Ready for Living Purposefully

Ever since I was first introduced to the concept of minimalism, it appealed to me. I'll be honest, at first, it was because all of the photos I saw were of beautifully decorated rooms. It seemed as though these minimalists all had amazing design skills, which I so very do not. Then, in 2014, my husband and I got a taste of what it was like to live with less. We put our townhouse on the market, and when we met with our realtor to discuss how to stage our home, we found out how much "stuff" we needed to get out. So we did. We packed up it up and put it in storage. I cannot even tell you how that experience changed us. When you sell a house, you have to be able to show it at a minute's notice. Guys, when you take out more than 50% of your stuff (seriously, it was that much), it's easy to clean. My husband and I kept reveling in how nice our house looked, and how much less stress we felt. It was incredible.

Fast forward to now. It's 2017, and we have gone from one child to two, and a townhouse to a larger single family home. Despite wanting to live on the side of less, we've found ourselves with more. We took a step back recently and asked ourselves, "how did this happen?" and "how do we fix this?". The answer, I believe, is that we weren't being intentional with what things we let in our lives, and the solution is to truly live on purpose.

I have found that, even if you want to live with less, unless you are intentional, it just won't happen. And the stuff accumulates. Boy, does it accumulate.

So, this is my journey. From a hectic, frazzled mommy of two littles who feels like she is always cleaning, to a joyful, stress-free probably still a bit frazzled mommy (because, let's face it, kids are hard, y'all) with less to clean, less to worry about. This is not a "how I did it" blog, but almost like a documentary of how I'm doing it. I'd love it if you'd come on this path with me.

Kelly