Friends!! I’m so, so sorry I was a little MIA yesterday. Truth is I’ve been having some technical issues with the blog & blogstomp & I was just really frustrated!!

But, sometimes you just have to role with the punches 🙂 It’s crazy to me that this time last week I was at home watching 18 inches of snow fall … and today it’s almost 60 degrees outside!! WHAT? Crazy weather.

Today I’ve got another Contentment Challenge post for you. Can you believe Month 2 is almost over?! It’s definitely been a bumpy road for me. Really trying to focus on WHY I’m doing this, and really trying to flee from temptation.

I’ve been working on my challenge for the month: Reusing the Old. Trying to put together new outfits with the things I already have, move around decorations to give a space a refreshed look, etc. Are you doing this months challenge? How’s it going for you?? I’m actually having a bit of fun digging in my closet… and plan to take more things to goodwill at the end of the month with things I STILL didn’t wear! There’s no need to keep an overflowing closet when I don’t wear it all.

One thing I’ve really learned during this challenge is that sometimes you have to do something radical. Really radical.

And, sometimes doing something radical is the BEST way to shake things up, and get you on the right track.

For me, that meant that when I did a Social Media Free weekend, I deleted the Apps from my phone. I’ve learned that I am VERY bad at self-discipline. REALLY bad at it. It’s hard for me to flee on my own, to stay away from what tempts me. So I knew for a SMFW I needed to delete them completed in order to achieve the weekend I wanted – a weekend of FREEDOM, focusing on what matters most.

For the Contentment Challenge, I had to do a few radical things, too… I took myself off of emailing lists for my favorite stores so I wouldn’t get the “80% off emails”, I haven’t been into TJ Maxx since December and I literally shredded a credit card that was causing issues in my life. Friends. THAT WAS SO HARD TO DO! I literally debated about it for WEEKS and had anxiety about it… which showed me that is WAS an idol in my life & needed to be cut out. Literally. It wasn’t a card I NEEDED, it was only causing me stress & hindering this process. So I stood in the kitchen & cut it up. I cut it up REAL good. Not only for security purposes, ha, but also as a PHYSICAL reminder of what I’m doing. I put the pieces in a plastic bag & they’re sitting in my office drawer. A reminder to me that I CAN flee from this temptation… God’s got my back 🙂

What radical step do YOU need to take in your life? Does it have to do with social media or shopping? Maybe it has to do with your spouse or eating habits? What’s HINDERING you? Let it go. Do something radical.

It actually feels really, really good.

xo! kat