{That buzzing noise.}

That moment when you stop for a moment + all you can hear is life is buzzing noisily around you…

Do you ever have moments like that? And sometimes it’s loud enough that although you hear the buzzing, you aren’t sure which buzz to tackle first — perhaps you should just lay down for a bit?, let your body sink into the nearby fibers that are calling you to come rest.

And so you agree to rest in your living room, to take a half hour and quiet the buzzing.

It’s moments like this that connects us. That buzzing noise… I need to remember more often how many of us hear it. Because you hear it too, right?

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Since our move to Los Angeles I have felt a little stuck. OK, a bit stuck. Not totally sure how to decorate… although I definitely have more moments of confidence than not ;) Sometimes I wonder if it’s the size of our home that is making me doubt my decorating skills? But then I think back to Minneapolis, how our home in that city was easily twice the size what our home is here in Los Angeles, and I remember how hard it was to decorate back then. I think my problem is wanting it to be perfect, when in fact it’s already perfect because it’s *our* home — filled with so much adventure + love, I’m sure the walls are about to burst.

But maybe if I shared with you that our “finish furnishing the home” cash envelope has been a little empty lately, that that’s why I feel stuck with decorating — would you encourage me by telling me you’ve been there, too? I bet you would :) And then you’d hear me breathe a sigh of relief.

We’d continue sharing our hearts and it would be so so great.

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This is good for me :) How about if I share another area I’ve felt stuck? This time it’s creatively. Our home may have shrunk 50% when we moved, but my studio/office space shrunk like 80%. Yikes! Some days I feel like it’s just a mean joke, how is a gal supposed to run a handmade business from 1 desk + 1 wardrobe {hello, storage!}, tucked aside in a not totally furnished living room? And then I think, “I can totally do this! C’mon Gus, just get a little bit creative.”

Some days I feel like I can tackle the world, other days I feel getting just two things done is something worth celebrating.

And then I think of that fabulous quote, the one that I keep saying aloud: Just do the next thing, and then do the next thing.

One step at a time. Use the resources you have. Reach out. Plan extra margin. Rest.

Rinse, wash, repeat. Right?

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God is really preparing me for on mamahood.

It feels like I’m juggling so much right now, mainly it’s an internal juggle to stop over-scheduling and instead say “no” a little more often. You know the feeling when you get to the root of a problem, suddenly the solution is staring you in the face and all you want to do is shout, HEY, GORGEOUS to it?  All of this preparing for mamahood/juggling has made being creative seem super challenging…

…until recently :)

I’ve made a few changes to my schedule, re-prioritized my energy, and have been talking to God more. It feels so good to have more clarity in my life. I know all of this is normal as we get ready for Baby to arrive — especially considering ALL of the huge life changes we’ve gone through these last 6 months {finding out we’re pregnant, moving to Los Angeles, finding a new church, re-structuring the business/adding to our team, Christmas festivities without our extended families [so sad!], and the latest: health insurance drama [ugh!]}.

But seriously, it is so refreshing to be able to step away from that buzzing noise.

Do you need to step away from the buzzing, too? Here are 3 things that have helped me so much:

And already we both feel so much better…