Tag: grace not perfection

Stop Caring

Hold on. Please keep reading. I want you to stop caring so that you can show more love. Wait, what? Youโ€™re not making sense Elizabeth. Stay with me please. Stop caring about what others think of you. Iโ€™m not perfect. I still care too much about what others think of me. Think of my cookies.

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Balance

Balance is a tricky little bugger. When it comes to having balance in your life, it’s different from person to person. Your age, your family size, your values, your desires, your goals all help to shape the person you are. They all play a role in your balance. For one person they may want to

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I See You

A pile of clean laundry sits in my laundry room, the loads need to be switched. I’ve collected several empty laundry detergents that need to be rinsed and dropped off to recycling – I put it on my to do list weeks ago. I need to unload the dish washer and reload it with the

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Your Surroundings Mold You

I grew up in a house with eleven people and one bathroom. Now there are five of us and we have three bathrooms. I survive in chaos but when given a choice, I try to choose calm. Have you ever heard that the five people you spend the most time with are a reflection of

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Declutter with Toddlers

Yesterday a had a note in my planner to make a blog about decluttering with kids. However, I chose a different topic to write about yesterday, then something interesting happened. I’ve been reading the book: “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing” by Marie Kondo and I finished

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