Fast Lane with Sara Jayne

Why? Why in the world do we accumulate so much stuff?! Today I was done with stuff. There is stuff everywhere in my house. And I could go through every single room and find broken toys, random batteries, dishes, random papers, canned goods, nerf bullets, art projects. I COULD NOT TAKE IT ANY LONGER. Let's all be reminded that I have a three year old and that is how I can explain the canned goods and the dishes, because he 'cooks' a lot. I actually found it embarrassing. I can see how it happens though. Every holiday, birthday, fair, something gets brought home. Nothing gets taken out. So we just keep piling it in. The funny thing is, it doesn't matter how big or small your home is. If you have a bigger house, you will just find a way to fill it up. Law of the vacuum. I find stuff exhausting. Because it is everywhere and you always have to clean. Something always has to be put away. Something is always on the floor. So I am always reminding my  kids to "put that away!"...

For a few years I was very stressed by Christmas. It is the most wonderful time of the year but I was thinking it was the Most Wonderful Worst Time of Year. Where do we go? When do we go there? Who is feeling left out? What are we buying? What are we bringing? It seemed as if we were running non stop for a few days, presents were being opened left and right and then there is the awkwardness when your kid just wants to open gift after gift and doesn't acknowledge what they just opened. I know it isn't intentional, but the whole grateful aspect of the gift is lost. So, I would dread the holidays. Lots of running around and chaos. I love the days/weeks leading up to Christmas. The Christmas Story, the lights, the Hallmark movies, baking, Elf on the Shelf, Santa, the magic feeling in the air and especially how excited my kids are. I love it all. Just the actual celebrating days were what stressed me out. This year, I had a whole new outlook. It started out the same, stress and chaos....

Why do we wait? What are we waiting for? It is interesting to me how people will have New Years Resolutions or goals for "When I turn 40," but they hesitate to make goals on a daily basis. Why not start on a Wednesday? Why do we say "Oh, I'll start on Monday," while we do whatever we want on the weekend. Why are we always waiting to start our diet, exercise, different habits, journaling, reading a book, learning something new? WHY DO WE WAIT?! At some point we won't be able to wait. Because it will be too late. We put off all the things for 'the right time.' Newsflash! There is no 'right time' for anything in life. Plus, 'the right time' is different for absolutely everyone.  I think about this topic a lot. Maybe part of it is because when I was younger my mom would try different diets but the weekends didn't count, but she was back at it on Monday. This was confusing to me because I didn't understand why it was all business Monday-Friday but the weekends was a different story....