Change Surroundings To Match Your Life
Hopes and dreams come in all sizes and shapes. You can journal
and make collage boards of all the "things" you want in your
life but you still have to have the major ingredient of action
to make them reality. If changing the geographic location of
where you live seems too major, start with making where you are
now more livable.
Are you still keeping those bedrooms intact for the children to
come home? Get up and clear the room. Turn it into your private
space. Take out the easel and the paints and throw down a tarp
and begin to let the air out of this mid life crisis. Color it
any color you want. Frame and put your own paintings, drawings
or creations on the walls. There is no one to criticize you.
Actually, most of your friends will either be jealous or copy
your every move.
If you have been drooling over the upgrades of homes in
magazines or on the cable channels, you don't need to keep
waiting. Have garage sales and give the children their favorite
memory items and go out browsing and shopping until just the
right item catches your eye. All the wonderful, cheerful colors
available to tempt you and delight you in your decorating
adventures are waiting to share your space. Friends ooh and ah
over your newly found inner expression and can't wait to see
what's next. If white carpeting or purple walls have always
intrigued you then I would say, "go for it". What are you
waiting for?
The generation before us hung onto everything. We spent a lot of
years incorporating the family's hand me downs (even if we
really didn't like them) with a blend of our own choices. We
sometimes landed very near our family of origin. Sometimes in
the same neighborhoods. The generation we raised does not stick
around. A majority of them move to other states and countries.
It becomes too expensive to take used articles with them
especially when they prefer new personally chosen items. Thus we
fill our attics, basements and garages with all the things just
in case someday they might want them. More for the garage sale
and or the Good Will. Remember that one person's trash is
another's treasure. Make room and lighten your life. The
accumulation is out of control and it is a heavy burden to
carry. Once it's gone, you won't even remember you had it or it
will become a memory that brings a smile. It's your space to
have, hold and to do with whatever you want. So, let some of the
accumulation go and move in something that makes you enjoy life
more.
How much older do you think you need to be before you have what
you want?