You know, maybe A Time To Chill isn't the most appropriate title for this posting, but that's exactly what I'm doing today and for the rest of the weekend. A few days ago I was chatting with a friend of mine, Angela, and we were catching up on what's been going on in each other's lives, when I began to vent about how I feel as though the magazine collection I've amassed through the years has taken over my house, and how I may soon be seen on an episode of Hoarder's, one of Angela's favorite shows! It really is just that bad!
As I was sorting through some of the magazines, I came across the December, 2009 issue of Metropolitan Home magazine. This is where the title of this posting begins to make a little sense. While thumbing through, I came across the article featuring the Georgian townhouse of U.K. based designer Kelly Hoppen (pg. 73). I realized I was running on fumes and needed to chill. Why did that make me come to this realization? I spend so much of my time reading, researching, speaking with clients, and doing all of the things that I feel are necessary to grow and progress, until I forgot the very reason why I do all of that stuff to begin with. The desire to create interiors that are not only beautiful to look at but feel incredible to live in. Interiors that move you to have peace of mind, a healthy well being, and an amazing sense of self.
I could wax on and on about how much I love her home, but I won't. If you read yesterday's posting Variety Is The Spice Of Life..., then this excerpt from the article will shed a little bit more light on why her home made me push the pause button. "Kelly Hoppen is a balance of opposites: glamorous and functional, extroverted and serene, exuberant and contemplative." (Met Home of the Month: December 2009). The images in yesterdays posting spoke to one side of my personality, and Ms. Hoppen's home speaks to the other. The side that is intrinsically me.
There are times, when in order to continue to love what you do, you have to take a step back and remember exactly what that is, why you started doing it, and what about it made you love it. Even the best of us find ourselves being a wee bit sluggish in doing the things we love.
Even when we're able to do what we love, we still become so consumed by all that it takes to do it, we forget to take some time to just chill. Take this weekend to do just that! Technology has made doing our jobs easier but made our lives more complicated. I am turning off the laptop, iPad, and my iPhone this weekend. I am one of very few that still have a land line, so if an emergency arises it will be okay! I look forward to talking with you again on MONDAY and not one day sooner!
Make it AMAZING weekend!
Rhonda
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