PadawanOfHappiness

I go through phases of energetic de-cluttering and then fizzle, really what I have is a serious case of start-itist.  I have been looking around my house and it is overwhelming the toys, the clutter, the paper, the workstations that are ok, but not the best solution. Right now I am trying to capitalize on my energy and have started in one room to prepare it so that is is better organized and more conducive to using the space as a dedicated space for the kids for distance learning.  This is my happiness hack, de-cluttering is giving me a sense of happiness and calm. I took this messy table and worked with my young Padawans to clean out some of the papers, broken toys, and random things.  We tosses, returned things to their proper place, and put things in bins. I then assembled larger shelves to make the table higher and therefore more useful, the kids can stand, or they can sit on a stool. To finish this project I need to do a bit more de-cluttering of papers, and add a fe...

I have accepted that my kids are not going to daycare/camp this summer, I am sure that I could get them in somewhere but honestly it is too much of a hassle and since we stopped contributing to our child care account and can roll over that money it seems to make sense to just let this go. My school district has announced that they will re-open in the fall, woohoo!  Then they sent home a survey about how comfortable we are with this plan.  I sort of expected this and knew that school wouldn't be a sure thing.  I could decide how I would react to this, I could spend the next month and a half with thoughts of dread, anger, and frustration or I could look for ways to make the best of it while I had time on my side. The way we have set up the home office and had the kids doing school work for the last 1/3 of the year will not work.  Mr. Padawan has expressed frustration at the clutter in the office (and elsewhere) and it is driving him nuts.  Honestly it is driving m...

Light Bulb Moment! I was pondering something this morning after I had shared a small success with Mr.Padawan, specifically that I don't think I celebrate the little successes as much as I should.  I have this huge goal that I want to reach and I have hit a few mini goals or successes without realizing that they were there, but each time I noticed them it was a mental boost, I felt better, happier and more energized to continue.   The phrase that came to mind was: A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules. ~Anthony Trollope via Outer Order, Inner Calm I kept turning that phrase in my head thinking of the mini successes I have had and realized that I could paraphrase that into: Small successess, achieved with some regularity, will get you to the larger success, while focus solely on the larger success is likely to get you nowhere. In my previous attempts at weight loss, I know that I have focused on the larger picture an...

I have realized that I am really bad at posting to this personal blog on a regular basis, but I am pretty consistent with my business blog.  All things considered, since this is a personal nonmoney making blog I should be happy that I am consistent with the business blog. I also have to acknowledge that for the business blog I dedicate a day for that blog, I know that every Wednesday I have a blog to post and I have a list of ideas so I am not staring down a blank screen.  That list gives me direction to follow and that does make it a bit easier than this personal one. When I came up with the idea of 2019 being the year of Happiness the idea of the summer scared me the most and it still does to be quite frank.  When I was kid, and heck even when I was simply an adult even with kids but working in the corporate environment I really liked summer, so it is quite a change in me for me to be scared of it.   We are well into June at this point so I need to do someth...

Do you ever have things that need to be fixed but you never seem to get around to it, and you figure you get to it when you get to it?  Yeah me too and the vent on the shed was broken it did not make it through the winter, and while annoying because it was more thing to do and the weather was wet and crappy and didn't make it convenient to fix it.   Well, we got a clear and dry day so I headed out to inspect it in more detail because I didn't know when I would get my next chance.  I wanted this fixed because I could see it every time I looked out my kitchen window and even my bathroom window too.  The weather held for the weekend and I managed to take enough of the siding off to get to the vent to see what exactly I needed to replace and if these were two vents or one great big one.  Let me just say it was so gross with bits of broken plastic and debris from the trees and just pretty much nasty. With some help from Mr.Padawan we installed these ve...

 I finished Outer Order Inner Calm today in a fit of yes creating Outer Order!  I have had the book for a while (since I went to see her on March 6th and go the book) and finally told myself that yes I did in fact have time to read it so I did just that. One of these days I am going to manage to wrangle all my clutter and stuff to make a more peaceful home.  I do make progress and then I backslide but knock on wood I have never complete regressed it is more like three steps forward one back.  I am doing my best to not be too harsh on myself and keep myself focused on my wins rather than the regression. This morning I just could not get myself out of a mental and physical fog.  Last week the little Padawans were home for school vacation week, and of course, Easter was just this weekend.  There was a lot going on that is exhausting to me both physically and mentally so it should not have been a big surprise but it was.  I knew I had to get a lot ...