Accessory
38/365
I’m not a big {accessory) girl…
It’s a bit of mystery to me…
I just don’t know how to do it…
Scarves, headbands, belts, rings, chains, bows…
I have one favorite belt that I wear…
I have two favorite necklaces…
Headbands will not stay on my fat round head…
I only know one way to tie a scarf and that is no longer the “cool” way…
I’m ok with it though 🙂
Chaos
39/365
In spite of my efforts for a clean, organized home…
{Chaos} lives just down the hall…
I promise I tried with both of my boys to instill in them the joys of having a bed made and a organized space to live in!
But my children are practical…
Why make a bed when you are just gonna mess it up again?
Why put it away when you are just gonna get it out again?
Why be organized when I have you mom, to find anything I just randomly through down and then can’t find?
I realize I have to be honest here because my mom is reading this…
I have to admit that my room as a teenager was {CHAOS} as well…
Ironically I did not enjoy the benefits of organized tidiness until I moved out of my childhood bedroom and into my dorm room…
Sorry about that mom…
Writing
40/365
I have been a journal writer since high school. Not consistently, but off and on. Sometimes I can lose myself for hours reading the musings of my teenage self…my 20 something self, my 30 something self, and now my 40 something self…
My first journals were calendars. I would simply write about that day, whatever I could cram into the box for that day…I began in January of my Junior year. I have the day I met Jeff on that calendar 🙂 I love that…
My first proper journal began in 1987 when I was Shelly Ritz…
And yes I spelled “journal” wrong…
The very first page is about Jeff breaking up with me and my heart-broken self and how I was sure I just lost the best thing that was ever going to happen to me…
Happily the majority of the {writing} in this journal is about our engagement and the days leading up to our wedding…a happy ending 🙂
I also keep travel journals. I am so happy that I have done that. I remember the first journal I bought for my very first trip to Europe. I was sure I would never fill it up, assuming that trip would be my only opportunity to go wandering with my passport. Happily, I have filled one and I’m working on a second.
I also like {writing} down quotes, inspiring words, that I come across. I like having them in one place where I can look them up and be inspired at any time.
Today’s inspiration:
“Our beliefs can move us forward in life – or they can hold us back.”
–unknown
-S
1 thought on “Accessory/Chaos/Writing”
I'm glad you owned up to the chaos of your teenage bedroom because I was going to have to comment on it if you hadn't. My compromise with you was that you would clean it one day a week on Friday that way it didn't get to chaotic 🙂