Thoreau is Trendy

I’m on the simplify band-wagon.  It bothers me, but it doesn’t bother me that everybody is simplifying.  (I guess we all hope to be original somehow – but, is that possible?  Don’t get all philosophical, it’s a long weekend and I am not in the mood for philosophy.)  The days of overindulgence are D-U-N.  (I think I heard that spelling in a trendy hip-hop song…)

As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness. ~Thoreau

Did he mean using Pea Pod?  If he did, I’m ready to simplify!  I mean, will I suddenly start being able to sit, unbothered by the basket of unmatched socks?  Woo-who!  It is time to take small steps to make things simp-ler.  I’m diving in, and telling you the things that cause undue stress in my life.  And then, guess what?  We will cross these things right off my list with solutions.  Simple solutions.  Oh boy, this is going to be fun. (You know what else is trendy?  Lists on people’s blogs!)

1.  Laundry
2.  Running out of groceries mid-week.
3.  Feeding my children Annie’s Mac and Cheese over 50% of the week. (Hey, that family size goes a long way.)
4.  The rain forrest of papers sent home in the Boy’s backpack … and me scurrying to assist him with projects, permission slips, etc.  (really, your kid didn’t write his Valentine’s at breakfast … on Valentine’s?)
5.  Leaving work with things … just things hanging over my head.
6.  Not knowing what I’m going to wear to work until it is on my body.
7.  Forgetting to get oil changes
8.  Washing the car
9.  Buying birthday cards, and not mailing them.  (errr, sorry about that.)
10.  Not responding to RSVPs … (really sorry about that.)

Ok, that’s my Top 10.  Dazzling, aren’t they?  I am so excited about the laws of the universe becoming simpler, aren’t you?

By the way, the unmatched socks – I’m already enlightened in that area.  If there are two, they match.

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