Hashimoto's and Me

I am going to start blogging again.  I decided that tonight.  I will add more tomorrow, but I need to start writing about my journey through the process of getting my newly(-ish) diagnosed Hashimoto's Disease and all that has come along with it.  It won't be my only topic.  I have 2 cute kids, a husband, and a cat, too.  Obviously they are also important parts of my life that deserve being chronicled, too.  But my health and well-being are going to be my starting point.

So let me just start by saying, I am going through something that has been hard on me.  And hard on my family.  But I am finally hopeful that I can get through this and feel human again.  Some day....

More coming soon...

I put useless stuff in the trash. It was a good day.

“Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It's your masterpiece after all.”
― Nathan W. Morris

Minimalism has been a topic of conversation around my house lately.  I'll share more on that later, but tonight I just want to say that I'm proud to finally be able to start to let go of some of the accumulated stuff that has been piling up over the past 3 years since we moved into this apartment.

Tonight I made a fairly large pile of clothes (30-ish pieces) to be donated to the local Goodwill store.  I also threw out about 10 pairs of old jeans (most of which had holes/were too worn to donate).  And I threw out old sheets that literally will not fit ANY bed we own.  I know that may not seem like much, but for someone like me who has a hard time letting go, it was a major victory.  Baby steps, right?

I'm also working on tagging up pretty much ALL of the outgrown baby/toddler clothes that we've accumulated over the years.   I actually had an entire CLOSET full of the stuff.  Now that I've decided the family is big enough, it's finally time to begin purging those items.  And with the Reading Just Between Friends sale about 2 months away, it's the perfect time to start that process and hopefully make a few dollars off of the sales!  I have never consigned before, so this will be an interesting experience.  I will be devoting time to writing about it as it progresses. 

Needless to say, I'm starting the baby steps towards a more deliberate life.  Even if it has to begin one donated shirt at a time. 

Baby steps.

It's been forever since I wrote a post, so I am going to start over.  I will wipe away the previous posts and create a nice clean slate.  I tried blogging a couple of years ago, but it never was a priority.  I never had time.  I never had energy.  And I never seemed to think of anything that I deemed worthy of writing about. 

Things have changed a lot over the years.  I have changed.  My family has grown.  And life has gotten both more complex and more simple all at the same time.

But I have noticed something happening lately.  I write my own monologues in my mind.  I write blog posts all the time with my thoughts.  I hear myself reciting whatever it is that I'd like to put on "paper" and that inner voice has just gotten louder.  More insistent that what I'm thinking is perhaps WORTH writing down, even if it just exists for my own enjoyment.

So today, I try again.  Baby steps.  It seems to me that I'm making baby steps of progress in many areas of my life lately, so let me get a few of them written down.  My husband has always wanted me to do this because he thinks that some of what I have to say is worth sharing.  Let me indulge him while simultaneously indulging myself.

Read this if you'd like to hear what a mom of two adorable, loving, and sometimes totally frustrating children has to say.  Read this if you'd like to hear what a working girl has to say.  Read this if you want to hear what a wife has to say.  Or don't.  You won't hurt my feelings.  I'm just glad to have a medium to share my thoughts, even if it is only with myself!