Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by—I’m so glad you’re here! 😁
This week has been pretty good, with two main sources of sparkle!
The first is, well, not very exciting—cleaning! I’ve been cleaning out my bedroom as part of this week’s Life Edit prompt (physical spaces). At first, I felt a lot of resistance, much more than with last week’s Digital Edit. I think it’s because, even if a digital mess gets “messier” while you attempt to clean it up, you can avoid that mess simply by closing your laptop! I knew that certain areas of my bedroom weren’t working for me, but it seems I’m fine with keeping things meh, even if they could be better, if it means I don’t have to deal with the mess and uncertainty of the in-between before the “better.”
(BOY IF THAT WASN’T 🤯🤯🤯 ON MANY LEVELS!!)
Once I got going, it felt really good to move out old stuff I just don’t need/use/wear and create more space in my room—not to mention reorganize things in a way that makes sense for 2022 me (like separating out-of-season clothes in bins under my bed and decluttering/rearranging my woefully overstuffed bookshelf!). Though my room isn’t 100% yet, it’s much much better. I’m proud of myself for making a big dent on Sunday despite my resistance, and for continuing to chip away in smaller increments throughout the week!
Did I shove all this stuff to one side of my bed so I could nap on the other? Yes, yes I did. 😬
(I’m also proud that I gave myself a break on Sunday morning when I just did not want to work on this! Normally, I would have forced myself to keep going because I hadn’t “earned” a break yet, but instead I journaled, watched some TV, and took a nap. I still didn’t want to clean after that, LOL, but at least I felt somewhat more up for it!)
The second source of sparkle this week comes from taking Wednesday off to go to the botanical garden! I’m still going through my pics (I brought my DSLR this time!), but this semi-meta one is a fave.
Honestly, I felt so cute with this lil braid! 🤩 (I never do cute things with my hair!) Just cute hair + mascara alone boosted my mood quite a bit before I even got to the flowers! And that’s good because the Flower Walk was in transition again. 😩 Luckily, there were smaller gardens to creep in, like the one above! And it was an absolutely gorgeous, sunny, breezy day! Breaking up the work week with a fun day out was just good for the soul, you know? 💖
What put the sparkle in your week? ✨
Happy Friday! xoxo
