I’m bothering.

I’ve made too many excuses too many times. I’ve said “my family comes first” over and over, and yet this Lent I was painfully made aware that while I have made them priority over other projects (like online jobs and writing cookbooks), they’re still not #1. You know what was? CLUTTER. The endless rearranging and cleaning and shuffling… and it became increasingly clear that if I didn’t have so much stuff, I would NOT have to declutter. So the goal right now is SPARTAN. I have a monastery room in my head — I don’t think we’ll get there right away, but it sure is feeling more spacious around here. And my head is definitely clearer too, as is my heart.