How our home makes us feel can have a huge impact on the way we feel.
Take a walk through your home. What feelings do you get? Are you stressed? Overwhelmed? Anxious? Write these feelings down.
Then take action to improve the feeling in your home. This is not intended to overwhelm you, but little by little with small improvements your home can feel peaceful and bring you joy.
Grab a note book and write down one thing you can do and give yourself a date to have it accomplished by.
Then approach this improvement with a plan divided into small increments.
I like to set a timer for 10-15 minutes and see how much I can accomplish in that set amount of time. Little improvements over a period of time can make huge changes for you.
We need to live with intention, not perfection, but continually progressing. Don’t let life drive you, but you take control and be the driver.
I’m a big believer in a day planner. A place where you can mentally dump everything that’s in your head. I like to use Sunday evenings to plan out my week, look at my schedule and plan accordingly. I keep everything in this planner, from family commitments, to work projects and even my goals and personal items I’m working on. It’s all in one place.
At one point in my life I tried putting everything in my phone, but that didn’t work for me. The act of writing things down on paper is cathartic.
Planning saves time in the long run!
This time of year, I get the organizing bug! In fact, I want to go through everything and purge what we are not using. Simplify your life by ridding yourself of what you no longer love or use. If you’re not going to wear it share it!
Creating a home environment where you will feel joy each day may take time. And that is perfectly ok!
Brenda Smith
7 Jan 2021Loved this whole thing. So many suggestions I need to incorporate into my life; it seems a little overwhelming. Just one step at a time and I’ll get there.
Michelle Dickson
7 Jan 2021Thank you Brenda. It’s easy to get overwhelmed, but we all progress little by little. I choose one thing to work on at a time and I’ve got a long way to go. But I truly believe that we can find joy in every situation as we have gratitude and focus on our Savior. You are amazing!