Motivation for Monday

Good morning, friends!

I apologize for only posting about once a week lately.  It has been Crazytown, USA over here with Jake's work schedule and trying to get everything ready for the shop opening this week!!  I'm really excited to finally be opening up the shop and continue to make pretty things to fill it.  Anyways, here's our piece of motivation for the week!

I love this little piece of advice.  It is so simple, yet the impact of starting each day with a positive thought could be really great.  I am going to try really hard to do this and not be discouraged by the trials and troubles that we are facing.  I invite you to join me to be more positive and to make it a habit to think positively.  

I'll be back later this week with the shop launch news!

currently listening to: Where We Belong by Passion Pit

Motivation for Your Monday

Since B was born, I've been going through a really hard time.  There have been a lot of adjustments emotionally, financially, and even within the relationships of the people that are the closest to me.  Not all of the adjustments have been great.  Actually, I've been through a lot of bad days recently, but I'm trying really hard to remember that the situation is temporary and there are better days ahead.  Since this week is expected to be a difficult one, I chose this quote to help lift me up.

I'm hoping that the best days of my life are around the corner, and I'm going to keep looking for them.  I hope that whatever you're facing, you can remember this simple truth to help you get through the day (week, month, year...).

I hope you have a great Monday to set you up for a great week!

Currently listening to: Pompeii by Bastille

Motivation for Monday

Confession:  I am a worrier.  I worry about so many things that Jake and I actually joke about putting things on my "List of Things I'm Not Worrying About".  I am also highly considering making such a list, but I would need to do it on a roll of receipt paper so that it could just keep going, and going...  So, when I found this quote by Ernest Hemingway, it really spoke to me.

I must say that he's totally right.  Worry never does fix anything and it just ruins the present moment.  This is something that I desperately need to remember.  My goal for this week is to start a list of my worries and write down everything that is worrying me.  I find that getting things on paper really does relieve them in my mind.  Then, when I come across a solution to my worry, I'll write that down next to it.  I'm hoping that this exercise will free up some brain space for creativity and progress.

Are you a worrier?  What's your plan to decrease your worry?

currently listening to: Stay and Defend by Wolf Gang

Motivation for Your Monday

Hello dear friends!

Today's motivation was soooooo easy to pick.

During the latter end of last week I got this itch to just get rid of stuff.  I've been struggling to work creatively and I felt so weighed down by all the unneeded and unwanted stuff in my house and in my brain.  My house was, by no means, cluttered, but we still had boxes in the basement from our move a year and a half ago and we still have a bunch of boxes in garage full of old stuff.  But I spent every spare moment Wednesday - Friday going through boxes and recycling, trashing, or putting things in another box to go to Goodwill.  On Saturday, Jake and I deep cleaned the house and then we packed up the back of the SUV and took all the Goodwill stuff away.  There are still things to go through, but I feel a lot better.

As far as the clutter in my brain, I feel like it has also decreased as I physically got rid of things in the house.  After a bit more organizing in the basement, I am going to be all set to work creatively without all the baggage hanging around.

So, what's weighing you down that you can let go of?  Does your home and brain need a good "spring cleaning"?

currently listening to: Riptide by Vance Joy

Motivation for Monday (and the rest of the week)

Mondays are super hard for me.  Not only is it the beginning of another string of days full of all the monotonous chores that I did last week, but it's also the longest day of my week because of Jake's schedule.  So, for that reason, I need an extra boost and maybe you do, too.  Each week I'm going to do my best to post something inspiring or motivational to help get us going in the direction we need to go and not be dragged down by the fact that the laundry basket is full again.

For this week, I've chosen the following image that I have pinned to my Pinterest account:

I really like this statement because it is simple, yet powerfully true.  If there is something you want to do (or stop doing) there really are only two options.  If we don't make progress on it, then we must have an excuse for why we didn't:  oh, I was too tired.  I forgot.  I had way too many other things to do.  The baby wouldn't stop crying...

A lot of the time I am guilty of not recognizing the power of the little moments.  I know in my brain that if I just steal a moment here and there to work on something, it will, in the end, get done.  I often think that I need some huge chunk of guaranteed, uninterrupted time in order to accomplish something, but that's just not true.  The small things add up.  So, if you're tired, like me, let's just do our best, steal a few moments, and make some progress.

So, here's to Monday and making progress!

currently listening to: Into the Wild by LP