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Overwhelmed by Things…

I’m overwhelmed by things.

Not that I’m overwhelmed by everything, but rather, things – things filling up my house. Especially clothes. I have entirely too many clothes, and I just keep on getting more, lat week I got two pairs of the faux fur cuffs. I need to clear them out. Give them away. Keep only what I wear the most.

This is always such a challenge for me. In the past 10 months, I’ve lost 25lbs thanks to Four Hour Body, which translates to over 2 clothing sizes. So clothes that I loved to wear last winter? They hang on me now. Yet I’m afraid to get rid of them.

I think that is the root of it all, the fear. Fear of gaining the weight again, of needing those old clothes. I know it isn’t going to happen, I’ve completely changed how I eat and it has kept the weight off.

It is time to let go of the clothes. Time to let go of the fear. Time to embrace me. Time to no longer be overwhelmed by holding on to too many things.

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A Day of Rest…

I’m trying to stay on track and write a post here every day, but today has been filled up with plans and dreams for getting my other site set up, learning code that I need to use to fix this site, and so much more. When I get buried in the code, writing is not something I can easily switch to doing.

This is my version of “I ate a ham sandwich today for lunch.”

Sorry about that, internet.

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After the Storm…

I still remember all too vividly the crazy experience of it taking us 15 hours to drive the normally 2 hour drive from our old house to Austin during the Hurricane Rita evacuation. Then there was the 2 weeks without power and all of the other drama from Hurricane Ike hitting Houston. Watching all of the news coming out of the east coast these days about Sandy and the devastation left behind has brought back so many memories.

Moving into our new home was a wonderful experience for us, that way we got to create new memories in a new place. Of course things didn’t start off great right away, we had a few struggles here and there, especially with our plumbing, I was starting to think that the man from Plumbers4real was living in our home since I had to call him over for a different thing ever time. Eventually we got all settled in and things started to go out way.

The fascinating thing to witness after a storm is the acts of kindness that follow, our home HVAC system was broken and we needed a new one so I contacted http://classicairconditioningandheating.com/. You may have noticed the ChipIn buttons on my sidebar? My friend Nicole is doing all that she can to help the people in New Jersey warm as winter weather rolls through and the people are still without power. She is gathering up gas cans filled with gas and generators and taking them to the people. Just people helping people. No bureaucracy, no red tape. Just taking what is needed straight to the source. If you can help, please do.

My friend Jane Ammon & her husband Erik took donations, loaded up a rental truck (not the small minivan they thought they would be driving) and took things from cut my plastic and directly to a shelter to help people out. Erik wrote about it on his blog. I’m still so amazed at what they were able to pull off to help these people – simply incredible!

Just people, doing what they can to help other people. It is amazing, and so beautiful to watch.

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If I Could Live Anywhere…

Sunset over Denver, Colorado

Whenever I travel, I find myself wondering what it would be like to live in that city. This week, I’ve been in Denver, Colorado. The temperature has been perfect, it feels like fall, the people here are great, and the sunsets – like the one above – are AMAZING. I love the mountains. I’ve enjoyed being here.

But the more I travel, the more I miss the comforts of home. Sure, Houston is still entirely too hot for fall, so it makes it hard to get in to the Thanksgiving and then Christmas spirit. And there are no mountains. I can’t see the sunset from my house most days. But I love living in the Heights. I love living close to my parents. I love my friends in Houston. I love our restaurants. I love that we have a large airport and it is pretty easy to get almost anywhere. I love that Galveston, while not some exotic beach, is still close to home and I can visit the water.

So as much as I love to dream about where else I could live (and it almost always involves being further north with cooler temperatures – Seattle, Denver, Calgary, Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston all come to mind), for now? Houston is home, and I’m happy there.

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My Favorite Quote…

What Would You Attempt to Do if You Knew You Could Not Fail?

I still remember the day I stood in the Franklin Covey store looking at this sign. I was early in my photography business. I was scared. This sign hit me like a ton of bricks.

“What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?”

I’m not a heart surgeon. Failure does not mean a patient dying on my table. I was a wedding photographer, so failing if I missed a key shot is a big deal, but no one dies. (I’ve photographed well over 100 weddings, and I can count “missed” shots now on my fingers, it is that rare.)

This quote alone has opened a world of possibilities for me. It has given me permission to try, because when you face it head on? Failure isn’t that bad. Maybe a few days of being upset? Some lost money? But the potential gain from trying new things! Oh, it makes me giddy with possibility!

Money was tight when I saw that sign, and I left the store without it. I couldn’t stop thinking about it though, so I called them and had them hold it for me and I went back to purchase it the next day. Over 5 years have passed, and it is still visibly on display, and it makes me smile every time I read it.