I am in a different season in my life. My husband and I are now empty nesters. Which is wonderful and sometimes sad all rolled into one. I enjoyed raising our daughter, but never thought the time would fly by so quickly. I miss her.
I decided I am chosing a season of my life. I want to set goals and actually meet them. I want to become a finisher. I do finish things,but not at the pace I'd like to. So to challenge myself, I set the goal of finishing 6 of my quilt tops by the end of the year. I hope it isn't too lofty a goal, but I sure am going to give it my all! So far I have gotten two close to being finished. They are both quilted but need the binding put on. As soon as they are officially finished, I'll post pictures of them and report them to my UFO Challenge group.
A few of the non-quilt related goals I am setting are to gradually clean out my house. I have talked about doing this for years! It was mostly just talk though. This time I really am doing it. I have been watching the Minimalist Mom on Youtube. I love her thought process on becoming a minimalist. I'm not sure I will completely convert to minimalism, but I sure would like to head in that direction!
I look around our home and see so much stuff that is not used nor needed. Since watching the Minimalist Mom videos, I look at our stuff a bit differently. I see it as things I need to manage. It is overwhelming to think of tackling the whole house. But if I do little bits at a time, it doesn't seem like such a huge undertaking. So that is where I'm starting. I go around the house and see things I haven't used in a year or longer and it goes. I'm fortunate to have a Salvation Army box near where I work. I bag up the things and drop them off before I go to work. It's funny, I haven't missed any of the items I have dropped off yet.
I'll keep you posted on my progress!
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