why can't mid-size be sexy too?

Large mansions are sexy to some (yup - I love looking at all those decorating magazines in the check-out at the grocery store) - and we know people who have just built a lovely large home!

Tiny homes are sexy to others (or sometimes even to the same people if I'm anyone to go by) - I spend hours online looking at beautiful small/tiny homes.

Skinny people invite commentary as do fat ones.

Minimalists and collectors.

Work-aholics and those who want to work not at all.

So what do I do when I'm a "mid-sized" person, living in a mid-sized house, working on a mid-sized life...? Perhaps we need to glamorize this mid-size/right-size life for a change...

I have no interest (at least not at this time - although I find it incredibly inspiring) to live with only 100 things, I have no interest (at least not right now, although I'm tempted) to live in an Airstream trailer or a tumbleweed home... I LOVE having art supplies handy (although I do have too many and am working to keep only those I use), I LOVE having a garden with fruit trees and vegetables growing, a home with room to have friends over and chairs for them to sit on... and I wonder, just wonder about whether or not this mid-sized life, this RIGHT-size life can be made to be sexy too? I mean, I want to have a sexy life (LOL), I want to be inspired and inspiring... so...

I want to reduce clutter and stuff and chaos in my life... and live with things that enhance my enjoyment of my everyday

I want to live happily in a mid-century, mid-sized (ok, some might even call it small by today's standards) home... with room for myself, my family, our pets and our friends

I want to live simply and focus on what matters to me...

maybe I just want to know that it can look this way for me...

with not too much

and not too little...

not 100 things but not a million either...

not so much clutter that I can't find my mind...

but not so much pressure to make it look like others'

Debt free - yup that feels good
A house small enough so we can keep track of each other and big enough so there's room for us and our friends - yup, that's right for me too
Eating and living simply feels good
Working less and living more feels good
Hmmm...

Clearing the clutter to right-size... it just feels good!
So I will continue to fill bags of items to donate or sell...
I will continue to question purchases and reduce the number of things I let into the house...
I will make sure that the images that I linger on are those that inspire me to live the life I image would make me happiest... (thank goodness for all those lovely pictures of homes posted by inspired and inspiring people ...
And I will continue to look at creating a space that works for me and those I love most... not too big, not to small... just right.

300,000 words in 1 year????

I don't even know what 300,000 words look like! Chris Gillebeau has written a great post "How to write 300,000 words in 1 year." I'm a bit of a sucker for "how to" posts and also for posts that feel like they're daring me to do something outside my comfort zone - now that could get me into all kinds of trouble, I know! lol

So... i just put the idea aside for a day... then came back to it... then shared it with my hubby... then put it aside... and that told me that clearly there was something to this idea of writing more that appealed to me. So I've decided to try this ... again. I will write, I will blog, I will obsess with putting into words that which I am thinking about. Funny thing is that when I look back at the posts from last year, I like them - not sure why that surprises me, but hey. So, instead of worrying about writing well, and writing about deep things that will immediately change the world, I will focus on writing. I will work on trusting the process of writing and make the process the goal. Will I end up writing 1,000 words a day, six days a week like Chris? I’m not sure. Fears about having something I want to write about 6 days a week are already threatening to stop me in my tracks. So I will simply write more. I will write posts here and on my other blog (Pebbles and Glass), write responses to other posts by other people, I will write some articles that I don’t public right away… I will count but I will endeavour not to judge – at least not too much…



And so, here I go… imperfect, but excited, and determined to write. Thanks Chris!