My word for this year was “Content” as in be happy. And I am happy but lately I feel like I’ve lost my focus on being content.
At the beginning of the year I was on top of it. I was always reevaluating how I was spending my time and who I was spending it with. And if an activity or event or person didn’t further my happiness than I was opting out.
But lately I’ve gotten really off track. I’ve said “yes” to things I should have said “no” too. Not just because they are things I wouldn’t enjoy but because I seriously don’t have the time.
And my mind and my house reflect this lack of time and focus. There are projects started and never finished. Closet cleaning half done, a vacation half packed for, a foyer half decorated. Blog posts that I haven’t written, time I can’t seem to manage, events that I keep forgetting.
So again I’m scaling back or more so I’m attempting to organize it better. I’ve been reading The Happiness Project and I’m a bit obsessed. Maybe cause I feel a bit like Gretchen did, happy but not as happy as I could be. Most days I’m happy but I’m still frazzled and stressed and my to do list is always longer than my day.
The start of a new season seems to be a good time to refocus and get back to things that purely make me happy. Like the wonderful dinner I had on Sunday night on a farm with some really nice gals. Or the trip to the pumpkin patch with my family. Or the time spent catching a drink with one of my favorite friends. And the yummy seafood festival we went to in Atlantic City.
And I want to get back into my projects. Back into blogging regularly and back to crocheting, cause I’m sure we will be needing a cozy blanket around here soon. Get back to finishing projects and reading more books.
We have so much good going on in our life and so much to look forward to, that I really need to clear out the excess clutter and enjoy it all.
How have you done with your resolutions? Do you find the fall to be full of fun and adjustments and craziness and stress or is that just me?
yup, clearing up the clutter around here too. It's a balancing act for sure. Love that you're getting back to your happy place 🙂
It really is a balancing act and sometimes I'm really bad at balancing.
I feel this way sometimes – too cluttered and it's always a bit of a process to get out of the clutter. I've been trying to work harder at prioritizing which isn't easy for me, or saying No – can't seem to do that!!! Good luck to you!!!
I'm the same way I can't prioritize and then I get side tracked easily.
You remind me that my word for the year is "Listen". I've been doing a much better job lately. I just had to refocus. Kind of like you. 🙂
I was actually doing really well with my word until summer and now with school being back I realized how much I needed to refocus.
It isn't just you. Seems just about weekly now I have to reevaluate and prioritize. There just aren't enough hours in the day but if there were, I'm not sure some things would hold as much importance as they do. 🙂
That is so true!
Oh, I need to do that, too, clear out the clutter. The scheduling clutter, the literal clutter, the brain-cobweb clutter. It sounds like you've done some really fun, enjoyable things lately, though!
We have had some fun lately which is why I think the clutter is so bothersome to me. It's just a distraction from what is important.