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It was this time last year that I was moving into this beautiful home. I had gotten rid of so much stuff, which seemed silly because I was moving into a bigger home. It was time to clean house and get a new start on my life. This home was picked because it was down the street from the home I lost to foreclosure. Each of my children’s school was located less than a half mile from here. It was exactly what I needed at the time.

Now it’s a year later and I am ready to move again. The loss of my job will not allow me to stay here. I can still afford the rent, but the month to month bills are too much for me to be able to keep up with.

I’m not big on packing up, but this time I am actually kind of excited. Everything is put into piles. Keep. Donate. Sell. Store.
I’m looking at things that I held so dear to me and thinking, “it can go now.”
My motto this year, ‘Let Go’ has gotten me so far.

This last year has been amazing. So many great things have come to me just by simply letting go of all the stuff that was holding me back.
Success won’t meet my where I am comfortable and I need to keep reminding myself that as I start on this new book.

Kara and I watch this show about people buying second homes in other countries. “How do people get to the point to where they have enough money to not only own one home in the US, but then to be able to go buy another in another country…for vacations?!” Having to accept the fact that I will not ever be one of those people, or even being able to be someone that can ever go on a true vacation again is something I struggle with.

It’s a brand new year again…and who knows what this year will bring me.
I’m just hoping it’s a moving team and someone who likes to unpack kitchen stuff!!