who the heck are you?!
i'm a! wife of b and stay at home mom to son c. a + b = c. currently living on the beach! aspiring to be a minimalist but secretly wondering if i'm destined to be a hoarder, living among my stuff. i guess we are all wannabe's in some regard, right?
i love challenges and projects, especially ones that include cleaning out clutter -- either my own or someone else's. i find it therapeutic and cleansing. but, somehow after each challenge is over, i always seem to accumulate it again. declutter, organize, accumulate, minimize and repeat!
i also love financial blogs and podcasts...and travel, planning dream trips that i never take, along with online shopping where i ceremoniously place items in my basket and then remove them without buying anything. i've always been a reader, reading up to 4 books per week. i speed read and i'm proud of it!
two years ago, i set a goal for myself to listen to one or more podcasts per day - finance, minimalism, positivity etc. and since then have become a regular, listening to up to 5 podcasts per day. this has led me to the blogging community as a reader, as well investing with Vanguard, and an increased interest to living a more simplistic and authentic life. my husband and i are also avid savers, setting financial saving and investing goals yearly.
i dream of living in a tiny house, yet find myself following Instagram pages which feature beautifully designed mansions with mega curb appeal. i'm a sucker for interior design, though i battle with my design style. scandinavian, mid-Century modern and sleek contemporary styles always catch my eye. but, then are these aesthetics practical for my life? i'm not sure. this is partly why i've decided to write. i don't consider myself an eloquent writer, so be prepared for lots of grammar mistakes and run-on sentences.
before kids and a long time ago, i was obsessed with shoes. high heels, the higher the better --especially christian louboutins and their signature red sole. more = better! i enjoyed displaying my collections -- shoes, handbags, perfume and anything you could think of. much of my time was spent researching and purchasing the next designer label and figuring out how to showcase my things. it was part hobby, obsession, project and i liked thinking about how to spatially arrange everything(obsessive tendencies!).
i can't quite pinpoint where everything changed but one day i realized, it's all just junk! One day, we will die and someone else will be left to sort through our possessions, trying to identify the treasures from the crap.
my husband has always been drawn to clean, uncluttered and simple spaces. he hates clutter, piles of things such as magazines, lots of throw pillows -- anything shabby chic or "lived" in. in 2012, we purchased a loft and i began my online quest to decorate. the results were disaster...part beach house (wth?!), bold black & white stripes, random accents of teal and splotches of ikea. my search for how to fix this design catastrophe somehow led me to The Minimalists and i enjoyed reading their story. The Minimalists
there's something to be said about valuing people and not things which has intrigued me enough to continue my own personal search. it has changed the way i view my friendships, my life and it has been very difficult at times not to judge. i'm not quire sure where my writing will take me but feel free to follow along as i awkwardly try to navigate my cluttered thoughts on blogging, finance, minimalism and other random things that pop up!
i'm a! wife of b and stay at home mom to son c. a + b = c. currently living on the beach! aspiring to be a minimalist but secretly wondering if i'm destined to be a hoarder, living among my stuff. i guess we are all wannabe's in some regard, right?
i love challenges and projects, especially ones that include cleaning out clutter -- either my own or someone else's. i find it therapeutic and cleansing. but, somehow after each challenge is over, i always seem to accumulate it again. declutter, organize, accumulate, minimize and repeat!
i also love financial blogs and podcasts...and travel, planning dream trips that i never take, along with online shopping where i ceremoniously place items in my basket and then remove them without buying anything. i've always been a reader, reading up to 4 books per week. i speed read and i'm proud of it!
two years ago, i set a goal for myself to listen to one or more podcasts per day - finance, minimalism, positivity etc. and since then have become a regular, listening to up to 5 podcasts per day. this has led me to the blogging community as a reader, as well investing with Vanguard, and an increased interest to living a more simplistic and authentic life. my husband and i are also avid savers, setting financial saving and investing goals yearly.
i dream of living in a tiny house, yet find myself following Instagram pages which feature beautifully designed mansions with mega curb appeal. i'm a sucker for interior design, though i battle with my design style. scandinavian, mid-Century modern and sleek contemporary styles always catch my eye. but, then are these aesthetics practical for my life? i'm not sure. this is partly why i've decided to write. i don't consider myself an eloquent writer, so be prepared for lots of grammar mistakes and run-on sentences.
before kids and a long time ago, i was obsessed with shoes. high heels, the higher the better --especially christian louboutins and their signature red sole. more = better! i enjoyed displaying my collections -- shoes, handbags, perfume and anything you could think of. much of my time was spent researching and purchasing the next designer label and figuring out how to showcase my things. it was part hobby, obsession, project and i liked thinking about how to spatially arrange everything(obsessive tendencies!).
i can't quite pinpoint where everything changed but one day i realized, it's all just junk! One day, we will die and someone else will be left to sort through our possessions, trying to identify the treasures from the crap.
my husband has always been drawn to clean, uncluttered and simple spaces. he hates clutter, piles of things such as magazines, lots of throw pillows -- anything shabby chic or "lived" in. in 2012, we purchased a loft and i began my online quest to decorate. the results were disaster...part beach house (wth?!), bold black & white stripes, random accents of teal and splotches of ikea. my search for how to fix this design catastrophe somehow led me to The Minimalists and i enjoyed reading their story. The Minimalists
there's something to be said about valuing people and not things which has intrigued me enough to continue my own personal search. it has changed the way i view my friendships, my life and it has been very difficult at times not to judge. i'm not quire sure where my writing will take me but feel free to follow along as i awkwardly try to navigate my cluttered thoughts on blogging, finance, minimalism and other random things that pop up!
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