Mindful Kim Blogs!

Decision making is not something we're born with. It's a learned behavior.  If kids toys are out of control or the closets it's not their fault. They didn't decide that. Here's what I wish I would have done 16 years ago.... If I had it to do over again I would have gotten a toy box (or even better, 2 smaller boxes to rotate toys) and told her to fill it/them with her absolute favorite toys. Then take the rest of them and put them in a bag and told her that if she missed any of them she could just have to ask for it (by name) and I pull it out for her. Her room was a disaster often and she couldn't manage all the inventory. Of course, she was just little. And I didn't realize that I was the one that was supposed to manage the inventory. Live and learn right? After a few months, maybe 6 months, maybe a year, depending on the age of the child and how many toys there are, I would have just donated them.  It doesn't matter if it came from a family...

My best friend (Cindy) was reminiscing on how she came to be part of my approximately 70k membership Facebook group and sent me a message. What she realized was life changing. It's the first step in going from overwhelm to peacefulness.  Here's what she wrote:  Ok. I was thinking about this last night. When I first met you I told you why I needed you and this lifestyle. I told you my “reason” was I was facing Tim’s (husband) last days and I didn’t know how I could deal without him. Then you said, “there is joy in everyday you just have to look for it.” Somehow, those words unlocked something in my brain and from there I faced/ facing not only Tim’s last days but everything else.  I was stuck and didn’t have motivation because I was focused only on the bad things in my life. I didn’t want to go forward which affected me mentally and physically. If I’m paralyzed and not moving my body I hurt. And I think a lot of people are in the same boat as I was. They can’t ...