Gratefully Inspired: on making big picture goals

she's recently requested bows and it makes this mama's heart SO HAPPY!

this was a sick morning and one where she did not sleep great the night before. so we had cinnamon bread for breakfast and that made her pretty happy!

and this is how miss gigi feels about doctor's visits

cuddles with mommy are the. best!

no mom really, let me where your Uggs

The above pictures are just a highlight real of my IPhone lately ha! Truth be told, my whole fam is recovering from a yucky cold. G and I are on the uphill, while dada over here is still working on it. But hey! It's been 60 degree weather and well that makes us super happy. And I'm dead set on enjoying this weekend and nursing my wholeeeeee fam back to 100% health by Saturday morning. So water, OJ and chicken noodle soup it is! And lots of washing... everything. I mean everything. I think I've washed Georgia's stuffed animals and our sheets 3 times this week already. GO AWAY COLD! We're done with ya! I digress...

So this year when I set out to make goals I was overwhelmed. I hadn't made a single goal and yet I already felt overwhelmed. Anyone else relate? I made some personal goals, picked my one word and while those didn't seem as overwhelming, I knew I had some goals with regards to our home. We need to live with less. Our home has overwhelmed me for quite some time now. Everyone's closets are bursting at the seams, each kitchen cabinet is full (with who knows what!) and everywhere I look all I see is stuff! And more stuff! And it's like I don't even know where to begin with organizing. With that, I decided to take the entire year, work my way through our home and simplify. By that I mean, purge, purge, purge, de-clutter and organize. I play the words of William Morris in my head all day it seems, "Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." That is my new mantra. But how was I going to do this? I have a wild and free toddler running around my house at all times and a new babe cooking in my belly. Cue the anxiety again. So I decided to make big goals - month-by-month goals. Goals that would seem silly to some but make everything more manageable to me. So in January, you know what I'm focusing on? The pantry and making sure my Christmas decorations are away and organized. That's it. I do a little each weekend on the pantry, throwing away and organizing so we can actually use what we have and not run to the grocery store for black beans when we, in fact, have 3 cans that are just miserably stuffed in the back! So pantry and Christmas is on the docket for the month. Next month? Georgia's closet and the guest bedroom closet (which holds boxes I haven't touched since we moved here 2 years ago! shameful...). So there's my brilliant plan ladies and gents. And I encourage you to do the same. If you have some huge goal you want to attain, or some big picture, make small goals and make them manageable. Too many times have I added to my To Do List all the while knowing it will be impossible to complete everything on it. Just stop! Done is better than perfect friends and you have to start somewhere.

Speaking of my big picture goal, any of you have tips for organizing and purging a home? Much appreciated! xox