Happy 2014 y’all! Okay, so that’s a little late, but I took a sabbatical of sorts. I needed a regrouping. So, now here I am, newly regrouped, ready to rock! For the last couple of years, I’ve given up resolutions and instead, adopted a theme word for the year. This year, my theme is: SIMPLIFY.
I think I’ve been working on my son’s room makeover for like the last 6 months. We finished the wood wall, my husband built a badass bunkbed, and I’ve been slowly decorating it. I think I ordered duvets and that’s kind of where I left off. I have felt so weighted down with life and projects, that I barely have found anytime to finish it. It’s irritating.
Ever since I became a homeschooling mom, I’ve felt this overwhelming need to pare down. I mean why complicate my life anymore than it needs to be? Because, I’m a psycho that’s why. Somewhere along the way last year, I just started collecting things. Things for my future self to do, because my present self didn’t have time for such shenanigans. I was stressing over Pinterest projects to be. I became a part time hoarder of sorts. Although, I don’t think my purging self would ever fully let my hoarding self take over. But, things were starting to pile up around me. I finally had the talk with myself. These great ideas…these awesome makeovers were not going to happen. Not in this life. It was time to let it go. And in my world, once you’ve been marked for purge, you’re as good as gone.
And it’s not just about purging, there is some major organization that needs to happen. However, I can’t organize until I have a clearer picture of what I have. So, I am starting with the excess I’ve been collecting. No set plan really, I just kind of purge on the fly. I’m a free spirit that way. Once I get going though, honestly, you better hide yo stuff! I am the queen of purge. I just don’t form emotional attachments to everyday stuff. My husband on the other hand. Last week when he was out of town, I had just completed a major sweep through some of my craft supplies. I opened the kitchen drawer (another area of contention) and the first thing I saw was the knife sharpener. I hate that blessed thing! It makes the most horrid knife sharpening sound. It’s bulky and it’s just annoying with the way it flops all over the drawer. So, I threw it away. I didn’t really think my husband would notice (of course he would) until he asked me where it was. Huh? What are you talking about? I don’t know. Of course, as soon as he reads this, he’s going to know. Aaaaand, he’ll probably have a little baby cow. Well, I for one, feel much less weighted down.
Do you have a theme word for the year? Are you a hoarder slash purger? I hope everyone’s New Year is off to a great start!