The Power of Inspiration

The name of this post sounds like the title of a self-help book, doesn’t it? Is there already a book called this somewhere? I need to research that.

Good morning, friends. It’s Monday morning and I’m already on my second cup of coffee (something that doesn’t usually happen until mid-afternoon). We set up a little tiny desk area in the living room at Holiday House, which feels better than working at the dining room table or the new island, so I’m currently writing at that this morning while editing next week’s YouTube video. This place is starting to feel more and more like home.

As I’ve kind of touched on the blog before, we’re both feeling so inspired lately. We wake up to the view of the mountain bursting through the living room window and immediately feel creativity strike. We have always enjoyed slow mornings, both in town and at Holiday House, but especially here at HH. We take our time drinking our coffee before getting started on the day and it’s a time that’s become a sort of ritual for us, one that I know we both cherish deeply (whether we realize it or not).

This burst of inspiration is something neither of us takes lightly. I know that probably sounds silly to say, but if I’m being honest, we’ve both felt quite uninspired for some time now that this new point of view, no matter how long it lasts, is such an exciting and fresh outlook that just feels so, to put it bluntly…good. It feels good, y’all.

I know the biggest source for our inspiration lately is the farm and Holiday House. Being out here means something new for our family every day and the kids are feeling it, too. There’s so much work to be done to get this place to where we want it to be, but that part, the journey, is where inspiration is born for us. It’s the possibility of what this place could be that is the exciting part, the dreaming and the planning and the doing, and when it all comes together at the end…there’s somehow still more work to be done. And that’s the beauty of it.

We’re both creatives, sometimes in the same ways and sometimes in different ways. It’s what we do for a living with social media and flipping/renovating houses. We’re visual people who get excited about having a project to work on and who generally don’t like it when there’s down time and nothing to do. We thrive, personally and professionally, when we’re both busy and using our minds to get creative and build. For PJ, that’s quite literal: building things at home, at the land and Holiday House, something for the kids. He loves to construct and is extremely analytical. His mind works so differently than mine in that he can see how all the pieces will fit together long before they actually do. I can see thing like that when it comes to designs and layouts, but his ability to envision something fully finished is quite extraordinary.

I don’t know how long this new-found inspiration will last, but I know we’re making the most of it while it’s here. I do know that inspiration comes and goes and that’s just part of it. Right now it’s going and we’re taking advantage of it every day.

Happy Monday, y’all! Hoping inspiration strikes for you at least once today.