everything in its place.

I've been busy updating my old bedroom at home. For the past couple of years, I've made a few changes with the help of my parents. I got rid of my old furniture I had when I was a kid and my dad got ahold of both a new desk and dresser and repainted them. I also got a new bed and new bedding.

However, after coming home from college and seeing all my childhood things in one place I was inspired to start decluttering. I have so many things. If you know me at all, you know that I keep everything. I put trash in notebooks and hold on to every gift I've ever received. And obviously, I can't take everything I own with me to college. By leaving behind a great deal of stuff I own, I've learned that if I don't really need it, want it, or use it, it's just a waste of space and needs to be gotten rid of.

Over this Winter Break, I really made an effort to declutter and make the final changes to my new "adult" bedroom. I got new curtains, a new lamp, a new trashcan, and I repainted my mom's old bookshelf. I got rid of about 2 trashbags full of junk. I've also rearranged most of the stuff that I decided to keep, putting everything in its place and finding new homes for the objects I left at school.

As far as other updates go, I have been fighting a cold and this tissue box my mom bought is making me smile as I carry it wherever I go.

Also I have been keeping busy finding other ways to smile with my new Twitter: https://twitter.com/goodthingsbyliz
I am so much happier now that I've gotten rid of my old Twitter and made a new one dedicated to positive thinking only. With my old Twitter, I found that I was searching for things to put and trying too hard to come up with something witty or thought-provoking in less than 140 characters. I resented it. And I've found that with this new Twitter, I don't have to try. I just have to take stock of my life and realize that something good happens every day. It's a wonderful realization and it's definitely something I want to practice for the rest of 2013.