Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider
I have just started reading this book because ricardo and I decided that this year, we were going to wrestle our finances into order and simplify our lives. I have been reading Tsh’s blog Simple Mom for a while as it is a great source of inspiration when it comes to organisation and home management. However, now that I am a mama myself, it has become even more relevant.
The term Intentional Living refers to the idea that you don’t just let life happen to you but instead you live with conviction and have more certainty about why you make decisions. It seems to me it is activity versus passivity and proactivity versus reactivity. This approach is very appealing to me, especially since I would like to get a hold of the things that constantly need to get done and shake this constant feeling of falling behind. I want to be able to sit down and spend an hour sewing without feeling guilty. I want to want to sit down for an hour to sew rather than watching year-old episodes of Oprah. I want to be able to fully enjoy this incredibly blessed life I have. I have a feeling that one of the changes will be ‘watch less TV’ but, you know, baby steps…
As a first step, I have made a short list of my goals for 2011 with this in mind. I will share my progress with you here and I have even changed one of my horizons to ‘Simplify‘ so you can easily find posts about frugality, the simple life and all that good stuff.
Finally, I will be participating in Project: Simplify over at Simple Mom. The first hotspot is the wardrobe and that is definitely an area that needs attention.
Sidenote: The ‘z’ in the title caused me more pain than it should – I am no pedant after all – but it is the title of her book and who am I to impose my British spelling?!
Notes From My Day 
I am SO with you on this! I would love to simplify my life, be more proactive and feel less guilty. If you need any help with the wardrobe challenge then just holla! I am a professional you know!
read this article yesterday (ok so I know it DM but hey ho!) and it dfinitely got me thinking more about taking control of my life…..
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1363657/How–balance-life-work-tips-lifecoach.html
I would love to take you up on that offer – probably best once I am finished breastfeeding as at the moment I need temporary wardrobe that includes things that a) fit b) allow access to the food for Evelina! and c) comfortable.
I hear you on the breastfeeding! It definitely takes priority over all else. Jakey shouts at me if he doesn’t get his grub quickly enough. I may have to pick up a copy of that book, when my hands aren’t quite so full. Though, the majority of my clutter is books! Getting another may be defeating the object a little 🙂
Great post! Thank you!