Basic.  I like to think that I am anything but BASIC.  While I love “basics” or a “basic” color scheme, that doesn’t mean I have to BE basic.  Right?  Right.  Why would I confine myself to being basic?  As cheesy as it sounds, my parents told me to always be extraordinary, and until the recent years of my life, I never understood what that meant exactly.  Growing up, extraordinary was someone that I simply couldn’t be.  Those people saved lives.  They walked on the moon.  They won championships.  Extraordinary people just weren’t me.  I was ordinary, I was basic.  But why couldn’t I be extraordinary?  What was holding me back?  Myself.  I was the one who was limiting myself.  I thought I was basic, therefore in my mind I couldn’t be anything more.  Well, I am here to tell you that I don’t want to be basic.  I want to be extraordinary.  I don’t have to save lives on the operating table, nor do I need to walk on the moon.  But being some that takes chances and makes the most of life…that counts.  I want to be someone that outsiders look at and say, “she’s doing something.”  I want my kids to one day look at me and say “mom, you made the most of life.”  I want me parents to look at me and say “she’s more than we dreamed she would be.”  I am vowing to not be basic.  I am vowing to not restrict myself anymore.  Because really, there is a difference in loving the basics and being BASIC.  And basic is not what I want to be.

So let’s get real for a second.  Your girl has WAY too much stuff.  I was sitting in our guest room the other day (which serves as a second closet for me) and I was so overwhelmed looking at all the junk I have.  I mean, (everyone take note) I am admitting that I need to do a deep clean.  Like, DEEP.  So I am committing.  This weekend is the time.  I am going to part ways with things.  Throw stuff away.  Donate items.  Sell things.  Basically whatever I have to do to get my house in somewhat of an organized state before my company comes in town next weekend (shout out Candace!).  I mean it’s just time y’all.  So here I am, putting it in writing.  You can hold me accountable but come next week, I should be able to report back about the purge.  Stay tuned!