The Bare Minimum

The Situation: The Kardashians are on in the background (don’t judge, we all have our guilty pleasures :P), I’m sipping on a glass of red wine, and zenning out with my diffuser misting Citrus Bliss into the air as I contemplate what is the bare minimum that we need in life.

You might remember, the last post was to let loose with my perfectionism.  That being said, I thought by now I would have mastered two posts per month, alas I have to settle with the fact that life was interrupted again.  This time I’m having a steamy relationship with my new beau, his name Mr. Cold Virus.  We’ve been together for four weeks.  We have our ups and downs, the good days and unfortunately some bad days but I’m starting to embrace him as an opportunity to take a break and explore new things like, the bare minimum.

In the last month, to discover my bare minimum I put some things to a test and discovered the following:

• I DON’T have a green thumb, and that’s OK.  I will buy plants that are already grown.
• PAPER planners are back and they’re COOL and I don’t have time for it.
• My parents, young at heart; you’ve seen my dad VOGUE, but have yet to see my mom be Wonder Woman
• Goodbyes are hard, embrace everyday because you just never know about tomorrow
• I HIKED, no SERIOUSLY, I went hiking by myself in the wildernessdespite my fears of wild animals 😛 (yes it was just Gatineau Park)
• Women are always waiting for the perfect moment – I will tell you right now it DOESN’T EXIST
• TRUST ME – if you meet a hippy, embrace their aura and get yourself a diffuser & some oil
• This one is especially for Mr. Cold Virus (wink*wink) get yourself a honey stick? For your honey jar 🙂
• Be silly, try new things, get uncomfortable – that’s how I would describe my first time with a NETI POT

I’m convinced that we all have our own bare minimum.  I believe it’s what makes us these beautiful, unique, and interesting beings.  This may be the wine talking or, sleep deprivation due to Mr. Cold Virus but give it a thought the next time you want to try something new and it doesn’t go well, maybe it doesn’t fit in your bare minimum.  Or, maybe when you do need to try something new (like hiking) try it, it could be a new bare minimum.

In October, I want to discover more – what exactly, no clue.  But I will not wait for the right moment, I will be young at heart, and you never know I might have a new bare minimum.  This past year has been a roller coaster of sweet delicious goodness and that’s because I’m finding my bare minimum, what was one of  your recent bare minimums?

PSI just hit publish, tonight’s bare minimum – stop editing and looking for images on your phone.