Less is more.

After Aaron and I decided to dive head first into this journey of simplification and downsizing, I found this video of Graham Hill talking about how less stuff CAN lead to more happiness:

http://www.ted.com/talks/graham_hill_less_stuff_more_happiness.html

Graham Hill founded the eco-blog and vlog TreeHugger.com, to help, as he says, "push sustainability into the mainstream," with a design-forward style and international, wide-ranging team committed to transforming complex issues into everyday concepts. (Bio taken from http://www.ted.com/speakers/graham_hill.html).

I get excited when I see that others are currently living the life Aaron and I want for ourselves and our future family...and they're doing it in MUCH less than 1200 square-feet of space.

No one said it would be easy.

I had 2 choices when I woke up to this MESS this morning:

A) cry
or
B) laugh

I chose to laugh. Although it's hard for me to admit that I DON'T have it all together and my house DOES look like a tornado hit it, I know it's all a part of the process. And it's only going to get worse before it gets better.

No one said this journey would be easy. But I DO know that the mess will most definitely be WORTH IT in the end.

Oh...and has anyone seen my keys? :)

Change.

...and the journey begins....

This journey has been a long time coming.

My husband and I did what most couples do. We got married, bought the "perfect" cookie-cutter 1,850 square-foot house 5 months later, and purchased stuff we didn't need to fill rooms we don't use.

Then, after 4 years, we realized we'd be much happier in a smaller, character-filled house that fits our earthy personalities much better.

Which brings us to today.

Aaron and I just concluded our first ever GARAGE SALE. We made some money...but more importantly, we got rid of lots of STUFF we didn't need and never used. The journey ahead of us will be long and tiring...but it will also be intensely rewarding. We're ready for a change. A simpler life. A life with less stuff and more happiness.

Lots of people will never understand our journey...but that's ok with us.

I hope and pray that this blog will be an open-hearted, honest journal of the journey we're on. I have always hated change and chaos but being married to Aaron & living life with him has taught me that change and the occasional chaotic moment make life worth living. Oh, how I love that man. He is the yin to my yang (...although sometimes I want to KILL him. Just keeping it real, y'all).

We're a unique couple with lots of big dreams. Follow us as we sell our house on Culp Farms Drive and simplify our lives on Pine Street.