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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Have you ever been surrounded by stuff? Not just any old stuff, but your stuff? Your stuff is everywhere. Take a moment and look to your right, now to your left, do you see stuff? Do you see stuff that you don't use? Do you see stuff that is honestly just there to sit there? Like you bought it to sit on top of something else, so that it can collect more stuff that you won't use? This was me a few months ago - sitting in an outdated, hand me down chair, eating a bowl of cereal and looking into my kitchen completely overwhelmed with the mass of stuff that piled onto one counter.

I'm Aubrey. A 21 year old college grad, that has come to the conclusion that bigger and better, is not always better. For so long I have been stuck in this disease that if I could just get the next best thing, I would be happy. I would be content. I would be proud. I would have "it all". I've realized now that obtaining "it all" is not possible. There is always something "more" to get, to have, to chase, to yearn, to long for, to discover, to invent, to be, to become. There is always more - especially when we're talking about stuff.

In my short 21 years on this Earth, I've discovered that more is a rule in this life. It encompasses our lives and we are infatuated with the idea of it. If we could just get that higher paying job so that we could have more - So that we could have bigger and better houses, that can hold more of bigger and better stuff, with bigger and better vehicles, which all require more to maintain, THEN we could be happy. It's a never ending cycle that most of us are caught in. Like hamsters on a wheel we run, and run, and run after more, tasting the joy of purchasing our happiness for a split second before setting our sights on the next best thing.

However, as I sat in that old, 70s flower power, wing back chair, an idea surfaced above the sound of my crunching lucky charms.

"I. Want. More."

No, not more stuff - but more out of my life. I want more time spent not worrying. I want more moments that cannot be captured on Instagram or Facebook, but in my home and with the people I love. I want more inside jokes, better relationships, better health, more adventure, and less stuff. I guess what I'm trying to say here is - I want contentment. I want a bigger and better life.

So my journey to contentment begins with my best friend and husband by my side, one dog, one cat, and our 528sqft home.

Here's to having more.

12 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing! I would love to be doing the same thing!

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    1. Hi Sherri and thank you so much for stopping by and giving my blog a read! I'm excited to document my journey, however slow it may be, and see all the positive changes this realization will bring! Come back for updates!

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  2. What a wonderful post, I absolutely loved reading it, and you are soooo right!!! Such eise words :)

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    1. Sue it feels so strange to be called wise in my young age. I still have so much left to learn and see! But I am so excited to share my journey with you, and see how it affects not only my life, but my readers' as well! Thank you so much for reading it!

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  3. Such wisdom from someone still so young……..show us how to get off of the hamster wheel……………...

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    1. Thank you such much for you kind words. Even now I am spinning on the hamster wheel, but I am slowly finding ways to slow myself down. I'd love to have more of your input about my later posts. Thank you so much for reading.

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  4. This is a great post - it´s taken many of us years to notice this :-)

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    1. LJ, thank you so much for taking the time to read my blog. You are too kind!

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  5. I look forward to your 528 sq ft journey. I'm a planner addict too, and that desk is gorgeous!

    (Thestoragestudio.blogspot,com)

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  6. This is really hitting home right now. I'm used to working 60+ hours a week and now we are so overstaffed that I'm not even getting 40 a week to keep my full time status.. It's stressed me out even more to the point I want to get a second job just because I am so behind on bills.. But at the same time I've enjoyed more "me" time and have spent more quality time with my boyfriend.. This post really hits home tonight. Thank you!

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  7. This is really hitting home right now. I'm used to working 60+ hours a week and now we are so overstaffed that I'm not even getting 40 a week to keep my full time status.. It's stressed me out even more to the point I want to get a second job just because I am so behind on bills.. But at the same time I've enjoyed more "me" time and have spent more quality time with my boyfriend.. This post really hits home tonight. Thank you!

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    1. Contentment is so hard to maintain. Remember there is ALWAYS more to have. But never MORE time. :) Take time for you, cut back on things that aren't necessities and make it so you can enjoy the things you've worked for.

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