Live The Life You Want To Live

January 16, 2014April 20, 2017

Tip #16 – What is standing between YOU and the life you WANT to be LIVING?

What clutter do you need to get rid of, so that you can live the life you desire to live? What things are you holding onto, that are holding you back? Be purposeful in everything in you own!

Kristin’s Action Plan: There were many craft projects that I wanted to accomplish. I knew I never would. Looking at them, made me stressed because I was constantly reminded of what I wasn’t doing. When I donated them, I felt so much relief – sounds odd, but it was the best choice! I hadn’t spent oodles of money on them, thankfully, but it was still a little hard. Although, I have not looked back and today, I am dedicating my time to the things that I want to, instead of being reminded of what I am not doing.

Kids In The Kitchen

If someone were to ask me what one of the biggest “teachable moments” of a given day is, it’s in the kitchen. If someone were to ask me what one of the biggest time-wrestling parts of a given day is, it’s in the kitchen. Do you find that sometimes when you are trying to get…

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Unbusy

Unbusy. Have you ever thought about what that word means? Pretty sure it is a word that is not part of our common vocabulary. In fact, it’s quite the opposite it. Busy. We are all busy. Someone asks how we are doing and we say “busy.” We think about what we have to do in…

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An Unrepeatable Gift

Before every basketball practice, we try to read the Jesus Calling for the day. I appreciate those 2 paragraphs of spiritual inspiration and affirmation, that God has us in the palm of His hand. Today, while reading it with the players, the line “Thank Me for this day of life, recognizing that it is a…

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100 Things Challenge CHECKLIST

With a new year upon us, one of the things I want to keep tweaking in my life is how much stuff we have. I still am desiring to live with less, but it is a process – not a one day cure. In attempts to continue to do so, I recently challenged my readers…

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Trying To Keep Up, But…

It is incredibly easy to feel worn out, isn’t it? Wear this… Eat that… Look like this… Make that… Parenting like this… Go to that… It’s endless! And it’s going to be endless until we realize in trying to keep up, we will never arrive. I have tried keeping up during various stages of my…

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Simple Uses For Ordinary Items: Wax Paper

Wax paper. Something we often keep stocked in our pantries – mainly just for cooking/baking. Can you really use wax paper for anything else? You bet! You will want to make sure you always keep wax paper in stock! 1. Wrap your cheese in wax paper so that it lasts longer, then wrap in foil….

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5 Comments

Jennifer - The Deliberate Mom says:

January 16, 2014 at 7:49 pm

Fabulous idea to purge those craft supplies! Seeing them can be a huge disappointment.

I need to try to let go of "sentimental things". There are many things I just can't let go of because of who gave them to me, etc. However, the majority of them are in boxes I never open up and look in. It's the toughest area for me to organize.

Wishing you a lovely day.
xoxo

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MorganizewithMe says:

January 17, 2014 at 8:49 am

I love what you shared here. I too just decided to dump some craft / scrapbooking projects and I feel so much better. It is OK to change our minds and take things off of the "To Do List!"

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1. Kristin says:
  
  January 17, 2014 at 8:18 pm
  
  Thank you! Ah, doesn't it just feel so good to clear out?! I like what you said that it IS okay to change our minds – it just helps us get closer to the people we want to be! Thanks for the comment!
  
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Tattered Treasures - Danelle says:

January 18, 2014 at 1:17 am

I completely relate. We have a shop… You tend to hold onto things that you MAY be able to use. One day we decided to clean house and it felt great. We threw away things that we NEVER would use… UN-cluttering our lives!

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1. Dan and Kristin says:
  
  January 18, 2014 at 3:05 pm
  
  I bet having a shop makes it that much more difficult to keep the clutter OUT! I love hearing personal decluttering stories because we all (I feel) have some decluttering to do – the type of level might be different, but you are so right UN-cluttering our lives! Thanks for sharing!
  
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