Living Lovely – There is a plethora of advice available of how to live successful lives. The more I muse upon this thought, the more I veer towards simplicity. Success can be defined in many ways, but each one must determine what is most important. To me, my heart longs to simplify. And it starts at home.

There is too much “stuff” in my household. I have been working at it bit by bit. Are you also surrounded by “stuff?” Is your life filled with “things?” We plan to move to another house eventually and I refuse to drag everything along and fill up another place. The tricky part is deciding what goes and what stays. I will still hold to things if they are heirlooms or have too much sentimental value. Up to a point. : ) For example there is an old cookie jar boxed in my garage. It was always on my mother’s table in our kitchen and holds too many memories. I got as far as boxing it and putting it in the garage to go but still haven’t gotten rid of it. It’s not always easy…

Join me on this adventure of de-cluttering and together we’ll celebrate how freeing it can be. Don’t get overwhelmed. Step by step, week by week.

What is your worst area of clutter?

I think mine at the moment is paperwork and books. Let’s learn how to live lovely and invite a new measure of success to our lives!