SOULUTION

CREATING CHANGE FOR BETTER DAYS

Category: Decluttering to find what matters

  • I went for a walk around my complex. Today is also trash day. I noticed a few bins overflowing with shipping boxes and their past week’s rubbish. I started to judge their inability to break down a box or put trash in their recycle bin. I thought about the driver who had to deal with…

  • Eighteen months ago, we buried my father. I continue to struggle. I wanted this year to feel more “normal” after my dad’s passing, but it is not. My body screams pain; my mind gives me tormenting thoughts. I am on high alert for anything that looks dangerous. How can I not want to do anything…

  • Secretly, I enjoyed the slowness of life during the quarantine in 2020. I didn’t feel rushed or over-scheduled. However, since life has resumed since July 2021, I feel like a chicken with its head cut off. Although, if I am honest, I don’t want life to go back to the way it was, I want…

  • I turned 45 years old last week.  I am well into mid-life.  Every year, I try to get a sense if I am on the right path.  I realize now that the “right path,” especially regarding finances, has been society’s expectations, not my reality. Upon researching where a 45-year-old should be regarding their finances, I…

  • We witness generations before we accomplish many things. They got married and started families when they were in their 20s, purchased a home, had a secure full-time job with a pension and benefits. They retire wealthy, travel, and spoil their grandchildren. Nowadays, that is rarely the case. Everything costs more. Career switches happen more frequently,…

  • Anxiety is like a Bad Boyfriend

    “When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me great joy.”  Psalm 94:19   Recently, I made a decision in my life that was difficult.  I decided to break up a relationship that I was in for a very long time.  I broke up with anxiety because anxiety is like a bad boyfriend.  …