to become a minimalist. I feel like I can have more time for important things if I can get my material possessions under control. The effort is definitely paying off. I am on a roll looking for unnecessary things around my house and tossing them out (my garage looks awful though). It's been difficult though. For example, there are a lot of things that I like the idea of having, like the chubby chefs on the sides of my oven, but they are not functional, they don't contribute anything but dust and often get buried in other junk on my counter. So off they went. It really is liberating.
In addition to taking less time to manage my possessions, I am also finding more room for my family to move around in. We have a small house so we need all the space we can get.
It also have financial benefits. Before becoming a minimalist wannabe, my family would spend out days out visiting thrift stores and toy stores and shopping. We didn't spend a lot of money, but a penny saved is a penny earned. Saying no to a $5.99 pair of shoes each Saturday adds up over a year and why spend all of that money to clutter my closet and make it harder to find the things that I actually use consistently?
Don't get me wrong, I don't ever think I will ever become a full minimalist. I won't sell my house and live in a cave or narrow my wardrobe to a pair of shorts and a tank top, but I believe something must be said about the movement and the benefit to tired working moms everywhere. Who needs all that junk anyway?
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