lauren and stuff.

Stuck.

Do you ever feel like you know what you’re meant to be doing in this life? Like you know what your destiny is and you know who you want to be, but who you are isn’t cutting it? It’s not as serious as it seems really. Could be a career path, school, a direction in a relationship… We all have to truly know ourselves to make decisions about those major things. But in the first weeks of this year, I’ve learned that simplicity and that which is overlooked is pretty much all of what decides our happiness. There is no point in having ambitious dreams or boatloads of money if your attitude, demeanor, and habits do not allow you to be the type of person to make use of those things in a way that will bring you joy.

Resolutions. Think big, but think small at the same time. So say I resolve to be more organized. Okay, great. If I just say that to myself over and over I’ll just be so overwhelmed I wouldn’t know where to start in my mess of a life. Try something like, I resolve to never put off a task if it takes less than a minute. If I wash a plate so dishes don’t pile up later, or check my mail as it comes, or hang up my clothes, the collective impact is phenomenally huge. Okay so I’m totally stealing that from this Gretchen Rubin book I’m reading called “The Happiness Project” but things like that definitely make me realize that small steps make the biggest difference. I can think about big goals all day every day, but where am I getting just thinking about them? Stop complaining about how you’re stuck and not getting anywhere. Start small, Lauren. Halfway into January and you’re already on your way to becoming a better person.