Hello, and Happy Veterans Day to my many veteran buddies on the interwebs; I thank you for your bravery for even deciding to join the military, your perseverance for pushing through boot camp and training without quitting/giving up, and your honorable, patriotic, valiantly courageous time serving our nation, protecting us civilians, and ensuring we live in, and raise our children in, the freest, most incredible nation on earth. God bless all y'all—I'm proud of you for being so inclined to serve in our nation's military services.

Before Chris and I started dating and became a couple, I was in a perpetually depressed place. I didn't think I was going to actually end up finding a man who was the right man for me, and that I'd likely end up a spinster [which didn't bother me in itself, but the loneliness was notable].

One thing I'm aware of, is that my personal spaces [i.e. my bedroom, bathroom, vehicle, etc.] reflect my mood pretty darn accurately. When my mind is a mess, my poor room suffers.

I love how much simply having him in my life motivates me to organize and clean my life up in every possible way. I just want to be my best me for me, my kids, and my man. I love this feeling.

My mind may cause chaos in my space, but chaotic spaces also can cause unnecessary disruption in my at ease mind.

As much as I dislike the organizing and cleaning when I'm not doing it; I sure get into it and kinda start enjoying this process of space/soul cleansing and space/mind organizing!

I strongly suggest y'all take some time, even spread it out if it's too overwhelming and instead dedicate an hour a day, to cleanse and organize your personal spaces, and in turn, your mind and soul! I suggest you do I at least once a year, but probably twice if you're prone to creating clutter and collecting unneeded items that could be gotten rid of [whether it be through donation or dustbin].

I even have some shelving to hang, a few canvases [of sunflowers 🌻 of course] to hang, and a piece of furniture to finish constructing. I'm thinking this project may take more than today and tomorrow.

Downsizing is such a great feeling to me. I try to get rid of most things that I haven't used or even thought about using in the last year [unless it's an item that is meant to be used on very rare occasions].

Donate things that are still of a quality that others would be able to use it without embarrassment or difficulty; trash the rest!

Deep cleaning is coming next, after I go through all of my belongings, discarding and organizing everything I own. On the plus side, I used to be a housemaid, so when I deep clean—things are gonna be CLEAN AF.

Anyhoo, God bless y'all beautiful people, and I hope you have a satisfactory, relatively non-threatening, stress-free day. Spread smiles, never stop speaking the truth, and always keep moving forward!

You are amazing and God made you the way you are for a reason, so instead of asking why you were given anything negative, try to figure out what positive aspects of your personality and character have come from those seemingly unnecessary negative things. I'm positive there was always a silver lining if you look hard enough for it.

Always remember, "Nothing changes if nothing changes."

Have a blessed day, y'all. I believe in you! God bless y'all!
#KeepMovingForward #GodIsGood #AppreciateVeterans #GodBlessVeterans #ReEeeEEEe