Keep it Fresh

Renovation complete!! What does the new you look and feel like? Are you more generous, more caring, less edgy and irritable? Have you decided to stop paying attention to minor issues and start focusing on the bigger picture? Did you really throw away the old appliances, or go and retrieve them from the dumpster before the garbage truck came?

After this 5-day project, I sincerely hope you’ve made some changes in your life, or at least started the process. I know renovations aren’t easy, as they require time and coming face-to-face with situations that we’ve pushed to the back of our minds. But they are necessary, for us to be our best self. Because we’ve placed something in the back of our mind, doesn’t mean it’s resolved. It has just changed positions with another situation and been temporarily placed on the “disabled list.” We’ll never use our lives to full potential if we have a full roster on the disabled list. We have to let go and move forward.

My message to you is simply – “Keep it Fresh.”

As with any renovation, when it is first completed the owners take time clean the appliances and/or furniture. Everything is dusted regularly, mopped, cleaned and kept looking fresh. Then time goes on and the upkeep is no longer done on a regular basis. Cleaning goes from every other day to once a week and once a month; rust starts to show and the “new car smell” disappears.

My hope is that you don’t allow this to happen to your life. Take time every week or month, depending on your situation, to re-evaluate what is going on in your life. Throw out what isn’t being used, clean what remains and use the good china. Keep your life fresh and it will do the same for you.