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so...let's have a conversation
about the life you live vs. the life you'd LIKE to live.
I notice on pintrest (and I am guilty of this as well) that there is a lot of "the way I'd like to live/eat/dress/etc"...and I keep thinking:
what are we waiting for?
I know, those loboutin heels I lust after: spendy and impractical. and most of my interior boards are for after we buy: planning, as it were. (we're buying this house from our landlord - barring catastrophe - in 5 years.)
but i'm on a mission, now, and we should all support each other - like the weight watchers and the exercise threads: the Life You Should Be Livin' Thread.
so i am (as soon as this baby wakes up and i get the feeling back in my right arm) cleaning out and organizing my closet. well, starting to. there may be an ikea trip in my future.
then i'm going to stop pondering and start acting on the painting projects and the big spotty patch over the mantel.
I'll even blog about it (gasp!)
Who's with me?
Re: so...let's have a conversation
::battle cry!!!:::
I'm with you!
I know Huz and I aren't going to exactly have the life we want (or even the life we love living right now) b/c of our upcoming move to the IL's. But, I am inspired to make the most of the space that we'll have, and make sure I love it. And for that to happen, this summer I will sort and organize everything, and keep only what I really love. I'm going to live the simple life.
Alright, I'm with ya! This week starting tomorrow I'm going to begin processing our hundreds of vacation photos. And following that will begin selecting photos for the albums I want to make.
As a bonus, by the end of the week I promise to change out my siggy to something else. We've been back for a month now! :X
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this is my most daunting project. not just vacation photos, though.
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Most often, the thing that comes between me and that life is $$$$
Whether it's how I want to dress, or the home projects, or the ambitious travels, or the "quit your job and do X" plans, there is just no funding for that right now. I hope one day that will change, or that I'll at least make a bit more so that I can save up and satisfy one of those dreams once in a while.
We are going to have a big move at the end of August, so my plans will all be around our new town. I have big big organization plans. The move is going to save us some serious money, so that will help with cost.
Baby girl and I are going to be working on this as well, as DH is FREAKING out about the amount of stuff in our house.
It is our summer goal. I think we can do it. The thing I am looking forward to is hanging photos... both of wedding and maternity and baby thanks to the AMAZING Patrice!
I love it. I just need to get to the point where I can actually DO things without needing to sit down and rest for a few minutes every 45 minutes! And to not feel like I have to puke! I had a list of stuff (and the idea that I would clean our home, complete with cutting some hydgrangias from the front yard and putting them on the kitchen table. Instead, I spent a lot of time talking to my insurance company, working on lesson plans, making frozen yogurt and reading my book. Not a bad day, but not particularly productive.
Really, I just want to be in a clean, organized house. And I would like to be able to go to yoga regularly, and take 30 minutes out of our day to take a walk. That doesn't sound to tricky, does it?
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well, yes. Obviously - but if it's something you REALLY want, why not work for it? I bought 3 boxes of fabric from a chick who told her husband "when our kids are potty trained, let's go live on the boat for a year or two." So they did. They sold everything they could live without, put the rest in storage (keeping out what they would need for actual living, obviously) and rented out their house. Now he's working remotely from the boat somewhere off the California coast.
That's an extreme example - but I do a lot of "one day, when I paint that..." or "if I *ever* get my closet organized...
huge life shifts are nice gestures, but it's the every day where the magic happens. I just want us to have the most magical everydays possible.
We are in a state of constant purging. I have little bags all over the place bound for goodwill. Like Hannah - we purged a lot when we moved and now our stuff seems to have multiplied again. And I had to have THREE effing boxes of *** shipped back to us from Texas because people just kept giving us stuff.
I have faith that you can make it work.
Ha, that mind set got me pregnant! It's definitely worth the plunge!
I'm in/been in. We're hoping this summer brings big changes for us and in the mean time we're trying to live life as close as possible to how we'd like to be living.
Best of luck everyone!
oh he hates the bags for goodwill even more ;-)
I love lists. We have a big yearly to do list, smaller and more manageable weekly to do lists and when we're home on the weekends, we always have a weekend list. It's fun stuff and house stuff and chores all mixed up so it doesn't feel like drudgery.
My list for this week:
I love this! What a great attitude! I could totally get behind this. I think that things in my life are taking a turn for the good, and I would love to take this positive energy and run with it!
I am going to re-sign-up (is that a word??) for Weight Watchers today. I already have my gym memebership renewed and DH and I have planned days this week to go together. I figure it's a good way to keep each other in check and also spend some time together.
YAY for progress!
Great topic! I feel the same way...so much I want to do or need to do, but I've been slacking. Time to just get it done!
I definitely have a ton of stuff around the house that I really want to do before we start trying for a family so this is good motivation.
I personally would love to marry Harry, but mess around with Ike. That's good, isn't it?
(tee hee hee)
While I may not be able to afford quite the life I'd like, I am working toward being content with the one I have now. It's a pretty good one. So I'm in! No weight loss/exercise goals for me.
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Harry
Ike
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That's kind of what I finally felt w/ my biz. I really wanted to do a start-up and have been talking/thinking about it for a couple of years. Finally decided to stop talking and thinking and start DOING.
It's hard when you don't have a lot of money to play with thought. I'd say that's the thing that holds most people back...
Hoo baby!
Was that who she was referring to in the song???
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