Hello 2025! Hello KonMari Club!
Hello Beautiful!
I am so excited to share the very first blog post from Tidy and Bloom!
Many people have been asking what I have been up to in the incredible year of 2024 and what I am looking forward to as we step into 2025.
If I had to sum up 2024 in a single word, it would undoubtedly be "Cultivated."
It was truly a year of tending to the rich soil of my life, nurturing the seeds I have been diligently planting, and forging lasting relationships that I will cherish and carry with me into the future.
As a devoted KonMari consultant, I quickly began to realize that once individuals (including myself) had effectively cleared all the clutter from their lives, pulled out all the persistent weeds that had crept in over time, and created a peaceful physical sanctuary within their homes, it became essential to transition towards enhancing their overall lifestyle..
This is were Patty Morrissey and her thoughtfully designed Clear and Cultivate method came into play, I accepted an invitation to join her in a Pilot Program for the KonMari Club, a Year Long mutual self improvement club of gently exploring 12 different categories of life. Every month you focus on a different area of life in a playful and curious way…
“I wonder what might happen if….”
This experience aligned so beautifully with what I have been passionately advocating for years: not only creating a spark joy home but also cultivating that spark joy life that we all deserve.
It is never to late to try something new, here are a few highlights from my last year as I look forward to seeing what 2025 brings..
Going on a SoloDate to a 20 year Reunion
Daily Walks in Nature
Creating this little Corner of the Internet
Having a Photoshoot to celebrate this season of life
Planning and Putting in the work to create Memorable Family Holidays.
Kayaking the Credit River.
Making a quilt ( and discovering the joy of sending it to a “long arm”)
Forest Restoration and Growing Copious amounts of Lavender as fire starter.
Lovingly saying Goodbye to my pet/best friend of 17 years, Hazel.
Joining a Historical Walking Tour Club to be a tourist in my own town.
Taking an EPIC girls trip to Savannah, Georgia.
Korean BBQ and learning how to eat graciously with chopsticks
Tuesday Night Hot Tub and Dinner Dates with my Mom.
Hiking the Bruce Trail at Goodyear Memorial Scout Camp.
Visiting Friends that feel like Family in Florida
Twenty-Twenty Five just has a beautiful ring to it and as I look forward to the Year ahead I can’t wait to see what lies behind the next turn..
Sometimes we are offered an invitation that can change our life for the better. Because a friend offered it to me, I would like to offer it to you. I will forever be grateful that I now move through the world Tidy and Blooming thanks to Marie Kondo and Patty Morrissey.