Hello, July Going Back To Intentional Living
「 July is where I begin again 」
This month, I want to focus more on living more intentionally. I have noticed that I’ve been straying away from my own self and slowly molding myself into my surroundings.
A couple of times, I have talked about living with a hoarder and being in a family whose lifestyle is 360 degrees different from mine.
I am a minimalist but that doesn’t mean I live like a pauper or even remotely trying to be poor. I simply want to do things that really are bringing value and highlighting the things that really matter to me. So, these misconceptions are always something that becomes a huge topic whenever we have a family get together.
So, maybe I haven’t really figured out how to coexist with them. How do you live with differences in your family? If you have some advice, you have to let me know.
Despite some wins that I got, I can’t lie, there were times when I got carried away. They say, your environment can really influence the way you live your life. Well, that couldn’t be far from the truth.
Being around the family, I was constantly exposed to a lifestyle I no longer subscribe to. I live a different life than many of my family and it is something I am truly proud of until well, there was minor guilt tripping, comparison, gaslighting that keeps happening whenever I talk to them.
If I am being completely honest, these past few months especially after my dad’s passing, I have only gotten a few times to sit alone and to reflect on many things happening to my life these past decades, even the core reason why I decided to live a minimal life.
Now, after seeing some deaths around me, I’ve become more convinced that this is the lifestyle that truly resonates with me. In the end, a person is remembered for their legacy, not little things they left behind which was bought just for in case.
All of my family who recently passed away, left a lot of things. They left small things that barely had any value and something they purchased because they just liked it. It filled up the house to the point that the only thing we could do to it, is throw it away. There were only a few things that were still having some value that they left us. With that, I realized that in the end, what matters is not all the little things that we purchased but who we are as a person.
This July, I want to continue all the things I have done these past 6 months and reconnect back to my minimalist self. To pursue a life intentionally, worth living and worth cherishing for. Even if it’s quite different from the surroundings. In the end, I have to really be proud of it, being proud that this is myself and what I believed in.
How about you, what are you planning to focus on this month?
Reconnecting with inner self will move you forward in a better way 😊🥰
Best wishes and have a blessed month ahead
Hello July h 🤗 first day nice to meet you here I hope you have more to share so I can spark more engagement here. God bless you
Hello, lady @macchiata, good morning
You're doing a great job focusing on the things that make you feel good. I think that's what life is all about: being good to ourselves.
Have a beautiful day.
Thank you for such a thoughtful comment 😊
Saludos. Este mes es mi cumpleaños, por eso Julio siempre es especial para mí.
Cada persona es un mundo y la clave de mantener una buena coexistencia es respetar los criterios de los demás sin dejar de perder nuestros valores. Muchas gracias por traer el tema acá.😘
Saludos! Thank you for visiting mi blog
You are welcome😘
I’m sorry about your dad’s passing and I’m sorry that you had to find out the hard way about the lifestyle that resonates with you. It’s great to see that you were able to identify in the first place that you want to reconnect back to your minimalist self. I wish you all the best.
My blog has been all about it now, you know, reconnecting to my roots and who I am as a person. Have a great day!
OMG @macchiata...so this doesn't just happen in my family:
Add proposed loans that turn into gifts... (and how dare she ask for repayment when she knows my situation).
I understand completely when you want to live your life different from your family or friends. I committed to a minimalist lifestyle, and it has taken me years to shed the hoarding of my family's style with open concepts and living together in small spaces. "Just come on in. Throw your stuff anywhere if fine, and make yourself at home."
Thanks, but no thanks. It may sound harsh, but my personality and "self" has evolved.
Thanks for sharing.
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I appreciate your support. Take care.
Hahaha it can be hard with the family even if it's just my mother, I still struggle with many things with her. I've been away for sometime and developed my own personality, so it's taking her a bit of time to accept that I am now a different person.
Loving from afar is so easy, I must admit. On that note, my oldest living sister needs treatment. For some reason her foot began to swell last night. She's Type 2 Diabetic like me. I'm hoping it's nothing serious. You do have to take extra precaution when dealing with your feet.
Take care.
Having a fixed goal and pursuing it is very valuable for oneself, I still have many things pending so I don't have a fixed goal but the main one would be to learn new skills that will help me earn money.
That's a great goal to have! Having some extra money would definitely help especially in this type of economy 😄
This is an honest and relatable assessment and question, because no matter how strong and conscious we are, our environment influences our actions.
I like your title, and I was hoping to write a blog last night, since I'm just as enthusiastic about July, but I was just too knackered. Hoping to, in a few days.
All the best wishes on finding a balance, but in the meantime, just remember that nothing is permanent:)))
Heheheh that's how I am feeling too these days, a bit hammered but trying to pull through. I've been denying that that environment doesn't greatly affect us but now, I know better. Our environment definitely affects us and sometimes, in ways we can't even imagine.
I hope your July will be awesome Milly 😊
Thanks, Mac 🙏
I'm excited this month of July as well.
I wish I could see wonders every months... Like July for instance... I, just live... Sometimes like a rolling stone but other like Ale Pizarkik, an author who lived her life challenging everything and everyone
Hmm I think it would help if you have your own room, at least you can organise the room in a way that you wanted, while the rest of the house can be in another form.
I am just focused on getting through the month, because work has been so busy and I am quite frustrated on some days, but that's life I guess. There's ups and downs.
I have the whole house and that including the room haha but still, sometimes my mom likes to meddle in it 🤣 so, that's a problem in itself.
Good luck on July! May this month brings your more luck and some rest 😊
Hehe! Thanks! 😉
i like how u think and as for me i wanted to share here too. july is a good start for me, make myself being positive in life because I can't deny that I barely forget of being good, positive and cheerful in different challenges in life. May all of us has a great start to become better in a positive ways in life.
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