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Mar 8, 2021    |       4 comments

Spring Cleaning or Purging

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..I’ve recently found a local Buy Nothing Facebook group. The concept is to ask and give things for free. Their mission is:

We offer people a way to give and receive, share, lend, and express gratitude through a worldwide network of hyper-local gift economies in which the true wealth is the web of connections formed between people who are real-life neighbors.

Our local administrator is consistently prompting people to ask for things their would otherwise buy that week. And many, mostly women, post their home purges.

I love the concept and have used it myself several time recently to get rid of things. When you don’t want to take the time to try to sell or donate things, it’s a great alternative.

One of the things I’m doing this month as one of my “to dos” is going room to room to purge things we don’t need AND decorate a bit. I’m not decorating as in buying things, but rather finding a place for things and making it look more organized and presentable around here.

As much as the rooms and occupants have moved around in this home, it’s become a bit of a modge podge. I’m going to create order and even a since of normalcy…

And I’m going to use the Buy Nothing group to deal with the purge! Anyone else getting the spring cleaning itch and starting to clean out closets and drawers?

Not a Heavy Lift to Help Others

One other thing I like about the group is that they are always soliciting help for people in need. And frankly, having a large community of people pitching in makes it a light lift to help a lot of people without being burdened. There are often grocery bags to fill or clothing needs.

Do you have a Buy Nothing group in your area? Or something similar service to help others AND facilitate giving and receiving needed items?

Mar 5, 2021    |      1 comment

What have you accomplished?

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As people slowly begin to emerge, over time, from their quarantine lives. As the vaccine becomes more readily available…we are starting to hear about what people have accomplished over the last year.

  1. People have started businesses.
  2. They have lost weight and gotten in shape OR quite the opposite.
  3. New family traditions have been born.
  4. Careers have been lost and careers have been gained.
  5. Education (at least online) has been on the uptick as people learned new skills.
  6. Honey do lists have actually gotten done. (Seriously, so many of my married friends have commented on this.)

While our lifestyle did not change overly much compared to the rest of the world, our lives certainly have. I thought I worked a lot over the last 14 years of owning my business, but this year that number of weekly work hours has easily doubled.

I realize that the times have been really hard for many. Separation from family, job loss, finding a way to work remotely with kids home from school in homes not set up for everyone to be there, fear and anxiety over illness and even loss of loved ones have wrecked normalcy.

The Silver Lining

But at the same time, I continue to hear the good that has come out of the forced time at home. I know, personally, our finances have done a complete 180 this year. This is not only the result of my new job, but also of more and more companies seeking and being open to remote employees.

I would love to hear the silver lining, the positives that have come into your life because of the change.

I know I would not have the job I have without COVID. The firm I work for would have NEVER considered a remote employee before. So I am SO GRATEFUL for the turn of events that brought me here. Not only for the financial change this has made, but even more so for the confidence in myself and my value.

Is there something you are grateful for over this last year? Something that might not have happened otherwise?

 

 

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