Life is more beautiful than this.
Maybe the lack of richness in everyday living makes life harder to do. I feared getting to this point on my journey of simplification. At the end of perfectly organized drawers is the realization I’m not living the life I need.
Life's conveniences have replaced rich interactions. Every day I can peer into any topic or aspiration through a screen, but peering into my friends, family or community is more challenging. Nourishing my relationships is hard when the last thing I want to do is be on the phone. Video chatting, calls, texts, just get the whole phone away from me.
I want pheromones, skin, vocal tones, nonverbal body language.
I have to be intentional about making sure I don't spend most of my time with a laptop, laundry and the miscellaneous possessions of others. This means fighting the urge to spend my free time recovering from my doing time.
Why is life draining when my world is filled with endless conveniences?
Maybe the lack of richness in everyday living makes life harder to do. I feared getting to this point on my journey of simplification. At the end of perfectly organized drawers is the realization I’m not living the life I need.
Life is more beautiful than this.
My relationships used to be deeper. Now my interactions feel like touchpoints, a high five until we see one another on the next lap around.
It would be nice if conveniences added to life’s richness.
I share this with you because, you may not know the by-product of getting organized and simplifying life is clarity.
Once you see your truth you can’t unsee it. The clarity I continue to find is about myself and how I'm meant to live. I always feared this day would come, the day I'm unable to avoid my actual needs and desires. I now must let go of my fears, insecurities, limitations, and decide what belongs. Are you on this journey with me?
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What does taking care of your needs look like?
I admit I'm used to emotional chaos, constantly feeling overwhelmed and underprepared for what life throws my way is what drives my deep need for organization and efficiency. I'm seeing how I'm the one making myself feel anxious and stressed. The environment may trigger me, but I can also create that environment.
Feels new to take care of myself over taking care of my ego. Here I am giving myself facials, baking banana bread, pouring into my peers stepping into the home organizing industry. The space that used to be filled with productivity is being filled with substance. These moments feel foreign. I find myself thinking, "What should I do next?" now that I'm not constantly feeding the ego train of do more, be better.
What does taking care of your needs look like?
It looks like eating for me.
Replacing productivity with something that fuels me on multiple levels has become therapy.
Cooking provides physical nourishment, creates a bonding experience that me and my little one will cherish forever, and allows me to be a gift to others by sharing the food I make. Although cooking gives me so much, my body is not used to receiving this kind of care.
My body is used to snacks on the go, eating in the car.
Getting used to my body not being drained at the end of the day or my mind not feeling like it has to scream is what I'm adjusting to. The peacefulness of it all.
I admit I'm used to emotional chaos, constantly feeling overwhelmed and underprepared for what life throws my way is what drives my deep need for organization and efficiency. I'm seeing I am the master of my anxious energy and stress. The environment may trigger me, but I can also create that environment.
There is a sense of fear that I won't be able to keep this up. That life will continue to get busier and add more than I can handle. This is why simplifying is a journey. It's my job to rewire myself and create a life I love managing. It's my job to create a body and mind I love being in. I am the gatekeeper to my mind, body and spirit. It's up to me to decide what I allow in.
Although learning how to manage my mental and emotional environment is new, managing the physical environment is not.
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Where is the space?
I admit, I know how to simplify a space but simplifying my life is much different. I've setup automatic payments for bills, have a daily routine, but I often feel like I can't catch my breath at the end of the day. I'm always doing something, going somewhere.
I admit, I know how to simplify a space but simplifying my life is much different. I've setup automatic payments for bills, have a daily routine, but I often feel like I can't catch my breath at the end of the day. I'm always doing something, going somewhere.
There's zero space in my life to wander, ponder, just be.
I recently miscarried and the experience of being pregnant again made me slow all the way down. I was too tired do the extra things I resent doing but feel I should. I found myself cuddled on the couch watching childhood movies with my six year old.
Why did it take such an event to make me open my eyes and appreciate my life?
Why am I in a rush for more desires?
Why can’t I enjoy being?
Childhood memories surfaced of seeing my parents always on the go, productive, never resting or enjoying life, only pushing through it. I believe my parents' generation was always pushing for a better life for my generation. I am the product of relentless effort to survive and a fight to thrive.
My parent's constant productivity may have got me here, for that I thank them. {Love you Mom and Dad} Yet this energy of always pushing through drains me and keeps my fears close by.
Since I refocusing my attention on healing and taking care of myself, I found a peace I didn't know was there. The hardly important tasks I let go of made space for rest, friends, community, and getting in tune with myself. It all gave me a contentment I felt was unattainable until I reached full financial freedom or in a healthy loving relationship.
I share this with you as a reminder that this moment right here is life. What we do every day makes up the quality of life we live. If something feels off, it's possible it's time to let go. Let go and see what fills its place effortlessly- could be love, peace, contentment.
The power of simplicity is not in the letting go but what is welcomed once you do.
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