I love this quote... and borrowed the format / picture from Simple Media.com's blog site...
I'm a big fan of simple. In theory. I really, really aspire to live a simple life. In my real life, I try on a daily basis to make life more simple every day and many days I fail. I do think I've been pretty successful over the past few years... (all of you who really know me can stop snickering now). At any rate, I have lots of "Simplify your life" books (Simplify Christmas, your kids, your life, your bathroom, blah, blah, blah...), I am a fan of lots of simplifying websites (check out this awesome compilation HERE... they are having some great giveaways!), and I really do think that there is something to be said for shedding your excess. When I get a bit down about having too much stuff and how stressed that makes me feel, I have to remember that I HAVE been shedding my excess for the last year... 70+ pounds of excess weight and a lot of the baggage that has gone along with that - and there is something to be said for that!
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Dennis and I decided this summer to really focus on our priorities as a family, and so after reading The Three Big Questions for a Frantic Family, we decided to use their method and scorecard... it is a really simple and good one - at least worth a look IMHO. Yes, we've gotten lots of questions and a few "teasing digs" about our Scorecard, but I don't care - we post it publicly and proudly... and we've gotten a lot of good feedback about it too (if you're interested, check out the Frantic Family website). And this time our goal is to "Shed our Excess"... It's a worthy goal - I've taken lots of our stuff to Goodwill, I ask myself repeatedly whether I need something, and I do have to remember that part of shedding my excess is getting rid of this weight, one ounce or pound at a time - no matter how it comes off! Yes, I still buy stuff I don't need (I'm a bag (purses, backpacks, duffles) and office-supply whore), but at least I am thinking about it now!
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5 comments:
You and me, sister! My 2010 motto is "Less is More." Less weight, less stuff, less debt, less stress. I, too, am working on simplifying my life...LOVE IT!
Amy
I couldn't agree more! I am really trying hard to simply my life and lose my excess baggage (and weight)!
I agree too! Most of my goals for the year deal with creating "less" in my life. I have been really bad about the purging I want to do on my house, but I will get there!
For the past year+ I have been doing, weekly, what I call "de-crapping" my house. Sometimes it's as serious as emptying out the entire attic and getting rid of stuff, sometimes it's as small as simply choosing a single drawer and emptying it of its comments. It's a great feeling. It's an on-going project. My "de-crapping" night is usually Tuesday. It's a task I look forward to each week.
Tracey has a very mild case of hoarding...and it has been a learning process for him since I moved it. I take it slow and say...Baby...is there a need to hold onto that suit you wore in 1986? I think not.
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