So I've been watching With a Love Megan on Netflix, and I gotta say, I love it.

And what I've really taken from this show is that I need to be more intentional and I need to slow down so I can speed up joy.

Hey, Clutterbugs, welcome back to the Clutterbug podcast. Today we're going to talk about ways

that we can live a more intentional life, like slow down and really appreciate the moments

that make us the happiest and bring us the most joy. And if you are anything like me,

you probably feel like every day is just a rush

to the finish line. You know, it's like this rat race we're stuck on of going to work and

doing the housework and cleaning and taking care of kids and being there for our family.

And there's very few and far between moments where it feels

like, this is lovely. And I think I can only speak for myself. I think what's really going on for me

is I'm so caught up in the trying to keep up and catch up that I'm missing out on those little

things that actually make it feel worth it. And I'm not saying my life is horrible. It's

amazing and I'm so, so lucky. But I do spend a lot of my time feeling very frantic, feeling like I get up in the

morning and I'm rushing to get ready for work. I start work at nine. If the kids miss the

bus and I have to drive them, it's like, oh, it's taking extra time out of my day. Now I'm

behind. I get back. I'm working. I'm checking emails and making videos and recording

podcasts and doing interviews and just there's a lot of like prep stuff behind the scenes that I'm,

I feel like I'm doing. And then by the time I'm done work at five, oftentimes I work later

than five. It's quickly make dinner, help my husband make

dinner, we get things on the table, we feed the kids, we clean up after dinner, and then we have like

maybe an hour of family time or even alone time. And then it's the nighttime rush. And then we

just get up and do it all over again.

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