Simplifying My Life.

August calls for change. For kids, it's when most of them move up to the next grade in school. For adults, it is a time to reevaluate our New Year's Resolutions and make the necessary changes to line up our lives with the goals we set back in January. One of my goals for a long time has been to "Simplify my life". I like the word simplify. I think it's pretty, but I also like what it means:

sim·pli·fy

  [sim-pluh-fahy] 

verb (used with object), sim·pli·fied, sim·pli·fy·ing.

to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier.

I am going to use this time to simplify several different aspects of my life including : my closet, my bedroom, my time, my wallet and my diet. This is going to be a tedious process but it will pay off in the end.

The idea behind "going simple" is getting rid of the least important stuff and holding onto only the most important or most used items. I'm a packrat and I keep everything, so this will be rather challenging. I'm excited to get started though, mostly because my life is so messy right now. My room and my closet are a wreck that look like a tornado went through. My time is unplanned chaos. My wallet is in shambles because I buy so many things I don't need. My diet is full of processed and fatty foods that are bad for me.

I will be documenting the different aspects I change and I hope you'll follow along and make a few changes in your own life, if need be, or lend advice if you have any to share!