As we wrap up our month of ‘Doing Less’, I’m celebrating the small shifts taken toward living with more intention. The slow evenings watching the sunset, the lazy weekends floating around the pool and the number of books I’ve read this month. After years of neglect, I am intent on carving out more time to read this year.
It should come as no surprise that the more we can make intentional decisions about where we want to place our time, energy, and resources (and conversely where we don’t) the better. This intentional approach to life during January has left me feeling fulfilled and so very relaxed – lucky me!
One of the big takeaways from Doing Less is how it allowed me to make room for real progress creatively. It’s often difficult to feel creative in the chaos of a packed schedule, and while not every task deserves my best creative energy, becoming more intentional with my time has left me feeling incredibly motivated and inspired.
As someone that enjoys setting and achieving goals, showing up for the people around me and living to my fullest potential, it’s easy to start moving at full speed without giving much thought to process. But by cutting the noise and finding the clarity, I’ve regained a rhythm that fuels my creativity rather than drains it.
Being intentional with your time is a lot like planning an interior design project. They follow the same core principle – if you don’t plan for it, things will get messy fast. You’re not going to start painting without testing the colours, or start breaking down walls without a plan (or you most definitely should not).
When it comes to your home projects, whether it’s a small room makeover or a large scale renovation, it all comes down to the planning. You don’t just say I want to redo the bathroom and pull out the toilet the next day. You define the details and you create the plan.
Our biggest sadness is hearing clients express regret in doing something without a proper plan, and then having to redo the work. Not only is it a waste of money, it is extremely demotivating, often leaving people feeling anxious about the rest of the process and road ahead.
To help you overcome these early project obstacles, our focus this month is all about project planning and budgets. A well-planned project has vision, structure, and room to adapt. When you approach it with intention, you don’t just create something better—you create something that truly works for you.
Thanks as always for following along!
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