Inspiration for a joyful and creative life

Your answer to this question may depend on your definition of success.  My answer is that I want both!  My definition of success is to feel happy, fulfilled, and to enjoy life as much as possible.

Since that is important to me, I make a choice to work on it and make small changes that successfully move me toward the ultimate goal……being happy.

It is definitely something that you work on from the inside out and it doesn’t always come naturally.  It is really easy to get caught up in the day to day busyness of life or what you think others expect.

If you really start to pay attention to what you want and what will make you happy and deeply satisfied, using your own intuition, you can begin to make choices to enjoy your own personal success.

One of my missions is to help others be more creative and happier.  They go hand in hand for me.  I love to discover and find things that will help me and others to more easily enjoy life.

I’m so excited to share a simple system I created called Simplify Your Success.  It helps you to pay attention to what’s working, tap into your intuition, and focus on positive solutions to make things easier to accomplish what matters to you.

I love sharing things that have worked for me.  It is simple, yet powerful and effective.

Click here if you would like to know more about it.

Orchids have long lasting blooms

I enjoy living in Colorado and enjoying the different seasons but I miss seeing flowers and leaves and green outside our windows in the winter.

As much as I appreciate plants and flowers, I don’t have much of a green thumb.  But even for someone like me, there is hope.

There are a few plants and flowers that grow well indoors and bring splashes of color and spring to a gray and cold winter’s day.

Orchids
Orchids are often on sale in the winter at your local grocery store, garden center, or places like home depot.  The blooms are long lasting and absolutely gorgeous in an array of colors and sizes.

I don’t worry about the fact that I may not be able to keep it living for months or years.

Amaryllis

Amaryllis
My husband brought home a pre-planted container with 3 amaryllis.  They have each bloomed at different times.  Just add water!

Paperwhite blooming

Paperwhites
Paperwhite bulbs are fun to grow all winter.  A lot of people think of them only at Christmas but you can start bulbs at different times and always have some in the process of blooming.

You don’t even need any soil to grow these.  You can put them in bulb vases or other containers with just plain water and simply add and change the water once a week or so.

These are so much fun to watch them grow.  Sometimes it is like watching a science experiment.  This one had more roots than I’ve ever seen!

Paperwhite bulb

Cyclamen

Cyclamen
We love the pop of color these cyclamen bring to the indoors during winter and even summer.  My husband takes care of these – that is why they look so good!

He doesn’t do anything special with them except keep them watered but we have found these will bloom for a very long time and then bloom again, winter and summer.  They come in shades of pink, white, and red.

He planted them in a larger planter and that helps to keep them from drying out too fast.

Rosemary or Herbs
In our climate, even the perinnial herbs will go dormant in the winter so it is nice to have a few indoors.

I’ve had luck in the past with rosemary, although it seems to dry out very quickly and has to be watered often.  If you forget and the leaves start to dry, it is usually hard to get it to come back but all isn’t lost!  You can cut off them stems and dry them and use the rosemary dried instead of fresh.

It is a bonus to have the wonderful aroma of herbs and to use them when you are cooking.

I have started out my year decluttering.  I’ll have more about that with some ideas for you for fun storage and ideas to keep your home and creative pursuits from taking over.   It’s a process and I’m working on it and making good progress.

I found this beautiful Mind Body and Spirit calligraphy print online From OrangeBeautiful that is a good reminder of the peace of mind and calm that I want to bring more of into my life.