SOULUTION
CREATING CHANGE FOR BETTER DAYS
Category: Decluttering to find what matters
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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“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. …