The More of Less

The beauty of less is that you have MORE time to give, more energy to share, and more life to live. Your life isn't surrounded by things all around you. You simply have what brings you joy, and everything else you let go.

My whole life I've heard people say, "well you can't take it with you when you die" which is a) morbid but b) compeletely true. You really can't.

Living life with less means less time dusting, buying, moving, selling, giving, worrying, and more time living, sleeping, playing, traveling, and maintaining. There are things we need in life, and those things are God, family, food, shelter, and air. The rest is a bonus. I think just this year our family has found the balance of what's right for us.  We originally wanted a tiny little house. Truly tiny, about 1,050 square feet actually. It was small, but it was fine, and life really was simple. We had extra money, more time, but the one thing missing was personal space.  You can't fully relax if you never have a moment to be alone or think. When you are trying to read and you can hear someone else breathing, it might be too tight. That's what we ran into with little kids.

Now, I would say we've found a happy medium. We live on some land, we have time together, the house isn't too big, but enough that everyone has their own personal space. I'm all about a home feeling like a home. We need pictures on the walls of people that we love, we need furniture that's inviting so people want to come, and then they like to stay.

The beauty of less is that it doesn't take long to clean. There's more time for cooking, for swinging, for football on Saturday, and I love it all.

If just reading this gives you hives and stresses you out, this probably isn't how you need to live. This may not be your mantra, but for us, for the Meisners, we just prefer the beauty of simplicity.

Back to Blogging

I know I haven't been on this blog in 4 years, but I'm back. I miss it. I love it. I don't want a fancy blog anymore, I want a familiar one. I think it took it out of me to try to update and fix and know a new format so I just...quit. Isn't that sad? I just want the simple one.

It's like choosing Cheerios and Milk over and omlet. Sometimes you feel most at home with the familiar. I started this blog in college, and it's all I've ever known. It's for me to write, and I love what I love. And I miss my family of bloggers. I just want to WRITE.

Hope everyone is doing well. Can't wait to write my thoughts and tell you about life and ALL the wonderful things that have happend in my world these last 4 years. I think I'm the same person, just improved and a little wiser perhaps?

Talk soon!
Michelle