Got a resolution for 2013 yet?
It’s Tuesday morning and I’m starting a nine-day-nine-author blog/ advice-a-thon with eight fabulous authors who I know you’ll adore as much as I do.
Author Susan Lute is kicking things off today. On See Jane Publish, here’s how she described our endeavor:
It starts right here and on eight other blogs, beginning January 1. In the great
tradition of New Year’s resolutions, for the next nine days some of my favorite
author friends are joining me on a resolution journey. Each day we’ll comment on
each other’s resolutions. I hope you’ll check each one and offer your own
stories, or suggestions to help make the resolutions a success.
Shrink my closet is my personal resolution. My post will publish on January 9th, but until then authors Susan Lute, Cathryn Cade, Cassiel Knight, Jenna Bayley Burke, Linda Mercury, Paty Jager, Jessa Slade, and Maggie Jaimeson will share how they are dealing with too many shoes, too much clothing, etc.
So here we go:
Resolve 2013: Shrink My Closet? Or {gasp} Thin Out The Jewelry?
Susan Lute
Recently my husband and I welcomed our daughter and her family to share the home that has been in some kind of remodel phase for the last nineteen years. I know, it’s hard to believe. Not the family moving in part, but the nineteen years of off and on again construction. This house started out as a simple three bedroom, one bath ranch with an attached single garage. Now forced to be more serious about our remodel, the garage has been sacrificed to make a four bedroom, one bath home, with a very cool media room when it’s done. In all this time we’ve never had adequate closet space. So we’ve resorted to boxes under the bed, stacked against the wall…you know the drill. But the truth is, it’s not about the clothes, how many we have or where they’re stored – neatly of course. It’s all about the jewelry. And I have a lot.
Last summer my mother-in-law gave us her bedroom set. Very old with an old fashioned vanity, it’s the perfect place to organize my jewelry. My sister makes beautiful pieces, and every time she makes something new, I beg. It’s not pretty, but there you have it. So the drawers are full. The glitter spills out all over. Periodically I get organized, put everything into it’s very own box and then into the proper drawer. This is best done with children in attendance. They love trying on bracelets and necklaces while putting them away. But no matter how often I make the vanity neat and tidy, it’s not long before all that sparkling loveliness is scattered across the vanity where I can enjoy it, whether I’m wearing it or not.
What wonderful thing don’t you get rid of? Or leave laying around like a tangled jumble of joy?
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THE RESOLUTION TOUR – January 1 – 9, 2013
Maggie Jaimeson – Take a Vacation
Jessa Slade – Get Organized
Paty Jager – Volunteerism
Linda Mercury – Creating a Literary (or Creative) Life
Jenna Bayley-Burke – Eat Healthier
Cassiel Knight – No More Procrastination
Cathryn Cade – Take Time for those OTHER Creative Passions
Susan Lute – Reduce Stress: Find and Follow Your Bliss
Jamie Brazil – Shrink My Closet
