It has been a LONG while since I have written a blog post, and I am not 100% sure why! Since then I have CRUSHED some goals and gone on some epic adventures and just truly lived HAPPILY! Towards the end of October, my husband and I found out that we were going to have a BABY :) So that just added more happiness onto our plate!
We have been finishing up the Tiny house this past week... and by we, I mean Andrew and his father. We should be moving in within the next week and I just found myself going through "baby registery checklists" and "THINGS YOU NEED FOR BABY" articles feeling a lot of anxiety. I kept thinking of how we are going to store all of this STUFF!? Instead of looking up "what you need for baby" I decided to look up the opposite......"What do you NOT need for baby". Did you know that we are perfectly fine not getting a crib, fancy diaper pail, changing table, PILES of diapers all at once? The best form of entertainment for the baby is a face and voice <3 Don't get me wrong, our child will be perfectly content with their fun little toys and books we will have.... they just won't have quite as much. And that is just fine.
I have been donating and selling an insane amount of clothing and accessories recently and as hard as it is to hand it over, the minute it is out of my hands I feel a rush of freedom. I am actually really excited to go through our house hold items and sort out what we do not need. This sense of freedom is just thrilling and gives me such internal happiness it's unexplainable. I am beginning to feel fully confident that when I get asked "But what do you do with all of your stuff?" I can say "It fits in there just fine!"
I am that person who will come out of the woods after adventuring in them for a period of time, feeling a bit overwhelmed by civilization. We get use to society and materialism for so long that we forget what it's like to not conform to it's idea of how we are supposed to look, be, or feel. I am sure that when we have our baby we will have family and friends commenting on how we need more or that we need more space, and I know that it's going to be hard some days to not agree with them. But in the end, I will try to remember this feeling of freedom and excitement to not be America's idea of normal. We are choosing to simplify our lives and live off of our needs instead of wants (besides the wants of travel, that will always be a must).
I am planning on picking up this blog a little bit more, and writing about how doing all of these changes will bring happiness. I will also discuss how I may spread happiness or help others create a loving space around them to feel AMAZING about who they are and what they are doing to live their life the way they see fit.
BE KIND. SMILE A LOT. AND KEEP IT SIMPLE
