Hello Friend!

Welcome back to claiming simplicity.  If you are new here, welcome!  I so glad to have you here!

I often hear moms complain about not spending enough time with their kids or missing kids' events because of work, but then don’t do anything to change their situation. 

A good indication of what is important to you is what you spend money on.  You might say Jesus and family first, but your checkbook might say otherwise.  Another way to look at it is where are you spending your time.  If you spent most evenings in the gym, I would say sports are important to you, or if you spend alot of time on your phone, it may look like social media is important to you.  Sometimes the values don’t truely line up, so I just want to give you a few tidbits to help you live out your values so when the guilt of not spending time with your kids, you know where you can start to change that. 

So grab a pen and paper and lets get to work.  If you are driving, make sure to come back to this, because this can change the direction of your life as it did mine!

First, you need to make a list of what are your true priorities because if you are saying this is important, but your pocketbook and time are not confirming that, there will be friction and you won't feel aligned and something will always feel off.  

Once you have your true priorities and most important values written down, now I want you to go to your calendar and bank account and see where exactly your time and money is going.  This is so very important and very eye opening for many that I work with.  For example, if you want a simpler life, but your calendar is always full, there will be friction and you may feel a little anxious, so the 3rd step is to figure out a way to get there.  With this example, maybe it is less time shopping or this may even be spending all your time at sports events when you can say no to live simpler if this is a top priority.  

There are so many options, but in order to live this life of simplicity, you have to get good at saying no and making sure that you are saying yes to the right items that line up with your values.  When your life is coming to an end, will you be proud and peaceful about how you lived it or will you be stressed and worn out until the end?  

I hope you will have peace living a simpler life that you are able to create.  It is simple to do, but you do have to take the steps to get there.

Blessings!

Monica

Email -> [email protected]

Instagram -> https://www.instagram.com/claimingsimplicity/

Website -> https://stan.store/ClaimingSimplicity/