All the 'stuff' in our lives comes at a huge cost.

And has huge implications for our mental and physical health.โฃ

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป (purchase cost, storage cost, cleaning cost, caring for cost etc)โฃโฃ

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ (we could choose to be busy 24/7).โฃ

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (every single decision that we make).โฃ

โญ๏ธ Requires SOMETHING from us.โฃ

โญ๏ธ Places a DEMAND on our time.โฃ

โญ๏ธ And uses up a portion of our precious RESOURCES.โฃ

None of which are infinite.โฃ

Is all the โ€˜stuffโ€™ really worth it?โฃ

Or should we be placing a higher value on our time and our physical and mental health?โฃ

In this season of my motherhood and life, this is something, that I continue to bring a deeper and deeper level of awareness to.โฃ

๐Ÿ’ซ Where do I want to intentionally spend my resources?โฃ

๐Ÿ’ซ How many demands do I want to place on myself?

๐Ÿ’ซ Where do I want to intentionally spend my time?

There is only so much of me to go around.โฃ

I want to spend, every minute of it, intentionally aligned with my values, doing what is most meaningful to me.โฃ

How about you?

Tara Arcobelli