how to uncomplicate our lives

In my last post I talked of how our lives here in North America on the most part can be so busy and hectic, epescially more so than some other countries, cultres, and lifestyles.

So how to live here, yet live a simplier, less complicated, and laid back life?



I don't know about others but i easy get over welmed with too much "stuff" in the house. There seems to be no end to messes and things out of place and under foot. I am just like, "do we have to have all this stuff"? "Do my kids really need all these toys"?



So to me one big thing that makes life easier is "LESS"! Less things mean less mess, less things to keep up with, and less to keep organized.

The answer to that is reduce, reduce, reduce, throw, throw, throw!!

That has been on my to do list for soooo long. (Well maybe this winter!)



Another thing that helps me to keep my sanity, and to help me keep up with school, house work, and cooking , is to cut off almost all extra activities that pull us out of the house and into the van. I try to keep town trips to least as possible, and do all my shopping on our home school park day. Of course there is weeks that doctor appointments come up, and the like. Some times i almost wished we had only one vehicle, then i would not have to worry about any thing out side the home! I am a major home body you can easily see!!



There is so much out there for our kids to do and be part of. To try and do it all wears you down. So you really have to be choosy about what is really important for your kids and family, and weed out all else. Life will be less hectic and stress free!!

Another thing that i think is hard is that we live in such a commercialized and materialistic society. Always things being pushed in our face that we "must have". And it is so hard for our kids to not want, want!! They got to have 'that'; then 'that' becomes boring, then they see something else they just must have; but before you know it the fun has wore off on that too.

That's why i dread shopping in Wal-Mart with all my dear children. Too many things staring them in face begging, "buy me, buy me"!! But my kids know that i feel they already have WAY to many things, and know i won't allow one thing more! Still it's hard to see and not get to have.

Contentment is key i think!!

So i close with this: REDUCE, live with LESS, REST in God, be CONTENT with what so ever you have, and STAY HOME more!!

And life where ever you are should be happy, stress free, and non hectic.

I don't know, shoul help anyway!

Thanks again for reading my thoughts. Hoping your day is a great one!

In Him,

Mae