With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays over and a new year ahead, many of us are focusing our energy on creating new habits, breaking old ones, and overall, changing our lives for the better. Now, what if that isn't the only way to accomplish something this year? What if you took a chance and put as much effort into setting goals for your home as you did for yourself, and it actually made a huge difference in your quality of life?
Here are 3 goals that you can make for your home this year that are bound to give you, and your wallet, some sense of achievement or, at least, happiness by 2019.

1. Vow to keep the clutter to a minimum while saving your future-self and your wallet...
Alright, let's talk about that lovely thing we all have but wish we didn’t…clutter. A little bit of it can be just a harmless nuisance, however, a lot of it can do some serious damage.
Here's how it works, the more stuff you have stacked up against the walls of your home, the less air flow is produced which, in turn, gives mold the environment it needs to thrive -- a humid, stagnant wasteland. If you don't know how much of a pain it is to remove mold, just take my advice…it's definitely not a party. So let's start this year off by nipping things in the bud and neglect our dear friend procrastination, so we can prevent mold build-up while saving you from stress and, save your wallet.
 
2. Vow to give one thing away every time you buy something new.
Buying new things for ourselves, or our homes, can be exciting and can freshen things up, but, if you don't get rid of anything in the process…let's just say you end up with a very "full" home.
Vowing to give something away every time you buy something new does two things; One, it makes you feel good, because your giving to someone in need and two, it lets you get rid of the clutter which fits right in with our first goal! I mean come on, who wouldn't want a closet that looks like that ^^, I definitely would! 

3. Vow to go old school.
I feel like many people can relate to childhood memories of parents nagging at us to turn off the lights when we left the room or to shut off the water as we brushed our teeth. Anyone? Yeah, I thought so. And maybe it's because we got sick of hearing them that we finally caved and started to listen or, perhaps, we shut them out and continued to waste energy like it was nobody's business. You rebel you… Whatever path you chose, we now know that they were right. The world we live in today is far from that of our parent's, and it's more important now, then it ever was, to go back to the old school ways so we can take care of the world we live in.
Here are a couple of things you can do to save energy, save your wallet, and save your future grand babies, because we all know how cute they're going to be!
 
First: Try to be diligent about getting everyone in your family to turn off the water when it's not in use or to wash dishes in a big sink full of water. This will save you tons on your water bill and it'll make you feel pretty good too!
 
Second: Be diligent about getting your family to shut off the lights when going from room to room. Again, huge energy and money saver. Think about all the tools or décor you could buy with that extra money, can I get an amen! 

Third: Keep those windows closed when the heat is on. Heating the outdoors doesn't work when you live in Winterpeg....trust. 
 
PRO TIP: Putting all of these "house rules" on a chalkboard in your kitchen or laundry room, can both act as an amazing décor piece AND help everyone stay on track. 
 
Now let's get to it! 

 
Bye for now, 
Heather <3