Today we're talking about simplifying your life, what that really means, and what it looks like,

and I'm going to be honest with you, I'm at a point right now that I'm feeling seriously overwhelmed.

Hey Clutterbugs, welcome back to the Clutterbugs podcast. I'm feeling really overwhelmed right now,

and I don't know, it's probably self-imposed. It's not like I actually have that much to do,

but I've been in this state of procrastination really since I've got back from New York.

I'm putting off a lot of things, I'm like kicking the can down the road, maybe you can relate.

Every time I have something new that I should do, I'm just like, I'll do it next week,

I'll do it next week, and all those little things are adding up, and now I'm feeling overwhelmed

when I feel overwhelmed. I have a tendency to ostrich, which means stick my head in the sand,

and pretend everything's just going to magically work out and do nothing. Which again,

is a form of procrastination, which is making everything worse. So today, right at this moment,

I feel like I'm at that precipice, is that a word? God, that's a big word. I'm not even exactly

sure what that means, but I'm pretty sure, I'm standing out the edge of a ledge, and I either

dive in and do all the things that I need to do, or I continue to stick my head in the sand,

hoping magically it's going to work out, and I want to dive. I want to jump. I want to leap

in and just do the things that I need to do, but I'm feeling overwhelmed. I'm feeling so, so

overwhelmed, and I wanted to talk about that with you because I know you can relate. I know a lot of

you are dealing with a home that's overwhelmed, or your finances could seem overwhelming,

or your job could seem overwhelming, whatever life, life feels overwhelming, and how do we manage?

How do we, how do we do the things that we know we should do, but for some reason we're reluctant

to get started? And so I brought out this old, had a simplified life mini journal that I wrote

a really long time ago when I was really into journaling, because the truth is journaling helped me,

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