Happy Sunday! ☀️

I hope you are having a beautiful day so far!

This week has been in the 80s here and glorious. Plus, my daughter has been on spring break, and my heart has been so happy!

Never in my life has Spring started with amazing weather like this in Denver, and I am here for it! If every Spring Break had been like this when my kids were little, we might never have gone on spring vacations!

It might have been STAYcations all the way! Our kids might not have liked it as much, but it would have saved us so much money, haha.

Friday was the first day of spring, and that means that the first quarter of the year is now over.

It feels like I lost so much time. Just like that!

How about you? Did you accomplish all the things you wanted to in Q1?

Not me. Not even close. So maybe you will relate to what I tell you next!

On January 1st, I sat down and did something that felt really good.

I went through my whole calendar and made a room-by-room organizing plan for my entire home. January through December.

Every space, every shelf, every drawer. All scheduled out with intention without the overwhelm because I was giving myself the whole year.

And then I got sick for six weeks, and just like that, the whole plan stalled before it ever started.

I thought I would be able to finish my office and move forward with my plan to finally organize my home and life!

But then everything got derailed and it was out of my control.

And if you’ve ever made a great plan and then watched life bulldoze right through it, then you know this feeling.

The Honest Truth

Here’s the truth behind why this particular goal matters so much to me.

When my husband was sick, I was in survival mode. I just wanted to spend as much time with him as I could, so everything else got pushed aside. (Plus, his love language was spending time.)

Things got tucked away, decisions got deferred, and honestly, I didn’t mind.

Since his passing caught our family by surprise, I was SO happy I chose to hang out, even though things were nagging at me on my “to-do” list.

The time spent together was the best investment I could have made.

But after he passed, going through certain spaces in my home and organizing everything felt like it might ask more of me than I had available. So I didn’t.

Grief has a way of quietly freezing things in place.

Sure, I moved forward and did projects, but none of them included anything from before. I didn’t have to “deal” with anything. I could simply create stuff and keep my mind busy.

But I’ve reached a point where I know that quieting the chaos in my home is going to help me quiet the chaos I feel inside. I truly believe that.

I need to move through these spaces and not just to organize them, but to start building this new season of my life differently.

Right now, I’m finishing up my office by finishing up small things that need to be done to prepare for the wallpaper, and I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Seeing that finish line feels so good!

Once that’s done, nothing is stopping me from diving into the rest of the house, room by room, just like I planned.

Am I overwhelmed? Yes, a little. Actually, I know it is going to be HARD! And it is going to really suck at times.

But underneath that, I am so excited because I know what the other side of this looks and feels like.

Something Important I learned this week

I was listening to a Mel Robbins podcast on a walk this week, and they were talking about having space for two things to be true at once.

When it comes to a challenge we want to take on, we have to be able to allow two things to exist at the same time.

To do the thing that is important AND know that it is going to be hard.

There is a difference in the words we choose when taking on something we want to do.

If we add the word “but” in the declaration of the task instead of “and”, it leaves room for excuses not to do it.

Saying you “want to do the thing that is important, BUT it’s going to be hard” leaves room for quitting or not even starting.

Saying you “want to do that thing that is important AND it’s going to be hard” leaves space for both things to exist at the same time without excuses.

When I say “I am going to completely declutter and organize my home this year, AND it is going to be hard”, I am making space for both things to be true. The “AND” lets me acknowledge that it will be hard to do without giving me the option to quit.

Does that make sense to you?

Here is the podcast if you’re interested:  Simple Steps for Getting Unstuck

How will I move forward?

What do I want?

A home that feels light and intentional, that I am in full control of, instead of the other way around.

A version of me that can finally breathe in forward motion that is worth every bit of the work it’s going to take to get there.

So here’s what I’m reminding myself of, and maybe you need to hear it too:

The plan is still the plan; you’re just starting on a different day.

The schedule I made on January 1st? Still valid. I’m just beginning it a little later than I thought.

Maybe I won’t get it all done in 2026, but starting late is infinitely better than not starting at all.

I’ll be sharing this journey with you as it unfolds with daily bits over on Instagram Stories and recaps here on the blog.

The wins, the emotional moments, the “why did I keep this?”, and the spaces that finally get to breathe again.

I will share my favorite organizing hacks and finds.

And maybe along the way, I will find that slow, steady, and intentional breath I once had.

But first, I need to finish my office!

Is there a space in your home you’ve been meaning to get to?

Hit reply, I’d love to hear about it. 💕

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Have a beautiful Sunday!