Part of me wishes that I had destroyed this room just for the sake of these pictures and to make it seem like I don’t have everything together.  But… we all know that is definitely not the case!  It’s so fun to post photos from life and shoots and weddings and how happy and wonderful everything is.  And don’t get me wrong, our life is amazing and super fun and happy!  But, that isn’t life ALL the time.  I have a policy that I don’t post on social media when I’m angry/frustrated/sad/down/etc.  The reason being that when I’m feeling that way, there isn’t much of a filter.  And once it’s “out there”, it’s out there!  Even if you go back and delete it later, it’s been seen by at least a handful of people and unless you’ve graduated from Hogwarts, I doubt you can produce an effective “obliterate” charm.

So, I thought that with the new year and new goals and new plans that I put it out there that life isn’t perfect.  And hopefully by doing this, it will motivate me to CLEAN THIS PLACE UP!  Ha, we’ll see.

To answer a couple of questions, yes, that is a salad/punch bowl on the floor next to the book shelf.  It was a wedding gift and as I was pulling it out of the box, I chipped/broke a piece of it and haven’t really gotten over it yet.  But that was 2 years ago.  I need to get over it!  Also, the round circular thing with wires protruding from it next to the pink bag on the floor is the light fixture that used to hang in this room.  I didn’t want to get rid of it because I want to take the current light fixture with us so this way we can just put back the old one.  But now I’m thinking this just needs to be tossed…

While we’re being real, do you see the broken white thing covered in jute rope under the chair on the left?  Well, that’s the lovely wreath I made last summer that fell off the door and broke just a few days after I blogged about it.  Clearly, I have issues, people.  I just hope that if a psychologist sees these photos and my comments and thinks I need genuine help that they’ll give me my sessions for free ;-)

So, my challenge to you today is to be a little more real… whether it’s online or simply with the people in your life!  One thing I’ve found is that when I open up to people I trust and share the REALNESS of what is going on that more people understand than I thought they would and I get more love and support than I ever could have imagined.  That’s what community is about and I’m so thankful for it!