Pick anything in your life that you’ve been wanting to replace and make it your goal to fix it up in every way possible. Paint isn’t pricey. Elbow grease is so valuable no money can buy it. And imagination is the most powerful tool of all.
Furniture old and ratty? Patch it up, make new slip covers for it, cover it with a mash-up of fascinating sofa pillows collected from flea markets and lawn sales, or make them yourself.
Walls looking rough? Spackle is cheap and easy to figure out. Paint, too. Scour thrift stores for unique pieces to hang, pieces that reflect your taste and personality, things that will give you joy every time you look at them.
I had a friend with plywood floors. She couldn’t afford the hardwood she wanted, so she painted the floor a base color, then flicked paintbrushes dipped in other colors to create a spatter effect. She covered the whole thing in poly, and people thought it had been created by a decorator.
The imaginative headboards I’ve seen people make, the shelves, the mantles—there are no limits to what you can do to beautify your space.
Not creative? Find ideas on Pinterest. Talk to people. Read crafty blogs. You pick things up.
Just pick one thing you’ve been wanting to replace, and make it the best you possibly can. When you get to the point where you love it so much you no longer feel so strongly about replacing it—the newer, better version will arrive.
But more importantly, you’ll have learned how to be happy without it. You’ll have learned unconditional joy. You’ll have learned that your mood doesn’t ever again have to depend on what you have.
Journal the project you choose, and more importantly, your feelings about it. Include before & after photos if you like.
The Goddess Speaks
What most of you have not yet grasped is the understanding that you are me. The spark you call soul is a bit of me, which I poured into the form you call your body. You are Goddess incarnate.
And so, like me, you create by your own power. It is a power that beams forth like a light you can’t observe with your physical senses. I can see it very easily. Small children can see it, but not with their physical eyes. It’s more a feeling. An energy. Animals and birds can see it just the same way. When someone falls in love with you, they see it fully. You glow to them.
And your power is so easy to wield.
What you love becomes more lovable.
What you value becomes more valuable.
What you treasure becomes more of a treasure.
What you focus on grows in size and frequency and momentum, in direct proportion to the size and frequency and momentum of your focus upon it.
So look at what you love. Bask in it, bathe in it, surround yourself in it, smile whenever you see it gracing the lives of others. But never, child, never ever look very long upon that which you do not love.