Dear Friends, As 2015 wraps up, I wanted to share with you some of my top moments and lessons from the past year. It’s been one of great celebration, growth and struggle. Earlier today I clicked to see what my top 9 posts were on instagram this year and then laughed at how my interpretation…
Dear Friends, I did it! I committed to a process and a plan and I did it! My house is down 217 items! Actually, it’s down even more because when I threw away the giant pile of socks that had no mate I only used 1 line. Were there are few things that may…
Dear Friends, I’m 18 days into my month of purging. It’s been 7 items a day (or in some cases like 40 items a day because I get a little behind). I’ve given away trash bags full of treasures, started a garage sale shelf in the garage (is that cheating because it’s not actually removed…
Dear Friends, It’s been quiet around here. Mostly because I was supposed to be experiencing a month of 7 – decreasing waste in my life and really focusing on the foods that fuel me. In sum…. That was supposed to be Oct. It’s now December and you can rest assured that my silence the…
Dear Friends, We made it through month 1! Granted, yesterday I went ahead and bought my new phone charger because I was already at the store, and quite honestly I didn’t want to go to the store today in fear that with one fresh breathe of freedom I would spend too much money. I pulled…
Dear Friends, Yesterday I “failed”. I spent money, on myself. I don’t mind spending money on friends or “cheating” by using a gift card but yesterday I blatantly pulled out my cash that has been sitting pretty for 23 days and willingly handed it over the counter. For things I did not need. Well I…
Dear Friends, I’m halfway through the spending freeze and it’s been both easier than I thought and harder than I thought. Event week was a daily fight when it came to what was permissible and what was not. Some rules got bent, some got followed. But honestly at the end of it, I just at…
Dear Friends, I’m 10 days into my first month of “7” – if you aren’t sure what it is go google Jen Hatmaker 7 and prepare to feel all the feels and start asking yourself big questions about the way you send your time and resources. This month I’m on a spending freeze. I can…
Dear Friends, Today was day 1 of the 7 ruined my life: Spending Freeze. I woke up, looked at my phone, saw it was the 1st and thought “YES!!! That planner I’ve been dreaming of pre-orders today” to quickly remember that pre-orders require money that I’m not spending this month. Oh well. If it’s there…
Dear Friends, I read this book over vacation called “7” by Jen Hatmaker. And it basically ruined my life…in the best way ever, but still. The chapters of that book made me ask really hard, uncomfortable questions. It made me question the way I approach life, the way I approach my ministry and the way…
