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Allow me to reassure you: if people’s kitchens t

Allow me to reassure you: if people’s kitchens tell us anything, it’s that the travel beverage vessel industry is swigging its way to the absolute tippy top of the market. It’s five to a family member out here. Why? You factor in the ones expressly purchased, consider the color ways designed to encourage duplicate purchasing, add in the fact that every company, learning institution, and sports team has chosen a drink holder as their swag gift of choice, and you end up with households storing a positively choking amount of vehicles for carrying liquids on the go. It’s time to reign it in. Hydration is important—and equally so caffeination—but the sheer number of canteens has gotten out of hand. (And this from a person who has, for the last decade, rarely been without her support electrolyte-water bottle!)

Do this:
-Match tops to bottoms. Any that are missing their mate are toast.
-Consider how many you/your family truly NEED. If you land at 5 per person, you’ve gone astray. Return to Go and try again.
-Ditch those that are dented, moldy, (yeah, that happens) too big, too small, too not-exactly-how-you-want-them-to-be.
-Stand them up in drawer using bins or drawer dividers, or lay them flat in a cabinet.
-Decide which belong to whom if need be. Label them as such. If children lose their first, pull out the stand by. If they lose their second, shrug and tell them you suppose they’ll be thirsty.
-Stop collecting them like it’s your weird hobby.
-Put them to use. Because having all of the bottle options is the poor-woman’s using the bottle she enjoys drinking from most.✌🏻

A huge mental burden is alleviated when everything

A huge mental burden is alleviated when everything in your life has a proper home.

The fluster of lost items, the struggle to locate what you want when you need it, and the confusion about where to put things when you’re done using them are all chronic energy leachers. As a result, your bandwidth to deal with the larger, more important facets of life—family, relationships, health and ambition—is severely stunted.

Identify and put things in their proper places so that you can be better equipped to focus on the intangibles.

Put another way, when things are out of control, all you can think about are things. When things are managed, you can freely think about people, ideas, and life.

Forever favorite, ultra-achievable, weekend-friend

Forever favorite, ultra-achievable, weekend-friendly organizing project: beautifying the spice drawer. Uniform jars, a set of labels, and a funnel later, the result is a seasoning set that’s altogether more sustainable, more accessible, and more visually soothing. So, stick that in your pipe and decant it.

The redeeming gift of the last two years is now ou

The redeeming gift of the last two years is now ours for the taking–clarity.

When shit hits the personal, societal and global fan, the discrepancy between what is nonsense and what is essential increases.

The denial, avoidance, and fear we used to try to employ only ever lead to more of those things. But the courage to face things as they are allows us to experience miraculous breakthroughs.

In lockdowns and behind masks around the globe, we’ve had the opportunity to decipher trivial baloney from the truth of what matters to us–the health of our families, our bodies, and our minds.

Wielding that knowledge allows us to make the necessary decisions that uphold our values and make space for our priorities.

We are poised to pour more love and attention into worthwhile causes and relationships, while allowing the unimportant to fade away.

I hope you start this new year by seeing clearly what is, even if it absolutely sucks. Even if doing so scares the cuticles off of your fingers. I hope you know you can handle the truth, no matter what it is. You can course correct from even the most convoluted place. I hope you let what matters most to you rise to the top, and I hope you let go of your grasp on everything else, breathing great sighs of relief as you do.

Wishing you clarity and simplicity in the new year,

-Annie

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