A WELL ORDERED LIFE

First forget  inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're  inspired  or not.   Octavia Butler If one of the goals of your life is to live a well ordered life, there are new habits you will need to develop. As the above quote tells us, habit is more dependable than inspiration. So let's start developing those habits that will lead to the life we want! We all have times when we get really inspired by; pictures of neatly organized homes, the dream  of living a more calm and serene life, being able to slow down, the peace offered by a decluttered home, etc. Many things such as this can inspire us to begin to want to make some changes in our lives. But then we have a day where we don't feel such inspiration. Maybe we're tired, unmotivated, whatever it is, it keeps us from the inspiration we first felt. So we give up and go back to old habits! And there's that word... Habits! It all goes back to habits! And that's what it's r

So it's been awhile since I've written on this blog post. In attempting to simplify my life I had to let it (the blog) go awhile! Really, how can I take time to WRITE about living simply when the writing about it just adds more busyness to my life and making it more complicated! Hah! I'll share more about what I eliminated from my life, besides taking a break from blogging,  in another post. For now I just want to welcome you to the blog and let you know how I will continue to move forward here in this space. As you can see on the front page I will be sharing about: living simply, mindfulness, decluttering, a balanced life. Maybe with a little nature and gratitude thrown in. These topics will help us live with less stress in our lives while adding more happiness.             I hope you'll follow along on this journey to a well ordered AND balanced life! It's January and we live up North. In MinneSNOWta! But we have four seasons to enjoy so I"ll