A WELL ORDERED LIFE

                      It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan. Eleanor Roosevelt  When I began this blog, I was focusing on "ordering"  my life and I was including my whole life here, not just organizing my "spaces". But I really was not thinking about my health and wellness.  Well, now I've decided to expand this blog a bit to include ALL areas of my life, including my body. Yeah, I'm trying for the whole-shebang! You see it's fairly easy for me to order my life in most areas ( I love organizing and planning ) but the troubling areas for me... getting in shape, losing weight, exercising more, eating less sweets...these areas are my big  downfall. And after adding extra Covid pounds its even more  an issue! So I'm ready to conquer this area of my life as well! I know it's a couple of months away from the New Year when most people make resolutions to make changes in their lives but I'm working...

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.      William Lyon Phelps If you're considering the  changes needed to create the well-ordered life it may seem overwhelming in the beginning. As William Phelps says it's like climbing a tower. You're at the bottom and looking up and it looks impossible to climb. But if you take just one step  at a time and baby steps at that,  in no time you'll be feeling "finer" as he says. Even after the FIRST baby step you'll begin to feel the effects of a well-ordered life. You will feel a sense of accomplishment and you'll have a HINT of the feeling of serenity you can have when you bring order into your life and home. When I married my husband he was a "messy". He was seemingly not bothered by trying to relax  surrounded by a mess of papers and "stuff". Me? I had to have my own li...