"let him do it with simplicity"

i have a new favorite show.

tlc's: real simple. real life.

the peeps from real simple {my fave mag of all time} go to different houses & makeover folks' lives by helping them simplify stuff.

it pretty much inspires me to death.

my once-lonely friday nights without myron have turned into self-help-galore ala tivo.

it's amazing.

ever since the beginning of the year, [but particularly since this last conference], i have felt an out-of-control angie-prompting to simplify my life.

during the conference sessions, i felt totally motivated & inspired, especially by this talk & this talk.

[i knew it was time to get real about some stuff.]

*hence us moving soon-ish, prob.
*hence me cutting back to less classes/no register at work in january.
*hence the three trunk fulls & trips to di this week. [and counting.]
*hence my h-core lack of blogging/commenting.
*hence me {trying} [and sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding] to not sweat the small stuff.

this week i have been:
*chilling at home with my girl{s}.
*preppin' my house to be rented.
*purging random & un-needed items like crazy.
*organizing things differently than before.
*prioritizing as well as i know how.
*clearing my head.
*& renewing my spirit.

and it has felt SO stinkin' good.

my new motto:

"stresses in our lives come regardless of our circumstances. we must deal with them the best we can. but we should not let them get in the way of what is most important—and what is most important almost always involves the people around us. often we assume that they must know how much we love them. but we should never assume; we should let them know. wrote william shakespeare, “they do not love that do not show their love.” we will never regret the kind words spoken or the affection shown. rather, our regrets will come if such things are omitted from our relationships with those who mean the most to us."

-thomas s. monson.

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starting tonight:

i am going to eliminate the word stress from my vocabulary.

*or die trying.